FPN || Cancer

Groups launch CRC screening campaign as incidence declines

Posted on: 18/03/2014 - 13:20

WASHINGTON – Several dozen organizations have joined together to help increase colorectal cancer screening rates to 80% of all Americans by 2018, citing the success of campaigns over the past decade...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Gynecologic Oncology Consult: Ruling out malignancy in setting of an adnexal mass

Posted on: 13/03/2014 - 04:01

An adnexal mass is a common gynecological presentation that can affect women of all ages. Typically, the mass is identified during an annual pelvic exam or incidentally when patients undergo pelvic...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Gynecologic Oncology Consult: Ruling out malignancy in setting of an adnexal mass

Posted on: 13/03/2014 - 04:01

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Nivolumab extends survival in advanced melanoma

Posted on: 12/03/2014 - 14:15

An immunomodulator that targets the PD-1 pathway effected sustained remission in 31% of patients who took it for advanced melanoma. Remission lasted a median of 2 years, with 1- and 2-year overall...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: How to improve cancer survivorship planning

Posted on: 24/02/2014 - 14:25

BRUSSELS – National Cancer Institute Director Catherine Alfano, Ph.D., summarizes the institute’s work on improving cancer survivor planning, better coordinating survivor care, and gathering new data...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

U.K. ahead of U.S.A. in cancer survivorship planning

Posted on: 21/02/2014 - 14:00

BRUSSELS – Cancer survivorship planning in the United Kingdom is ahead of the United States and the rest of Europe with the recent rollout of a model care plan for cancer patients, along with a guide...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Annual mammography at age 40-59 provides no survival benefit

Posted on: 14/02/2014 - 20:55

Annual mammography in women aged 40 to 59 years was no more effective than was physical examination or usual care for reducing breast cancer mortality when adjuvant therapy for breast cancer is...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Annual mammography at age 40-59 provides no survival benefit

Posted on: 14/02/2014 - 20:55

Annual mammography in women aged 40 to 59 years was no more effective than was physical examination or usual care for reducing breast cancer mortality when adjuvant therapy for breast cancer is...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Fecal immunochemical tests detect most colorectal cancers

Posted on: 03/02/2014 - 22:00

Fecal immunochemical tests have an overall diagnostic accuracy of 95% for the detection of colorectal cancer, according to the results of a meta-analysis just published in the Annals of Internal...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Immunosuppressive therapy ups risk for skin cancers

Posted on: 23/01/2014 - 14:35

HOLLYWOOD, FLA. – Current and previous use of thiopurines, biologics, and combination therapies are all independent risk factors for skin cancer, according to expert analysis given at a conference on...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

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