Oncology (all articles)
Meta-Analysis: Comparative Efficacy of Therapeutics for Chronic Cancer Pain
4 Apr, 2019 | 22:50h | UTCComparative Efficacy of Therapeutics for Chronic Cancer Pain: A Bayesian Network Meta-Analysis – Journal of Clinical Oncology (free for a limited period)
Clinical Update: Management of Small Kidney Tumors in 2019
2 Apr, 2019 | 02:12h | UTCManagement of Small Kidney Tumors in 2019 – JAMA (free for a limited period)
Preventive Drugs in the Last Year of Life of Older Adults with Cancer: Is There Room for Deprescribing?
1 Apr, 2019 | 02:02h | UTCCommentary: Are preventive drugs overused at the end of life in older adults with cancer? – Wiley (free)
NICE Guideline: Lung Cancer
29 Mar, 2019 | 07:54h | UTCLung cancer: diagnosis and management – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
Related Quality standard: Lung cancer in adults – National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (free)
Randomized Trial: Surgery + Extensive Intraoperative Peritoneal Lavage vs. Surgery Alone for Treatment of Locally Advanced Gastric Cancer
28 Mar, 2019 | 07:35h | UTCCombined Surgery and Extensive Intraoperative Peritoneal Lavage vs Surgery Alone for Treatment of Locally Advanced Gastric Cancer: The SEIPLUS Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Surgery (free for a limited period)
Invited Commentary: Extensive Intraoperative Peritoneal Lavage to Prevent Metastases From Gastric Cancer: The Elegance of Simplicity (free)
Commentary: High Marks for EIPL After Gastric Ca Surgery: No deaths, fewer complications, less pain with extended intraperitoneal lavage – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Randomized Trial: Treatments for Hormone Receptor–Positive Metastatic Brest Cancer Compared
28 Mar, 2019 | 07:32h | UTCOverall Survival with Fulvestrant plus Anastrozole in Metastatic Breast Cancer – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Gain in Survival with Fulvestrant plus Anastrozole in Metastatic Breast Cancer – MedicalResearch.com (free) AND Fulvestrant plus anastrozole extends lives of women with advanced HR+ breast cancer – SWOG (free)
PI-RADS Steering Committee Releases New Version of the Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System
28 Mar, 2019 | 07:16h | UTCProstate Imaging Reporting & Data System – American College of Radiology (free PDF)
News Release: PI-RADS Steering Committee Releases New Version of the Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System (v2.1 2019) – American College of Radiology (free)
Meta-Analysis: Anticoagulant Therapy for Acute Venous Thrombo-Embolism in Cancer Patients
24 Mar, 2019 | 20:44h | UTC
ASCO Guideline: Anticonvulsant Prophylaxis and Steroid Use in Adults with Metastatic Brain Tumors
20 Mar, 2019 | 03:36h | UTC
Systematic Review: Outpatient Management of Fever and Neutropenia in Patients with Cancer
20 Mar, 2019 | 03:17h | UTCOutpatient treatment for people with cancer who develop a low‐risk febrile neutropaenic event – Cochrane Library (free)
Summary: Outpatient treatment for cancer patient with low-risk febrile neutropaenic event is effective – Cochrane Library (free)
Related Guideline: Outpatient Management of Fever and Neutropenia in Adults Treated for Malignancy: American Society of Clinical Oncology and Infectious Diseases Society of America Clinical Practice Guideline Update – Journal of Clinical Oncology (free)
Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Metastatic Esophageal Cancer
17 Mar, 2019 | 18:25h | UTC
Guidelines for the Management of Patients with Metastatic Gastric Cancer
17 Mar, 2019 | 18:26h | UTC
Review: How Clinical Imaging Can Assess Cancer Biology
17 Mar, 2019 | 18:13h | UTCHow clinical imaging can assess cancer biology – Insights into Imaging (free)
ASCO Guideline: Management of the Neck in Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity and Oropharynx
6 Mar, 2019 | 20:06h | UTC
Systematic Review: Prolonging Anticoagulant Treatment After Abdominal Cancer Surgery Reduces Clot Risk
28 Feb, 2019 | 13:00h | UTCProlonging anticoagulant treatment after abdominal cancer surgery reduces clot risk – NIHR Signal (free)
Original Study: Prolonged thromboprophylaxis with low molecular weight heparin for abdominal or pelvic surgery – Cochrane Library (free)
A Randomized Trial of Lymphadenectomy in Patients with Advanced Ovarian Neoplasms
28 Feb, 2019 | 06:04h | UTCA Randomized Trial of Lymphadenectomy in Patients with Advanced Ovarian Neoplasms – New England Journal of Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Video Summary: Lymphadenectomy in Advanced Ovarian Cancer (free)
Commentaries: No survival benefit from systematic lymphadenectomy in ovarian cancer – MDedge Hematology & Oncology (free) AND ‘Meticulous’ Trial Overturns an Ovarian Cancer Practice – Medscape (free registration required)
Study: Risk of Heart Failure in Breast Cancer Patients After Treatment with Trastuzumab
28 Feb, 2019 | 05:55h | UTCLong-Term Risk of Heart Failure in Breast Cancer Patients After Adjuvant Chemotherapy With or Without Trastuzumab – JACC: Heart Failure (link to abstract – $ for full-text) (via @md_arianemacedo)
Commentary: Long-Term Risk of Heart Failure After Chemotherapy With Trastuzumab – American College of Cardiology (free)
“Trastuzumab treatment is associated with a 2-fold increased risk of late HF compared with chemotherapy treatment alone.”
ASCO Resource-Stratified Guideline: Treatment of Patients With Early-Stage Colorectal Cancer
28 Feb, 2019 | 05:40h | UTCRelated: Early Detection for Colorectal Cancer: ASCO Resource-Stratified Guideline – Journal of Global Oncology (free)
Study: Estimating the Total Incidence of Global Childhood Cancer
28 Feb, 2019 | 05:43h | UTCEstimating the total incidence of global childhood cancer: a simulation-based analysis – The Lancet Oncology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Nearly half of childhood cancers worldwide undiagnosed – Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health (free) AND Nearly half of all children with cancer go undiagnosed and untreated – The Guardian (free)
Review: Prevention and Treatment of Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy Induced Oral Mucositis
27 Feb, 2019 | 13:08h | UTCPrevention and Treatment of Chemotherapy and Radiotherapy Induced Oral Mucositis – Medicina (free)
NCCN Guidelines Insights: Breast Cancer
27 Feb, 2019 | 12:41h | UTC
Review: Preoperative Vs Postoperative Radiosurgery for Resected Brain Metastases
27 Feb, 2019 | 12:52h | UTCPreoperative Vs Postoperative Radiosurgery For Resected Brain Metastases: A Review – Neurosurgery (free)
Guideline: Management of Sepsis in Neutropenic Cancer Patients
26 Feb, 2019 | 02:32h | UTCRelated Guidelines: SEOM clinical practice guideline: management and prevention of febrile neutropenia in adults with solid tumors (2018) – Clinical and Translational Oncology (free) AND Outpatient Management of Fever and Neutropenia in Adults Treated for Malignancy: American Society of Clinical Oncology and Infectious Diseases Society of America Clinical Practice Guideline Update – Journal of Clinical Oncology (free) AND Diagnosis and empirical treatment of fever of unknown origin (FUO) in adult neutropenic patients: guidelines of the Infectious Diseases Working Party (AGIHO) of the German Society of Hematology and Medical Oncology (DGHO) (free) AND 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)
Management of Cardiovascular Disease in Women With Breast Cancer
25 Feb, 2019 | 01:09h | UTCManagement of Cardiovascular Disease in Women With Breast Cancer – Circulation (free)
Related: AHA Scientific Statement on Cardio-Oncology (several guidelines on the subject)
Related Commentary on Twitter
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— Circulation (@CircAHA) February 19, 2019
Meta-Analysis: Increasing the Dose Intensity of Chemotherapy in Early Breast Cancer
25 Feb, 2019 | 01:02h | UTCCommentaries: Dose intensification of chemotherapy for early breast cancer in the age of de-escalation – The Lancet (free) AND Meta-analysis of Outcomes With Dose-Intense Adjuvant Chemotherapy in Early Breast Cancer – The ASCO Post (free)