Medical Fiction: Darko and Toaster Tim – A Dance With the Devil
This is one of a collection of stories that are like “Final Destination” meets “The Monkey’s Paw”...
Oncology / Hematology Newsletter
UK Age Trial: Yearly Mammography Beginning at Age 40 Reduced Breast Cancer Mortality over 10 Years
Finding attenuated after 10 years and authors noted a ’modest overdiagnosis,’ which a...
ASTRO Issues Guideline on Radiation Therapy for Rectal Cancer
MONDAY, Oct. 26, 2020 (HealthDay News) — In a clinical practice guideline issued by the...
Rurality, Income Impact Stage at Diagnosis, Mortality in Liver Cancer
MONDAY, Oct. 26, 2020 (HealthDay News) — Patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) from...
ESMO: Abemaciclib Reduces Risk of Invasive Breast Cancer
Combination with endocrine therapy benefits high-risk patients Women with high-risk breast cancer...
ESMO: Is KRAS Finally ’Druggable’?
Sotorasib results promising in phase 1 trial Results of a 129-patient phase I trial of sotorasib,...
ESMO: PROfound Final Analysis Confirms Olaparib Benefit in Tumors with BRCA1, BRCA2, or ATM Alterations
Longer overall survival for castration-resistant metastatic prostate ca In men whose...
A Welcome Guideline for Managing Newly Diagnosed AML in Older Adults
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) generally develops in patients who fall into the “baby boomer”...
Another Coffee Perk—Prolonged Survival in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer?
Antioxidants in coffee may block cancer progression Coffee packed an unexpected “perk”...
TRITON2 Safety and Efficacy Findings Confirm PARP Benefit in mCRPC
Greater PSA response seen in BRCA2 alterations The poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase (PARP) inhibitor...
Bevacizumab and Platinum-Based Combinations for Recurrent Ovarian Cancer
Bevacizumab is a medication used to treat a wide range of cancers. Bevacizumab, along with carboplatin-paclitaxel, carboplatin–gemcitabine, or carboplatin–pegylated liposomal doxorubicin, is used as a state-of-the-art therapy...
Peritumoral Radiomics Promising in Esophageal Cancer
Data extraction from CT images may predict treatment response A closer and more sophisticated...
