IMN || Oncology

Hospital use of minimally invasive surgery shows disparity in surgical care nationwide

Posted on: 14/07/2014 - 18:55

The use of minimally invasive surgery for appendectomy, colectomy, hysterectomy, and lung lobectomy varies widely in the United States, even though the complication rates were lower from each...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Hospital use of minimally invasive surgery shows disparity in surgical care nationwide

Posted on: 14/07/2014 - 18:55

The use of minimally invasive surgery for appendectomy, colectomy, hysterectomy, and lung lobectomy varies widely in the United States, even though the complication rates were lower from each...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Testicular tumors increasing in Hispanic teens and young adults

Posted on: 14/07/2014 - 05:01

Testicular germ cell tumors are on the rise among Hispanic adolescents and young men, a new study has shown. From 1992 to 2000, the incidence among Hispanic whites increased 58% – significantly more...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

PEI chemotherapy ups survival in sensitive relapsed SCLC, but at a cost

Posted on: 10/07/2014 - 17:35

CHICAGO – Cisplatin, etoposide, and irinotecan provide a significant survival advantage over topotecan as second-line chemotherapy in sensitive relapsed small cell lung cancer, but the toxicity of...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Phone-based intervention helped breast cancer patients lose weight, but key question remains

Posted on: 23/06/2014 - 22:20

A telephone-based lifestyle intervention can have a significant effect on weight loss in overweight breast cancer survivors, according to a study that also highlights the dilemmas of funding large...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Phone-based intervention helped breast cancer patients lose weight, but key question remains

Posted on: 23/06/2014 - 22:20

A telephone-based lifestyle intervention can have a significant effect on weight loss in overweight breast cancer survivors, according to a study that also highlights the dilemmas of funding large...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Screen for Barrett’s in all with central obesity?

Posted on: 17/06/2014 - 16:55

CHICAGO – The prevalence of erosive esophagitis and Barrett’s esophagus is comparable in individuals regardless of whether they have gastroesophageal reflux symptoms, according to a population-based...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Screen for Barrett’s in all with central obesity?

Posted on: 17/06/2014 - 16:55

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Intervention ups annual FOBT screening to 82%

Posted on: 16/06/2014 - 21:00

An inexpensive telephone intervention raised the rate of annual colorectal cancer screening using fecal occult blood testing to 82% in an underserved population at particular risk for poor health,...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Intervention ups annual FOBT screening to 82%

Posted on: 16/06/2014 - 21:00

An inexpensive telephone intervention raised the rate of annual colorectal cancer screening using fecal occult blood testing to 82% in an underserved population at particular risk for poor health,...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

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