Oncology (all articles)
Last Month in Oncology with Dr Bishal Gyawali
9 Sep, 2017 | 14:20h | UTCLast Month in Oncology with Dr Bishal Gyawali: August 2017 – eCancerNews (free)
Cohort Study: Cardiovascular disease risk and androgen deprivation therapy in patients with prostate cancer
9 Sep, 2017 | 14:28h | UTCCardiovascular disease risk and androgen deprivation therapy in patients with localised prostate cancer: a prospective cohort study – British Journal of Cancer (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Prostate cancer treatment associated with higher risk of heart failure – Cardiovascular Business (free) AND Hormone Treatment for Prostate Cancer Tied to Heart Risks – New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Guideline: Managing menopausal symptoms and associated clinical issues in breast cancer survivors
8 Sep, 2017 | 00:34h | UTCManaging menopausal symptoms and associated clinical issues in breast cancer survivors – The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: New recommendations for managing menopausal symptoms in breast cancer survivors – The Endocrine Society (free) AND Managing Menopause Symptoms After Breast Cancer – Medscape (free registration required)
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)
Doctors want to give their cancer patients every chance. But are they pushing off hard talks too long?
4 Sep, 2017 | 15:29h | UTC
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)
Guideline: Accelerated Partial Breast Irradiation
1 Sep, 2017 | 18:54h | UTCSee also: National Guideline Clearinghouse Summary (free)
Study: Active Surveillance for Low-Risk Papillary Thyroid Cancer May be Safe
31 Aug, 2017 | 22:34h | UTCNatural History and Tumor Volume Kinetics of Papillary Thyroid Cancers During Active Surveillance – JAMA Otolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery (free for a week)
Author interview audio: Natural History and Tumor Volume Kinetics of Papillary Thyroid Cancers (free)
Commentaries: Findings Support Use of Active Surveillance for Low-Risk Papillary Thyroid Cancer – The JAMA Network (free) AND Many People Can Delay Treatment For Thyroid Cancer, Study Finds – NPR (free)
Study: Pembrolizumab versus ipilimumab for advanced melanoma
31 Aug, 2017 | 20:31h | UTCPembrolizumab versus ipilimumab for advanced melanoma: final overall survival results of a multicentre, randomised, open-label phase 3 study (KEYNOTE-006) – The Lancet (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Pembrolizumab Prolongs Overall Survival Compared With Ipilimumab in Melanoma – Cancer Therapy Advisor (free)
Source: Richard Lehman’s journal review (free)
Guideline: Use of Adjuvant Bisphosphonates and Other Bone-Modifying Agents in Breast Cancer
31 Aug, 2017 | 15:08h | UTC
Guideline: Brachytherapy for Patients With Prostate Cancer
31 Aug, 2017 | 15:06h | UTC
Systematic Review: Chemotherapy for advanced gastric cancer
30 Aug, 2017 | 18:51h | UTCChemotherapy for advanced gastric cancer – Cochrane Library (free)
Full Review: Chemotherapy for advanced gastric cancer – Cochrane Library (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Guideline: Management of Patients with Advanced Prostate Cancer
30 Aug, 2017 | 18:26h | UTCCommentary: International Consensus (or Not) on Management of Advanced Prostate Cancer – ASCO Post (free)
Guideline: Stereotactic body radiation therapy for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer
30 Aug, 2017 | 18:11h | UTCCommentary: ASTRO Guidelines on Stereotactic Radiation in Early NSCLC – Medscape (free registration required)
Review: Past, present and future of Barrett’s oesophagus
30 Aug, 2017 | 18:06h | UTCPast, present and future of Barrett’s oesophagus – European Journal of Surgical Oncology (free)
Proposal Guidelines for Standardized Operating Procedures of Brain Autopsy
30 Aug, 2017 | 17:58h | UTC
Guideline: Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
30 Aug, 2017 | 18:00h | UTCPancreatic Adenocarcinoma, Version 2.2017, NCCN Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology – JNCCN (free)
Related: Potentially Curable Pancreatic Cancer: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline Update (free) AND Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline Summary (free) AND Locally Advanced Unresectable Pancreatic Cancer: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline Summary (free)
Guidelines: Thyroid Nodule Molecular Fine-Needle Aspiration Cytology Diagnostics
30 Aug, 2017 | 17:59h | UTC
Review: Multiple primary tumours
26 Aug, 2017 | 16:03h | UTCMultiple primary tumours: challenges and approaches, a review – ESMO Open (free)
Review: New treatment options for metastatic renal cell carcinoma
26 Aug, 2017 | 16:02h | UTCNew treatment options for metastatic renal cell carcinoma – ESMO Open (free)
Review: Checkpoint inhibitors in the treatment of urological malignancies
26 Aug, 2017 | 15:58h | UTCCheckpoint inhibitors in the treatment of urological malignancies – ESMO Open (free)
Review: Familial Cancers of Head and Neck Region
26 Aug, 2017 | 15:46h | UTCFamilial Cancers of Head and Neck Region – Journal of Clinical & Diagnostic Research (free)
Review: Lymphedema: From diagnosis to treatment
26 Aug, 2017 | 15:59h | UTCLymphedema: From diagnosis to treatment – Turkish Journal of Surgery (free)