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  1. 03-12-2021 | Mesothelioma | News | Article
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    ESMO malignant pleural mesothelioma guideline published

    They also give guidance on the use of surgery as well as prophylactic, radical and palliative radiotherapy.

    Author:
    Shreeya Nanda
    Published in:
    Ann Oncol 2021; doi:10.1016/j.annonc.2021.11.005
  2. 01-06-2021 | COVID-19 | News | Article

    Cancer care in India hit widely by COVID-19

    Outpatient chemotherapy visits fell by 37% (173,634 to 109,107) in March–May 2020 versus 2019, hospital admissions decreased by 36% (88,801 to 56,885), and palliative referrals fell by 29% (19,474 to 13,890), while the number of patients accessing radiotherapy dropped by 23% (51,142 to 39,365).

    Author:
    Laura Cowen
    Published in:
    Lancet Oncol 2021; doi:10.1016/S1470-2045(21)00240-0
  3. 03-05-2019 | Mesothelioma | News | Article

    Mesothelioma survival doubles with radical hemi-thoracic radiotherapy regimen

    Switching palliative radiation for high-dose radical hemi-thoracic radiotherapy significantly increases 2-year overall survival among patients with a new diagnosis of malignant pleural mesothelioma, delegates were told at the ESTRO 38 meeting in Milan, Italy.

    Published in:
    ESTRO 38; Milan, Italy: 26–30 April 2019
  4. 28-06-2018 | Surgery | Editorial | Article

    Breast cancer-related lymphedema management: Current state and future directions

    Breast cancer-related lymphedema is a debilitating complication of breast cancer surgery. Babak Mehrara (Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, NY, USA) outlines the current state of lymphedema management and poses some questions for the future.

    Author:
    Babak J Mehrara MD
  5. 29-03-2018 | Prostate cancer | Article

    The effect of selection and referral biases for the treatment of localised prostate cancer with surgery or radiation

    Wallis CJD et al.  Br J Cancer  2018; doi:10.1038/s41416-018-0071-4

  6. 12-04-2017 | Opioids | Article

    Access to opioid analgesics and pain relief for patients with cancer

    Despite knowledge and availability of palliative strategies for cancer pain, many patients have unrelieved pain. This review examines the barriers to effective management and gives key areas of focus in the drive to improve palliative pain care for patients with cancer. Nat Rev Clin Oncol  2013; 10: 108-116. doi:10.1038/nrclinonc.2012.237

    Author:
    Shalini Dalal, Eduardo Bruera
  7. 04-09-2017 | Head and neck cancers | Article

    Functional and quality of life outcomes after partial glossectomy: a multi-institutional longitudinal study of the head and neck research network

    This exploratory study investigates how patients recover their communicative function, swallowing ability, and quality of life after primary surgery for tongue cancer over the first year post-operation. Dzioba A et al. J of Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg 2017; 46: 56. doi:10.1186/s40463-017-0234-y

  8. 26-08-2017 | Gastrointestinal cancers | Article

    Caregiving and mutuality among long-term colorectal cancer survivors with ostomies: qualitative study

    Altschuler A, Liljestrand P, Grant M et al. Support Care Cancer 2017. doi:10.1007/s00520-017-3862-x

  9. 22-08-2017 | CNS metastases | Article

    Survival and level of care among breast cancer patients with brain metastases treated with whole brain radiotherapy

    Frisk G, et al. Breast Cancer Res Treat 2017. doi:10.1007/s10549-017-4466-3

  10. 20-12-2016 | Colorectal cancer | Article

    Surveillance after curative treatment for colorectal cancer

    After organ-sparing treatment In the past, surgery was the mainstay of treatment for all patients with stage I–III CRC; however, some patients are now treated with curative intent without surgery.

    Author:
    Eric P. van der Stok, Manon C. W. Spaander, Dirk J. Grünhagen, Cornelis Verhoef, Ernst J. Kuipers
  11. 19-04-2017 | Breast cancer | Article

    Practical approach to the management of cancer breakthrough pain

    Neurolytic procedures should be considered prior to initiation of high-dose narcotic therapy, palliative radiation, chemotherapy, or surgery when possible [23].

    Author:
    Donald Taylor
  12. 04-08-2016 | Renal cell carcinoma | Article

    Medical treatment of renal cancer: new horizons

    The SURTIME study is comparing upfront surgery, with surgery after a course of neoadjuvant sunitinib (Clinicaltrials.gov, NCT01099423).

    Author:
    Basma Greef, Tim Eisen
  13. 14-06-2016 | Gynecologic cancers | Book chapter | Article

    Psychosexual Issues and Quality of Life after Oncologic Pelvic Surgery, with Focus on Cervical Cancer

    This chapter analyzes the impact of gynecologic cancer on women’s sexuality and discusses how to improve psychosexual and quality of life outcomes in the context of standardized treatments versus minimally invasive oncologic surgery. Graziottin A & Lukasiewicz M. In:  Functional Urologic Surgery in Neurogenic and Oncologic Diseases . Edited by Carbone A, Palleschi G, Pastore AL, Messas A. Springer International Publishing, 2016. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-29191-8_9

  14. 01-01-2016 | Pancreatic cancer | Book chapter | Article

    HIFU for palliative treatment of pancreatic cancer

    This book chapter summarizes the pre-clinical and clinical experience in high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) ablation treatment of pancreatic tumors and discusses the challenges, limitations and new approaches in this modality. Khokhlova TD & Hwang JH. In:  Therapeutic Ultrasound . Edited by Escoffre JM & Bouakaz A. Springer International Publishing, 2016. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-22536-4_5

  15. 16-01-2015 | Gastric cancer | Article

    Current status of management of malignant disease: Current management of gastric cancer

    This article reviews the critical role that surgery plays in guiding and managing multiple aspects of gastric cancer diagnosis and care.  Schwarz RE. J Gastrointest Surg 2015; 19: 782–788. doi:10.1007/s11605-014-2707-x

  16. 07-10-2014 | Gastric cancer | Article

    Conditional survival after surgical resection of gastric cancer: A multi-institutional analysis of the US Gastric Cancer Collaborative

    The aim of this study was to analyse conditional survival versus overall survival following surgical resection in a large cohort of patients with gastric adenocarcinoma using the multi-institutional US Gastric Cancer Collaborative. Kim Y et al. Ann Surg Oncol 2015; 22: 557–564. doi:10.1245/s10434-014-4116-5

  17. 29-08-2019 | Castration-resistant prostate cancer | News | Article

    Predictors of skeletal-related events, all-cause mortality explored in mCRPC

    Noting that 82% of the observed SREs consisted of radiotherapy to the bone, Williams and co-authors say that “[t]he association between bone pain and an increased risk of SREs may be attributed to the palliative use of radiotherapy for painful bony metastases.”

    Published in:
    Cancer 2019; doi:10.1002/cncr.32414
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