Quarter of incident lung cancer slow growing or indolent
A quarter of incident lung cancers are slow growing or indolent, and may be overdiagnosed, suggest results from sequential low-dose computed tomography screening. (Source: MedWire News - Oncology)
Source: MedWire News - Oncology - January 17, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Palliative planning reduces out-of-hours hospital admissions
Being able to access an electronic palliative care summary for patients with cancer can help doctors make decisions during out-of-hours care and reduce the chances of unplanned hospital admissions, show UK study results. (Source: MedWire News - Oncology)
Source: MedWire News - Oncology - January 17, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Ethnicity influences family involvement in end-of-life decisions
Research in Singapore reveals that, as cancer patients age, their families play a larger role in their healthcare decision-making, with patients themselves becoming less involved as their condition deteriorates. (Source: MedWire News - Oncology)
Source: MedWire News - Oncology - January 16, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Elderly rectal cancer patients at risk for stoma non-reversal
Half of elderly rectal cancer patients who undergo low anterior resection do not have stoma reversal surgery within 18 months, show US data. (Source: MedWire News - Oncology)
Source: MedWire News - Oncology - January 16, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Hearing loss with radiotherapy for head and neck tumors
Radiotherapy for head and neck tumors has permanent, progressive, and dose-dependent effects on patients’ hearing, report researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Oncology)
Source: MedWire News - Oncology - January 15, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Targeted prostate biopsies skew proportion of high-risk cases
Image-targeted biopsy of the prostate leads to a substantial increase in the proportion of prostate cores identified as high risk compared with standard transrectal ultrasound-guided biopsy, the results of a UK study indicate. (Source: MedWire News - Oncology)
Source: MedWire News - Oncology - January 14, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Aggressive surveillance questionable for eye melanoma recurrence
Patients treated for primary choroidal or ciliary body melanoma may not always benefit from an aggressive surveillance strategy for the detection of metastatic disease, caution US researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Oncology)
Source: MedWire News - Oncology - January 14, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Beta blocker use linked to NSCLC patient survival
Beta blockers may boost survival in patients undergoing definitive radiotherapy for non-small-cell lung cancer, suggests research published in the Annals of Oncology. (Source: MedWire News - Oncology)
Source: MedWire News - Oncology - January 14, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Cancer risk not increased in schizophrenia, bipolar disorder
Results from a large UK study suggest that people with severe mental illness are not at increased risk for developing common cancers. (Source: MedWire News - Oncology)
Source: MedWire News - Oncology - January 12, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
‘PapGene’ test detects endometrial and ovarian cancers
Researchers have adapted the papanicolaou smear test currently used to detect cervical cancer so that it can be used to screen women for endometrial and ovarian cancers. (Source: MedWire News - Oncology)
Source: MedWire News - Oncology - January 11, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Intermittent therapy may be answer to treating drug-resistant melanoma
Findings from a study carried out in mice suggest that an intermittent dosing strategy may be the answer to combating lethal tumor resistance to the BRAF inhibitor vemurafenib, in patients with late-stage BRAF-mutated melanoma. (Source: MedWire News - Oncology)
Source: MedWire News - Oncology - January 11, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Oxaliplatin and bevacizumab disappoint for rectal cancer
The addition of bevacizumab and oxaliplatin to standard neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy does not enhance clinical response rates in rectal cancer, show phase II study results. (Source: MedWire News - Oncology)
Source: MedWire News - Oncology - January 10, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Penis shrinkage caution for prostate cancer patients
Men choosing prostate cancer treatment should be informed about the small risk for penis shrinkage, say US researchers who believe discussing the rare side effect could reduce the chance for patient regret. (Source: MedWire News - Oncology)
Source: MedWire News - Oncology - January 8, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Vascular reconstruction raises pancreatic resection complication rates
Performing vascular reconstruction during surgical resection for pancreatic cancer is associated with a greater likelihood of postoperative adverse outcomes than resection alone, say US researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Oncology)
Source: MedWire News - Oncology - January 4, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Thromboprophylaxis does more harm than good in head and neck surgery
Patients undergoing oncologic head and neck surgery do not benefit from thromboprophylaxis, report researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Oncology)
Source: MedWire News - Oncology - January 3, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
