FPN || Oncology

Guideline recommends combination therapy for smoking cessation in cancer patients

Posted on: 16/03/2015 - 21:09

The National Comprehensive Cancer Network has published a new guideline on smoking cessation for cancer patients that recommends combining pharmacolog... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Stem cell divisions help dictate cancer risk

Posted on: 16/03/2015 - 16:33

The lifetime risk of many different types of cancer are correlated (0.81) with the total number of divisions of their tissue stem cells, a recent stud... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

CDC: Cancer incidence and survival improve; racial disparities persist

Posted on: 12/03/2015 - 17:00

Numerous states have achieved Healthy People 2020 goals for colorectal and cervical cancer incidence, and the proportion of persons with cancer who su... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Vegetarians less likely to develop colorectal cancer

Posted on: 09/03/2015 - 15:00

A vegetarian diet reduced the risk of colorectal cancer, according to an analysis of a large, prospective study. Among 77,659 participants in the Adv... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Vegetarians less likely to develop colorectal cancer

Posted on: 09/03/2015 - 15:00

A vegetarian diet reduced the risk of colorectal cancer, according to an analysis of a large, prospective study. Among 77,659 participants in the Adv... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Cancer society critical of new chemo payment bundle

Posted on: 04/03/2015 - 16:21

A finalized Medicare payment model for chemotherapy is not much of an improvement from its draft version, according to the American Society of Clinica... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Bladder cancer ‘no longer one single disease’

Posted on: 02/03/2015 - 20:36

ORLANDO – Gene expression profiling can identify intrinsic bladder cancer subtypes, predict the clinical response to neoadjuvant chemotherapy, and s... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Lung cancer screening criteria may need changes

Posted on: 24/02/2015 - 16:00

Fewer patients diagnosed with lung cancer are meeting the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force criteria for screening with low-dose computed tomography... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Active surveillance linked to greater risk of death in intermediate-risk prostate cancer

Posted on: 23/02/2015 - 22:00

Active surveillance may not be the best option for patients diagnosed with intermediate-risk prostate cancer, results of a prospective study suggest. ... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Targeted treatments improving ovarian cancer outcomes

Posted on: 20/02/2015 - 19:11

PARIS – Outcomes for women with progressive or relapsed ovarian carcinoma are significantly improving due to the availability of new molecularly tar... More »

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

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