Oncology (all articles)
Review: Pain Management in Metastatic Bone Disease
20 Nov, 2018 | 15:04h | UTCPain Management in Metastatic Bone Disease: A Literature Review – Cureus (free)
Guideline: Clostridium Difficile Infection in Children and Adolescents with Cancer and Pediatric Hematopoietic Stem-Cell Transplantation Recipients
18 Nov, 2018 | 00:54h | UTC
Meta-Analysis: Comparative Safety of Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors in Cancer
16 Nov, 2018 | 02:54h | UTCComparative safety of immune checkpoint inhibitors in cancer: systematic review and network meta-analysis – The BMJ (free)
Last Month in Oncology with Dr. Bishal Gyawali – October 2018
16 Nov, 2018 | 01:38h | UTCLast Month in Oncology with Dr. Bishal Gyawali – The Health Care Blog (free)
Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care
9 Nov, 2018 | 02:22h | UTCClinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care, 4th Edition – National Consensus Project’s (free)
News Release: New National Guidelines Seek to Improve Access to Palliative Care for People Living with Serious Illness (free)
Commentaries: Palliative care guidelines updated with increased focus on collaboration, communication – ACP Internist (free) AND New Palliative Care Guidelines Demand ‘Seismic Shift’ in Care – Medscape (free registration required)
Guideline: Interdisciplinary Diagnosis, Therapy and Follow-up of Patients with Endometrial Cancer
9 Nov, 2018 | 01:37h | UTC
Guideline: Interdisciplinary Screening, Diagnosis, Therapy and Follow-up of Breast Cancer
9 Nov, 2018 | 01:37h | UTC
Guideline: Management of Primary Cutaneous Melanoma
6 Nov, 2018 | 15:41h | UTCNews Release: American Academy of Dermatology releases guidelines for melanoma treatment (free)
Carcinoid Syndrome: Update on the Pathophysiology and Treatment
5 Nov, 2018 | 11:53h | UTCCarcinoid syndrome: update on the pathophysiology and treatment – Clinics (free)
Review: Cancer-Associated Thrombosis
5 Nov, 2018 | 11:51h | UTCCancer-Associated Thrombosis: An Overview of Mechanisms, Risk Factors, and Treatment – Cancers (free)
Randomized Trial: Minimally Invasive versus Abdominal Radical Hysterectomy for Cervical Cancer
2 Nov, 2018 | 03:50h | UTCRelated Study: Survival after Minimally Invasive Radical Hysterectomy for Early-Stage Cervical Cancer – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Editorial: Surgery in Cervical Cancer – New England Journal of Medicine (free)
Commentaries: Studies Warn Against Minimally Invasive Surgery for Cervical Cancer – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free) AND More deaths seen for less invasive cervical cancer surgery – STAT (free) AND For Cervical Cancer Patients, Less Invasive Surgery Is Worse For Survival – NPR (free)
Report: Cell Phone Radio Frequency Radiation and Risk of Cancer
2 Nov, 2018 | 03:48h | UTCCell Phone Radio Frequency Radiation – National Toxicology Program (free)
Commentaries: High exposure to radio frequency radiation associated with cancer in male rats – NIH News Releases (free) AND Expert reaction to study on mobile phones and rats – Science Media Centre (free) AND Study of Cellphone Risks Finds ‘Some Evidence’ of Link to Cancer, at Least in Male Rats – The New York Times (10 articles per month are free)
Review: Management of Cancer-Therapy-Induced LV Dysfunction
2 Nov, 2018 | 03:34h | UTCManagement of Cancer-Therapy-Induced LV Dysfunction: Can the Guidelines Help? – American College of Cardiology (free) (via @md_arianemacedo)
Related: Cardio-Onco-Hematology in Clinical Practice (series of reviews and guidelines on the subject)
The Skeptic: What Precision Medicine Revolution?
26 Oct, 2018 | 02:55h | UTCThe skeptic: What precision medicine revolution? – MIT Technology Review (free)
Related: What Precisely Is Precision Oncology—and Will It Work? – The ASCO Post (free)
Cohort Study: Angiotensin Converting Enzyme Inhibitors and Risk of Lung Cancer
26 Oct, 2018 | 02:43h | UTCEditorial: Angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors and lung cancer (free)
Commentaries: Blood pressure drug linked to possible small increased risk of lung cancer – NHS Choices (free) AND Expert reaction to study looking at blood pressure drugs and lung cancer risk – Science Media Centre (free)
Organic Foods for Cancer Prevention??
26 Oct, 2018 | 02:04h | UTCAssociation of Frequency of Organic Food Consumption With Cancer Risk: Findings From the NutriNet-Santé Prospective Cohort Study – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Organic Foods for Cancer Prevention—Worth the Investment? – JAMA Internal Medicine (free for a limited period) AND Organic food and cancer – Science Media Centre (free) AND Organic foods tied to slightly lower cancer risk – Reuters (free)
Randomized Trial: Treatments of Advanced Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Compaired
26 Oct, 2018 | 02:03h | UTCAtezolizumab and Nab-Paclitaxel in Advanced Triple-Negative Breast Cancer – New England Journal of Medicine (free for a limited period)
Commentaries: Not So Fast With Immune Therapy For Breast Cancer – Forbes (free) AND Immunotherapy drugs show some promise against breast cancer – STAT (free)
“…the benefit for most women was small, raising questions about whether the treatment is worth its high cost and side effects.” (from STAT)
Randomized Trial: Radiotherapy to the Primary Tumour for Newly Diagnosed, Metastatic Prostate Cancer
26 Oct, 2018 | 01:45h | UTCCommentaries: Radiotherapy for newly diagnosed oligometastatic prostate cancer – The Lancet (free) AND ESMO 2018: Local radiotherapy improves survival in metastatic prostate cancer with low disease burden – eCancer News (free) AND Radiotherapy offers hopes in advanced prostate cancer – OnMedica (free) AND Cancer trial shows treating the prostate with radiotherapy improves survival – University of Birmingham (free)
NCCN Guideline: Small Cell Lung Cancer
17 Oct, 2018 | 13:42h | UTC
NCCN Survivorship Care Guideline 2018
17 Oct, 2018 | 13:36h | UTCRelated: Cardiovascular Toxicity in Cancer Survivors (free review and guidelines) AND Burden of cardiovascular risk factors and cardiovascular disease in childhood cancer survivors (link to abstract and commentaries) AND The cumulative burden of surviving childhood cancer (link to abstract and commentaries) AND Endocrine Late Effects in Survivors of Cancer in Adolescence and Young Adulthood (free study and commentaries) AND Endocrine Disorders in Survivors of Childhood Cancer (free guideline and commentaries)
Study: Deep Learning to Distinguish False-Positive Mammograms
16 Oct, 2018 | 23:29h | UTCDeep Learning to Distinguish Recalled but Benign Mammography Images in Breast Cancer Screening – Clinical Cancer Research (link to abstract – $ for full-text)
Commentaries: AI distinguishes false-positive mammograms from malignant, negative mammograms – Radiology Business (free) AND Deep learning can distinguish recalled-benign mammograms from malignant and negative images – eCancer News (free)
Guideline: Hypofractionated Radiation Therapy for Localized Prostate Cancer
16 Oct, 2018 | 23:28h | UTCNews Release: New ASTRO/ASCO/AUA Guideline for Early-Stage Prostate Cancer Supports Use of Shortened Courses of Radiation Therapy (free)
Study: Classification and Personalized Prognosis in Myeloproliferative Neoplasms
16 Oct, 2018 | 23:27h | UTCClassification and Personalized Prognosis in Myeloproliferative Neoplasms – New England Journal of Medicine (free for a limited period)
A Blueprint for the Primary Prevention of Cancer
16 Oct, 2018 | 23:14h | UTCCommentary: Comprehensive report says tobacco control must be highest priority in cancer control – American Cancer Society (free)
Review: Cancer-Associated Thrombosis
16 Oct, 2018 | 21:45h | UTCCancer-Associated Thrombosis: An Overview of Mechanisms, Risk Factors, and Treatment – Cancers (free)