Hematology (all articles)
Meta-analysis: FDG PET/CT in Patients with Suspected Paraneoplastic Syndrome
9 Sep, 2017 | 14:34h | UTCCommentary: FDG PET/CT Helps Identify Malignancy Source in Paraneoplastic Syndrome – Medscape (free registration required)
Review: Anticoagulation Bridge Therapy in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
7 Sep, 2017 | 22:03h | UTCSource: Hospital Medicine Virtual Journal Club (free)
Guideline: Diagnosis and empirical treatment of fever of unknown origin (FUO) in adult neutropenic patients
6 Sep, 2017 | 18:36h | UTCRelated Guidelines: Management of febrile neutropaenia: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines (free) AND Guideline for the Management of Fever and Neutropenia in Children With Cancer and Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation Recipients: 2017 Update (free)
Study: Effect of Palliative Care on Aggressiveness of End-of-Life Care Among Patients With Advanced Cancer
4 Sep, 2017 | 15:45h | UTCEffect of Palliative Care on Aggressiveness of End-of-Life Care Among Patients With Advanced Cancer – Journal of Oncology Practice (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Palliative Care May Substantially Decrease Health-Care Utilization in Patients With Advanced Cancer – ASCO Post (free) AND End-of-Life Palliative Care Lowered Utilization for Patients With Cancer – AJMC (free) AND Palliative Care Cut Healthcare Use in Advanced Cancer – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Related guideline: Integration of Palliative Care Into Standard Oncology Care: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline Update (free)
Study: Intra-articular versus Intravenous Application of Tranexamic Acid in Total Knee Arthroplasty
4 Sep, 2017 | 13:48h | UTCIntra-articular Application is More Effective Than Intravenous Application of Tranexamic Acid in Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial – Journal of Arthroplasty (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Source: EvidenceAlerts
Guideline: Indication and Timing of Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation in Mature T-Cell and NK/T-Cell Lymphomas
4 Sep, 2017 | 13:57h | UTCClinical Practice Recommendations on Indication and Timing of Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation in Mature T-Cell and NK/T-Cell Lymphomas: an International Collaborative Effort on Behalf of the Guidelines Committee of the American Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary and Summary: Guideline on HCT for Certain Lymphoma Types – Hematology News (free registration required)
FDA approval brings first gene therapy to the United States
3 Sep, 2017 | 21:19h | UTCFDA News Release: FDA approval brings first gene therapy to the United States (free)
Commentaries: A $475,000 cancer drug: Wall Street sees ‘bargain’; patients see ‘completely broken’ system – HealthNewsReview (free) FDA Approves First CAR-T Cell Therapy for Pediatric Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia – National Institutes of Health (free) AND FDA Approves First Gene-Altering Leukemia Treatment, Costing $475.000 – New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND The FDA Approves a Landmark Cancer Drug – The Atlantic (free)
“…is a cancer therapy that represents several things at once: a game-changing way to treat cancer through genetic engineering, a novel paradigm for the biotech business, and the latest turn in the debate over just how astronomically expensive a life-saving therapy can be”. (from The Atlantic)
Review: New-onset acute thrombocytopenia in hospitalized patients
1 Sep, 2017 | 20:40h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
Guidelines for the management of acute joint bleeds and chronic synovitis in haemophilia
30 Aug, 2017 | 18:10h | UTCSource: Medscape New Guidelines and Recommendations (free registration required)
Systematic Review: Deferasirox for managing iron overload in people with thalassaemia
29 Aug, 2017 | 14:56h | UTCDeferasirox for managing iron overload in people with thalassaemia – Cochrane Library (free)
Full review: Deferasirox for managing iron overload in people with thalassaemia – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Iron chelation with oral Deferasirox (instead of injected deferoxamine) may offer an important treatment option for people with thalassaemia and secondary iron overload.
Review: Light-chain cardiac amyloidosis
26 Aug, 2017 | 16:08h | UTCLight-chain cardiac amyloidosis: strategies to promote early diagnosis and cardiac response – Heart (free)
Review: Advances in the treatment of relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia
26 Aug, 2017 | 15:36h | UTCAdvances in the treatment of relapsed/refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia – Annals of Hematology (free)
Review: Oral health of adult patients undergoing hematopoietic cell transplantation
26 Aug, 2017 | 15:35h | UTC
Systematic Review and Meta-analysis: Screening for Occult Cancer in Patients With Unprovoked Venous Thromboembolism
24 Aug, 2017 | 20:41h | UTCScreening for Occult Cancer in Patients With Unprovoked Venous Thromboembolism: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Individual Patient Data – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Outcomes of limited cancer screening after unprovoked VTE similar to extensive screening – ACP Hospitalist (free) AND Cancer Screening Not Recommended in Patients With VTEs – Medscape (free registration required) AND Extensive cancer screening may not improve outcomes for patients with unprovoked venous thromboembolism – 2 Minute Medicine (free) AND Screening for Occult Cancer in Patients With Unprovoked Venous Thromboembolism – ASCO Post (free)
Guideline: Newly diagnosed and relapsed mantle cell lymphoma
22 Aug, 2017 | 19:16h | UTC
Guideline: Chronic myeloid leukemia
22 Aug, 2017 | 19:14h | UTCChronic myeloid leukaemia: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up (free)
Related: NCCN Guidelines Insights: Chronic Myeloid Leukemia, Version 1.2017 (free)
Study: Risk of Arterial Thromboembolism in Patients With Cancer
22 Aug, 2017 | 14:44h | UTCRisk of Arterial Thromboembolism in Patients With Cancer – Journal of The American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Cancer Patients at Heightened Risk for Arterial Thromboembolism – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free) AND Thromboembolism Risk Doubled in Cancer Patients – Medscape (free registration required) AND Cancer patients carry double the short-term risk of arterial thromboembolism – Cardiovascular Business (free) AND Short-Term Risk of Arterial Thromboembolism in Newly Diagnosed Patients With Cancer – ASCO Post (free)
Guideline: Treatment of older patients with acute myeloid leukemia
22 Aug, 2017 | 14:19h | UTC
Guideline: treatment of mycosis fungoides/Sézary syndrome
22 Aug, 2017 | 14:08h | UTC
Review: Sports participation recommendations for patients with bleeding disorders
22 Aug, 2017 | 13:16h | UTCSports participation recommendations for patients with bleeding disorders – Translational Pediatrics (free)
Standard of Care in Critically Ill Adult Patients With Atypical Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome
17 Aug, 2017 | 18:22h | UTCSource: Critical Care Reviews Newsletter
The effects of physical activity and fatigue on cognitive performance in breast cancer survivors
14 Aug, 2017 | 16:00h | UTCThe effects of physical activity and fatigue on cognitive performance in breast cancer survivors – Breast Cancer Research and Treatment (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Exercise Improves Cognitive Function in Breast CA Survivors – Medscape (free registration required)
Long-term follow-up of patients with pulmonary thromboembolism
7 Aug, 2017 | 01:11h | UTC
Bronchoscopy and bleeding risk
5 Aug, 2017 | 18:05h | UTCEditorial: Bronchoscopy and bleeding risk – European Respiratory Review (free)
Review: Management of antithrombotic agents in patients undergoing flexible bronchoscopy – European Respiratory Review (free)
Late effects of blood and marrow transplantation
3 Aug, 2017 | 13:26h | UTCReview: Late effects of blood and marrow transplantation – Haematologica (free)