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ACS: Watchful waiting for some rectal cancers almost ready for ‘prime time’

Posted on: 12/11/2015 - 21:51

CHICAGO – Watchful waiting with careful surveillance may become an option for the majority of locally advanced rectal cancer patients who have a complete clinical response to neoadjuvant therapy,...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Suicide rate high in patients with head and neck cancer

Posted on: 12/11/2015 - 16:00

Patients with head and neck cancer had a threefold higher risk of suicide, compared with the general population, with higher rates among male patients and those with later-stage disease, according to...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Successive gene mutations causing melanoma progression identified

Posted on: 11/11/2015 - 22:00

Several successive genetic alterations have been identified that underlie the progression of melanoma from benign nevus to invasive malignancy, with different melanoma subtypes showing distinct...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Successive gene mutations causing melanoma progression identified

Posted on: 11/11/2015 - 22:00

Several successive genetic alterations have been identified that underlie the progression of melanoma from benign nevus to invasive malignancy, with different melanoma subtypes showing distinct...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Expert outlines priorities for colorectal cancer biomarkers

Posted on: 11/11/2015 - 19:10

SEATTLE – Research in colorectal cancer should focus on part on a handful of high-priority needs for prognostic and predictive biomarkers, according to <a...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Expert outlines priorities for colorectal cancer biomarkers

Posted on: 11/11/2015 - 19:10

SEATTLE – Research in colorectal cancer should focus on part on a handful of high-priority needs for prognostic and predictive biomarkers, according to <a...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Summary of public health treats, CDTR week 45, 2015 11 Nov 2015

Posted on: 11/11/2015 - 17:53

The ECDC Communicable Disease Threats Report is a weekly bulletin for epidemiologists and health professionals about active public health threats. This issue covers the period 1-7 November 2015, and includes updates on West Nile fever, Ebola virus disease, the influenza 2015-2016 season, and an... more

Field of Interest: Infectious diseases

Type: News Item

VIDEO: ‘Spectacular’ results for anakinra in pericarditis

Posted on: 11/11/2015 - 17:29

SAN FRANCISCO – Anakinra might be a life saver for recurrent idiopathic pericarditis when corticosteroids, colchicine, and NSAIDS aren’t working. Anakinra (Kineret) seemed to end the cycle of...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Multiple myeloma advances in diagnosis, staging, therapy extend survival

Posted on: 11/11/2015 - 16:12

SAN FRANCISCO – With multiple therapies and refinements in diagnostic and staging criteria, risk stratification, and transplantation, “we have made dramatic improvements in survival” for malignant...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Survivors of childhood cancers at increased risk for autoimmune diseases

Posted on: 10/11/2015 - 23:30

Analysis of cancer registry data from Denmark, Iceland, and Sweden over more than 60 years found that survivors of childhood cancer had a 1.4-fold higher risk of autoimmune disease compared with...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

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