Oncology (all articles)
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)
Randomized trial: chemoradiotherapy vs postoperative radiotherapy alone in cutaneous SCCHN
3 Apr, 2018 | 15:47h | UTCPostoperative Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy Versus Postoperative Radiotherapy in High-Risk Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Head and Neck: The Randomized Phase III TROG 05.01 Trial – Journal of Clinical Oncology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: No Chemo Benefit for Head and Neck Skin Cancer – MedPage Today (free registration required) AND No benefit of adding chemotherapy to postop radiation in cutaneous SCCHN – medwireNews (free)
Duration of Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Stage III Colon Cancer
30 Mar, 2018 | 04:41h | UTCDuration of Adjuvant Chemotherapy for Stage III Colon Cancer – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Quick Take Video Summary: Duration of Chemotherapy for Colon Cancer (free)
Commentaries: Colon cancer chemo could be halved after surgery – Cancer Research UK, via MedicalXpress (free) AND Global cancer trial sets new standard for post-surgery chemotherapy – National Cancer Institute, via MedicalXpress (free)
Guidelines on pancreatic cystic neoplasms
30 Mar, 2018 | 04:42h | UTCEuropean evidence-based guidelines on pancreatic cystic neoplasms – Gut (free)
Myocarditis in Patients Treated With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
30 Mar, 2018 | 04:37h | UTCMyocarditis in Patients Treated With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors – Journal of the American College of Cardiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Myocarditis a Risk with Checkpoint Inhibitors – CRTOnline.org (free) AND Myocarditis in Patients Treated With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors – American College of Cardiology, Latest in Cardiology (free)
Related Guidelines and Reviews: Management of Immune-Related Adverse Events in Patients Treated With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitor Therapy: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline (free) AND Managing toxicities associated with immune checkpoint inhibitors: consensus recommendations from the Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) Toxicity Management Working Group (free) AND New drugs, new toxicities: severe side effects of modern targeted and immunotherapy of cancer and their management – Critical Care (free)
Special Report: The IARC Perspective on Colorectal Cancer Screening
30 Mar, 2018 | 04:40h | UTCSpecial Report: The IARC Perspective on Colorectal Cancer Screening – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Commentaries: The IARC perspective on colorectal cancer screening – eCancer News (free) AND WHO Group Says Evidence Favors Most Forms of Colorectal Cancer Screening – NEJM Physician’s First Watch (free)
Last Month in Oncology with Dr. Bishal Gyawali: February 2018
30 Mar, 2018 | 04:26h | UTCLast Month in Oncology with Dr. Bishal Gyawali: February 2018 – eCancer News (free)
Pain Management in Cancer Center Inpatients: The Edinburgh Pain Assessment and Management Tool
30 Mar, 2018 | 04:12h | UTCCommentaries: Cancer patients’ pain eased by simple bedside chart – University of Edinburgh, via ScienceDaily (free) AND Bedside Assessment Tool Improves Worst Pain in Patients With Cancer – Oncology Nurse Advisor (free) AND Effect of Integrated Assessment and Management Tool on Pain Management in Cancer Center Inpatients – The ASCO Post (free)
Clinical Updates: Palliative radiotherapy
30 Mar, 2018 | 03:49h | UTCClinical Updates: Palliative radiotherapy – The BMJ (free)
Clinical Update for non-specialists on the benefits, practicalities, and side effects of palliative radiotherapy
The fraction of cancer attributable to modifiable risk factors
30 Mar, 2018 | 03:45h | UTCCommentaries: New calculations confirm lifestyle changes could prevent 4 in 10 cancer cases – Cancer Research UK (free) AND More than 2,500 cancer cases a week could be avoided – Cancer Research UK (free) AND Four in 10 cancer cases could be prevented by lifestyle changes – The Guardian (free)
Effect of Standard vs Dose-Escalated Radiation Therapy for Patients With Intermediate-Risk Prostate Cancer
30 Mar, 2018 | 03:37h | UTCEffect of Standard vs Dose-Escalated Radiation Therapy for Patients With Intermediate-Risk Prostate Cancer: The NRG Oncology RTOG 0126 Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Oncology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Higher-dose RT lowers risk of recurrence but does not improve survival for men with prostate cancer – eCancer News (free) AND Higher doses of radiation don’t improve overall survival for prostate cancer patients – OnMedica (free) AND Dose-Escalated RT Does Not Improve Survival in Intermediate-Risk PCa – Renal & Urology News (free) AND Higher Doses of Radiation Don’t Improve Survival in Prostate Cancer – Washington University in St. Louis, via NewsWise (free)
Systematic Review: Opioid Rotation in Cancer Pain Treatment
30 Mar, 2018 | 03:04h | UTCOpioid Rotation in Cancer Pain Treatment: A systematic review – Deutsches Ärzteblatt international (free)
Systematic Review: Chemotherapy and radiotherapy for advanced pancreatic cancer
30 Mar, 2018 | 02:43h | UTCChemotherapy and radiotherapy for advanced pancreatic cancer – Cochrane Library (free)
Molecular Testing Guideline for the Selection of Patients With Lung Cancer for Treatment With Targeted Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors
30 Mar, 2018 | 02:42h | UTCCommentary: ASCO Endorses CAP/IASLC/AMP Guideline Update on Molecular Testing for Targeted Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Treatment in Lung Cancer – The ASCO Post (free)