Oncology (all articles)
Study: The Projected Timeframe Until Cervical Cancer Elimination in Australia
5 Oct, 2018 | 02:31h | UTCCommentaries: Modelling cervical cancer elimination – The Lancet Public Health (free) AND Australia on track to wipe out cervical cancer within 20 years – The Guardian (free) AND In Australia, Cervical Cancer Could Soon Be Eliminated – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Study: Evaluating Progression-Free Survival as a Surrogate Outcome for Health-Related Quality of Life in Oncology
5 Oct, 2018 | 02:26h | UTCEvaluating Progression-Free Survival as a Surrogate Outcome for Health-Related Quality of Life in Oncology: A Systematic Review and Quantitative Analysis – JAMA Internal Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Health-related quality of life overlooked in cancer drug studies – McMaster University (free) AND Investigators Question the Use of PFS as a Surrogate End Point – Cancer Therapy Advisor (free) AND Preventing tumor spread may not improve quality of life – Reuters (free) AND Research: Consider quality of life when evaluating cancer drug studies – UPI (free)
Guideline: Management of Malignant Pleural Effusions
5 Oct, 2018 | 02:21h | UTCRelated Guideline: ERS/EACTS statement on the management of malignant pleural effusions – European Respiratory Journal (free)
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2018
5 Oct, 2018 | 01:58h | UTCPress Release: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2018 – The Nobel Prize (free)
Commentaries: Cancer immunologists scoop medicine Nobel prize – Nature (free) AND Nobel Prize in medicine awarded to two cancer researchers for immune system breakthrough – STAT (free) AND 2018 Nobel Prize in Medicine Awarded to 2 Cancer Immunotherapy Researchers – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Study: CT Screening for Early Lung Cancer Reduces Lung Cancer Mortality
5 Oct, 2018 | 01:31h | UTCWCLC 2018: NELSON Study: CT Screening for Early Lung Cancer Reduces Lung Cancer Mortality – The ASCO Post (free)
Related: NELSON lung cancer study encourages widespread screening, Medicare reimbursement – Health Imaging (free) AND Second Large Study Shows That Lung Cancer Screening Works – Medscape (free registration required)
Systematic Review of Observational Studies: Could Aspirin Play a Role in Treating Some Cancers?
28 Sep, 2018 | 01:04h | UTCCommentaries: Aspirin could play key role in treating some cancers – UPI (free) AND Could aspirin play role in treatment of cancer? – Cardiff University (free)
Study: Deep Learning Algorithm for Detection of Malignant Pulmonary Nodules on Chest Radiographs
27 Sep, 2018 | 23:04h | UTCDevelopment and Validation of Deep Learning–based Automatic Detection Algorithm for Malignant Pulmonary Nodules on Chest Radiographs – Radiology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentary: Deep learning algorithm detects malignant pulmonary nodules better than radiologists – Radiology Business (free)
Related Studies: Deep Learning for the Diagnosis of Fibrotic Lung Disease (link to abstract and commentaries) AND Can Artificial Intelligence Reliably Report Chest X-Rays? (free study and commentaries) AND Artificial Intelligence Can Determine Lung Cancer Type (link to abstract and commentaries)
Study: Incidence of Cardiovascular Disease up to 13 year After Cancer Diagnosis
21 Sep, 2018 | 02:02h | UTC
Cohort Study: Nutritional Quality of Food and Cancer Risk
21 Sep, 2018 | 01:46h | UTCCommentaries: Expert reaction to study looking at nutritional quality of food and risk of cancer – Science Media Centre (free) AND Foods with low nutritional quality tied to higher cancer risk – Medical News Today (free)
Randomized Trial: Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy Followed by Surgery vs. Surgery Alone for Locally Advanced Esophageal Cancer
21 Sep, 2018 | 01:48h | UTCCommentary: Neoadjuvant Chemoradiotherapy in Locally Advanced Esophageal Cancer – The ASCO Post (free)
Source: EvidenceAlerts
Study: Artificial Intelligence Can Determine Lung Cancer Type
20 Sep, 2018 | 19:47h | UTCClassification and mutation prediction from non–small cell lung cancer histopathology images using deep learning – Nature Medicine (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Artificial intelligence can determine lung cancer type – eCancer News (free) AND Google AI Tool Identifies a Tumor’s Mutations From An Image – WIRED (free)
Meta-Analysis: Treatments of Primary Basal Cell Carcinoma of the Skin
20 Sep, 2018 | 19:26h | UTC
Study: Are Elderly Patients with Prostate Cancer Patients Being Overtreated?
20 Sep, 2018 | 19:17h | UTCTotal Medicare Costs Associated With Diagnosis and Treatment of Prostate Cancer in Elderly Men – JAMA Oncology (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: Are Older Prostate Cancer Patients Overtreated? – MedPage Today (free registration required)
Report: Global Cancer Statistics 2018
14 Sep, 2018 | 02:29h | UTCSee also: Latest global cancer data: Cancer burden rises to 18.1 million new cases and 9.6 million cancer deaths in 2018 – International Agency for Research on Cancer (free PDF)
Infographic: Global Cancer Data 2018 (free)
Commentaries: WHO: 9.6 million cancer deaths, 18 million new cases this year – UPI (free) AND Cancer will kill nearly 10 million people this year, report estimates – CNN (free) AND Cancer deaths rise to 9.6 million as populations grow and age – Reuters (free)
Cohort Study: Effect of Mammography Screening on Breast Cancer Mortality
14 Sep, 2018 | 02:25h | UTCCommentaries: Breast cancer screening does not reduce mortality – eCancer News (free) AND Danish study attributes improved treatment, not screening, to decline in breast cancer deaths – Health Imaging (free)
Meta-Analysis: Fatal Toxic Effects Associated With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
14 Sep, 2018 | 02:22h | UTCFatal Toxic Effects Associated With Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis – JAMA Oncology (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Study Discerns Rare Risks of Fatal Side Effects From Cancer Immunotherapy – AJMC (free) AND Fatal Toxicities Rare With Checkpoint Inhibitors – MedicalResearch.com (free)
Related Guidelines: 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)
Related Review: New drugs, new toxicities: severe side effects of modern targeted and immunotherapy of cancer and their management – Critical Care (free)
Opinion: Are We Being Misled About Precision Medicine?
14 Sep, 2018 | 02:01h | UTCAre We Being Misled About Precision Medicine? – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
“Doctors and hospitals love to talk about the cancer patients they’ve saved, and reporters love to write about them. But deaths still vastly outnumber the rare successes.”
Last Month in Oncology with Dr. Bishal Gyawali: August 2018
14 Sep, 2018 | 01:58h | UTCLast Month in Oncology with Dr. Bishal Gyawali: August 2018 – eCancer News (free)
Top Cancer Researcher Fails to Disclose Corporate Financial Ties in Major Research Journals
14 Sep, 2018 | 01:32h | UTC
ASCO Guideline Endorsement: Clinically Localized Prostate Cancer
14 Sep, 2018 | 01:29h | UTC
Guideline: Prostate Cancer Screening with PSA Test
6 Sep, 2018 | 03:12h | UTCRelated guidelines: American Cancer Society Guideline for the Early Detection of Prostate Cancer (free) AND PSA-Based Prostate Cancer Screening in Men Aged 55-69 – American Academy of Family Physicians (free) AND USPSTF Recommendation Statement: Screening for Prostate Cancer (free guideline, editorial and commentaries)
ASCO Guideline: Antimicrobial Prophylaxis for Adult Patients With Cancer-Related Immunosuppression
6 Sep, 2018 | 03:11h | UTCSee also: Guideline Update Summary (free)
Guideline: Early Palliative Care
2 Sep, 2018 | 02:24h | UTCRelated Video: Early Palliative Care: a video for health and care professionals – University of Edinburgh (free)
Related Systematic Review: Early palliative care for adults with advanced cancer – Cochrane Library (free) AND Summary: Early palliative care for adults with advanced cancer – Cochrane Library (free)
Related guideline: Integration of Palliative Care Into Standard Oncology Care: American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline Update (free)
Review: Risk Stratification on Pheochromocytoma and Paraganglioma from Laboratory and Clinical Medicine
2 Sep, 2018 | 02:06h | UTC
Guideline: Hodgkin Lymphoma in Adults
2 Sep, 2018 | 02:03h | UTCClinical Practice Guideline: Hodgkin Lymphoma in Adults: Diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up – Deutsches Ärzteblatt International (free)