IMN || Oncology & Hematology

Prostate cancer death rate highest in Montana

Posted on: 13/02/2014 - 15:20

Montana is expected to have the highest rate of prostate cancer deaths in the United States for 2014, and it will be more than twice as high as that of Texas, which should have the lowest rate, the...

Field of Interest: Oncology
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

IBD linked to increased risk of certain cancers

Posted on: 01/02/2014 - 05:01

Immunosuppressive therapies for inflammatory bowel disease do not appear to be implicated in the increased risk for melanomas and hematologic malignancies seen in these patients, based on the results...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...
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

MicroRNA screening might reveal pancreatic cancer

Posted on: 21/01/2014 - 22:20

Researchers have identified two novel panels of microRNAs that eventually might be used to screen patients for pancreatic cancer, distinguishing affected patients from healthy individuals and from...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology
Type: News Item

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