Oncology (all articles)
Review: Management of Dyspnea in the Terminally Ill
24 Apr, 2018 | 18:03h | UTCManagement of Dyspnea in the Terminally Ill – CHEST (free PDF)
Source: Hospital Medicine Virtual Journal Club
Review: Management of Barrett’s Esophagus with Low-grade Dysplasia
23 Apr, 2018 | 20:47h | UTCManagement of Barrett’s esophagus with low-grade dysplasia – Diseases of the Esophagus (free)
ASCO Guideline Update: Fertility Preservation in Patients With Cancer
23 Apr, 2018 | 16:39h | UTCCommentary: ASCO Clinical Practice Guideline Update: Fertility Preservation in Patients With Cancer – The ASCO Post (free)
Related guidelines: Fertility preservation for patients with gynecologic malignancies: The Korean Society for Fertility Preservation clinical guidelines – Clinical and Experimental Reproductive Medicine (free) AND Fertility preservation for medical reasons in girls and women: British fertility society policy and practice guideline – Human Fertility (free)
Cancer treatment in the last 6 months of life: when inaction can outperform action
20 Apr, 2018 | 01:46h | UTC
Research: Low-Dose Abiraterone With Food vs Standard Dose Abiraterone In Prostate Cancer
20 Apr, 2018 | 01:44h | UTCCommentaries: Taking a Standard Prostate Cancer Drug with Food Boosts Impact, Lowers Cost – University of Chicago Medical Center, via NewsWise (free) AND Low-Dose Prostate Drug Can Match Standard Dose, Cut Costs – Medscape (free registration required)
Related: Tackling the High Cost of Cancer Care (free commentaries issued when this paper was first presented at the 2017 ASCO annual meeting)
“Savings per patient could reach as high as $300,000” (from NewsWise)
Perspective: Three Steps Toward a More Sustainable Path for Targeted Cancer Drugs
20 Apr, 2018 | 01:39h | UTCThree Steps Toward a More Sustainable Path for Targeted Cancer Drugs – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Research: Estimation of The Percentage of Patients With Cancer Who Benefit From Genome-Driven Oncology
20 Apr, 2018 | 00:54h | UTCEstimation of The Percentage of US Patients With Cancer Who Benefit From Genome-Driven Oncology – JAMA Oncology (free for a limited period)
Randomized Controlled Trial: Combination Therapy with Immunotherapy Increases Overall Survival in Patients with Lung Cancer
16 Apr, 2018 | 16:34h | UTCCommentaries: AACR 2018: Combination therapy doubles survival in metastatic lung cancer – eCancer News (free) AND Lung Cancer Patients Live Longer With Immune Therapy – New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Cohort study: healthy lifestyle associated with increased survival in patients with colon cancer
14 Apr, 2018 | 17:49h | UTCAssociation of Survival With Adherence to the American Cancer Society Nutrition and Physical Activity Guidelines for Cancer Survivors After Colon Cancer Diagnosis: The CALGB 89803/Alliance Trial – JAMA Oncology (free for a limited period)
Editorial: Helping Colorectal Cancer Survivors Benefit From Changing Lifestyle Behaviors: Implementation Science and Private Industry Collaboration to the Rescue (free)
Commentaries: Colon Cancer Patients Who Follow a Healthy Lifestyle Have Longer Survival – NEJM Physician’s First Watch (free) AND Adherence to ACS Guidelines Linked to Survival in Colon Cancer – Physician’s Briefing (free)
Last Month in Oncology with Dr. Bishal Gyawali: March 2018
13 Apr, 2018 | 01:35h | UTCLast Month in Oncology with Dr. Bishal Gyawali: March 2018 – eCancer News (free)
Perspective: demand cancer drugs that truly help patients
13 Apr, 2018 | 01:26h | UTCPerspective: Demand cancer drugs that truly help patients – Nature (free)
“Drug regulators and trial designs should assess benefits that actually matter to people with cancer, says Ajay Aggarwal”
NCCN guideline: lung cancer screening
13 Apr, 2018 | 01:28h | UTCLung Cancer Screening, Version 3.2018, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (free)
See related guideline: Lung Cancer: Screening – U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (free)
SEOM position statement: management of older patients with cancer
13 Apr, 2018 | 01:25h | UTC
NCCN Guidelines Insights: Colon Cancer
13 Apr, 2018 | 00:49h | UTCNCCN Guidelines Insights: Colon Cancer, Version 2.2018 (free)
Meta-analysis: weight loss as a predictor of cancer in primary care
12 Apr, 2018 | 02:49h | UTCCommentaries: Weight loss is an important predictor of cancer – University of Oxford (free)
Guideline: management of hepatocellular carcinoma
12 Apr, 2018 | 02:44h | UTCEASL Clinical Practice Guidelines: Management of hepatocellular carcinoma – Journal of Hepatology (free)
Research: pharmaceutical industry payments and oncologists’ selection of treatments
12 Apr, 2018 | 01:44h | UTCPharmaceutical Industry Payments and Oncologists’ Selection of Targeted Cancer Therapies in Medicare Beneficiaries – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Payments to Doctors Linked to Prescription Practices for Two Cancer Types – University of North Carolina (free) AND Pharma Dollars Appear to Sway Oncologist Rx Habits – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Randomized trial: talc administration by indwelling pleural catheter for malignant effusion
12 Apr, 2018 | 00:58h | UTCOutpatient Talc Administration by Indwelling Pleural Catheter for Malignant Effusion – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text) (see Visual Abstract)
Commentary: Outpatient talc administration improves malignant effusion outcomes – Chest Physician (free)
ACR guideline: breast cancer screening in women at higher-than-average risk
11 Apr, 2018 | 02:05h | UTCCommentaries: ACR Recommends More Aggressive Breast Cancer Screening for Higher-Than-Average-Risk Women – Imaging Technology News (free) AND New ACR/SBI Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines Call for Significant Changes to Screening Process – American College of Radiology, via NewsWise (free)
See related guideline with a more conservative approach: Breast Cancer: Screening – U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (free)
ECCO essential requirements for quality cancer care: Melanoma
11 Apr, 2018 | 01:39h | UTC
ECCO essential requirements for quality cancer care: Oesophageal and gastric cancer
11 Apr, 2018 | 01:38h | UTC
Randomized trial: nivolumab plus ipilimumab versus sunitinib in advanced renal-cell carcinoma
6 Apr, 2018 | 01:34h | UTCNivolumab plus Ipilimumab versus Sunitinib in Advanced Renal-Cell Carcinoma – NEJM (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Quick Take Video Summary: Sunitinib or Nivolumab plus Ipilimumab for Renal-Cell Carcinoma (free)
“Overall survival and objective response rates were significantly higher with nivolumab plus ipilimumab”.
Guideline: palliative thoracic radiation therapy for non-small cell lung cancer
6 Apr, 2018 | 01:10h | UTCCommentaries: Updated ASTRO guideline for palliative lung radiation now recommends concurrent chemotherapy for some stage III patients – eCancer News (free) AND ASTRO updates lung radiation guideline for non-small cell lung cancer patients – Health Imaging (free)
ASCO guideline: anticancer therapy in metastatic non-castrate prostate cancer
6 Apr, 2018 | 01:05h | UTC
Cohort study: dietary patterns and risk of cancers of the colon and rectum
5 Apr, 2018 | 18:40h | UTCCommentaries: Links between eating red meat and distal colon cancer in women – eCancer News (free) AND Study: Red meat linked to colon cancer in women – UPI (free)