Oncology (all articles)
Early Palliative Care: a Video for Health and Care Professionals
21 Jan, 2018 | 14:29h | UTCVideo: Early Palliative Care: a video for health and care professionals – University of Edinburgh (free) (via @OUPMedicine see Tweet)
Related: Early palliative care for adults with advanced cancer – Cochrane Library (free summary and original article) AND How Early Palliative Care May Benefit Patients With Incurable Cancer – ASCO Post (free)
Related guideline: Integration of Palliative Care Into Standard Oncology Care: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline Update (free)
Research: Association of Dietary Inflammatory Potential With Colorectal Cancer Risk
21 Jan, 2018 | 14:34h | UTCAuthor interview: Dietary Inflammatory Potential and Risk of Colorectal Cancer in Men and Women (free)
Commentary: Why certain diets may increase your cancer risk – VOX (free)
Research: Breast Implants and the Risk of Anaplastic Large-Cell Lymphoma in the Breast
16 Jan, 2018 | 19:01h | UTCBreast Implants and the Risk of Anaplastic Large-Cell Lymphoma in the Breast – JAMA Oncology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Breast Implants Associated With Increased Risk of Breast Anaplastic Large-cell Lymphoma – Oncology Nurse Advisor (free) AND Dutch Study Links Implants to Increased Breast-ALCL Risk – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Too Much Screening has Misled us About Real Cancer Risk Factors, Experts Say
16 Jan, 2018 | 18:09h | UTCToo much screening has misled us about real cancer risk factors, experts say – STAT (free) AND Overscreening for Cancer Yields Misleading Results – MedPage Today (free) AND Could finding more cancer lead us to understand risk factors less? – HealthNewsReview (free)
Original article: Scrutiny-Dependent Cancer and Self-fulfilling Risk Factors – Annals of Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Research: Chemoprevention of Basal and Squamous Cell Carcinoma With Fluorouracil Cream
16 Jan, 2018 | 13:25h | UTCChemoprevention of Basal and Squamous Cell Carcinoma With a Single Course of Fluorouracil, 5%, Cream: A Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Dermatology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: 5-FU Cream Reduces Surgery in High-Risk SCC Patients – Medscape (free registration required) AND In clinical trial, cream reduces squamous cell carcinoma risk – eCancer News (free)
Research: Effect of an Indwelling Pleural Catheter vs Talc Pleurodesis in Patients With Malignant Pleural Effusion
16 Jan, 2018 | 13:03h | UTCEffect of an Indwelling Pleural Catheter vs Talc Pleurodesis on Hospitalization Days in Patients With Malignant Pleural Effusion: The AMPLE Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Treatment with pleural catheter resulted in fewer hospitalization days from treatment to death (median, 10 vs 12 days).
Research: Germline BRCA Mutation and Outcome in Young-Onset Breast Cancer
16 Jan, 2018 | 12:57h | UTCCommentaries: Breast cancer in young women: do BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations matter? – The Lancet Oncology (free) AND Survival for young breast cancer patients is the same whether or not they carry a BRCA mutation – eCancer News (free) AND Young-Onset Breast Cancer Survival Unaffected by BRCA Status – MedPage Today (free)
Analysis: Rethinking Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer
16 Jan, 2018 | 12:51h | UTCAnalysis: Rethinking neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer – The BMJ (free)
Research: Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Advanced Ovarian Cancer and All Cause Mortality
16 Jan, 2018 | 12:47h | UTC
Last Month in Oncology with Dr. Bishal Gyawali: December 2017
16 Jan, 2018 | 12:44h | UTCLast Month in Oncology with Dr. Bishal Gyawali: December 2017 – eCancer News (free)
Review: Future Directions of Intraoperative Radiation Therapy
13 Jan, 2018 | 19:21h | UTCFuture Directions of Intraoperative Radiation Therapy: A Brief Review – Frontiers in Oncology (free)
Review: Fluorescence-Guided Surgery
13 Jan, 2018 | 19:19h | UTCFluorescence-Guided Surgery – Frontiers in Oncology (free)
Guidelines for Pathologic Diagnosis of Malignant Mesothelioma
13 Jan, 2018 | 19:09h | UTC
Research: Polygenic Hazard Score to Guide Screening for Aggressive Prostate Cancer
13 Jan, 2018 | 19:06h | UTCCommentaries: Genetic risk model could guide prostate cancer screening – OnMedica (free) AND New prostate cancer risk score could help guide screening decisions – eCancer News (free)
Research: Association of Screening and Treatment With Breast Cancer Mortality by Molecular Subtype
12 Jan, 2018 | 16:50h | UTCAssociation of Screening and Treatment With Breast Cancer Mortality by Molecular Subtype in US Women, 2000-2012 – JAMA (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Breast cancer deaths down due to screening and new therapies – OnMedica (free)
Research: Night Shift Work Increases the Risks of Multiple Primary Cancers in Women
10 Jan, 2018 | 00:27h | UTCNight Shift Work Increases the Risks of Multiple Primary Cancers in Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of 61 Articles – Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention Online (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Night shifts raise women’s cancer risk – Medical News Today (free) AND Night Shifts Increase Breast Cancer Risk, Especially for Nurses – Medscape (free registration required) AND Female Night Shift Workers May Have Increased Risk of Common Cancers – American Association for Cancer Research (free)
Meta-Analysis: Red and Processed Meat Consumption and Breast Cancer
10 Jan, 2018 | 00:30h | UTCRed and processed meat consumption and breast cancer: UK Biobank cohort study and meta-analysis – European Journal of Cancer (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Processed meat ‘cancer risk’ in older women – OnMedica (free) AND Consumption of processed meat may increase the risk of breast cancer, according to a new study – MedicalXpress (free)
Guideline: Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology
10 Jan, 2018 | 00:20h | UTCThe 2017 Bethesda System for Reporting Thyroid Cytopathology – Thyroid (free)
Commentary: Thyroid Nodules: Bethesda System Update Changes Clinical Practice – Medscape (free registration required)
Review: Diagnostic Endoscopic Ultrasound
10 Jan, 2018 | 00:10h | UTCDiagnostic Endoscopic Ultrasound: Technique, Current Status and Future Directions – Gut Liver (free PDF)
Guideline: Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology
10 Jan, 2018 | 00:16h | UTCAdolescent and Young Adult Oncology, Version 2.2018, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology (free)
Guideline: Fertility Preservation for Medical Reasons in Girls and Women
10 Jan, 2018 | 00:11h | UTC
Review: Management of Liver Metastases from GISTs
10 Jan, 2018 | 00:06h | UTC
Research: Association of an Enhanced Recovery Program With Colectomy Outcomes
4 Jan, 2018 | 18:58h | UTCAssociation of an Enhanced Recovery Pilot With Length of Stay in the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program – JAMA Surgery (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Enhanced-recovery Protocol Linked to Better Colectomy Outcomes – Reuters, via Medscape (free registration required)
Related guideline: Clinical Practice Guidelines for Enhanced Recovery After Colon and Rectal Surgery From the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons and Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons (free)
See other Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) Guidelines and Reviews in our collection and in the ERAS Society Website.
Meta-Analysis: Neoadjuvant vs Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Early Breast Cancer
4 Jan, 2018 | 17:05h | UTCCommentaries: Neoadjuvant chemotherapy in breast cancer: more than just downsizing – The Lancet Oncology (free) AND Long-Term Outcomes for Neoadjuvant vs Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Early Breast Cancer – PracticeUpdate (free registration required)
Meta-Analysis: Carfilzomib-Associated Cardiovascular Adverse Events
4 Jan, 2018 | 17:01h | UTCCarfilzomib-Associated Cardiovascular Adverse Events: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Oncology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Carfilzomib can lead to cardiovascular toxicity in multiple myeloma patients – eCancer News (free) AND Higher Rates of Cardiovascular Adverse Events in Patients with MM Treated With Carfilzomib – AJMC (free) AND Important CV Risk Seen With Carfilzomib in Multiple Myeloma – Medscape (free registration required)