Birgitte Pedersen et al, Vejle Hospital, Denmark. Patients with colorectal cancer (CRC) face huge challenges in their everyday lives as a result of their condition and treatments.
Discussion of the abstract by Professor Philippe Autier, Vice President, Population Studies, at the International Prevention Research Institute, Lyon, France.
Discussion of the abstract by Dr Zoran Gatalica, Adjunct Professor of Pathology at Creighton University School of Medicine .
Oral discussion of abstract by Professor Naredi, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden. Researchers believe they have discovered how aspirin improves survival in patients diagnosed with colon cancer.
by Peter Mas Mollinedo – Improvements in diagnostics and medical treatments mean the number of patients living with cancer is increasing around the world. The World Health Organization… read more.
by Peter Mas Mollinedo reporting on the presentation by Dominique Elias, Gustave-Roussy Institute, Paris, France. – Aggressive complete cytoreductive surgery (CCRS) in combination with hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC)… read more.
LM Wiltink, Leiden University Medical Center, the Netherlands; Hans-Joachim Schmoll, Martin Luther University Halle – Wittenberg, Germany. A unique 14-year follow-up study from the universities of Leiden in… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – taken from the NEJM (New England Journal of Medicine) – Addition of nab-paclitaxel to gemcitabine for treatment of advanced pancreatic cancer has resulted in… read more.
by Esther Drain reporting on the presentation by Dr Timothy Price – A randomized, multicenter, open-label, phase 3 study of panitumumab (pmab) vs cetuximab (cmab) for previously treated… read more.
Report by Esther Drain – Cetuximab resulted in a significant improvement in survival in TP53 WT, high-risk Rectal Cancer.
Taken from the European Cancer Congress ( ECCO / ESMO / ESTRO ) from the 27th September – 1st October 2013 in Amsterdam.
Functional abdominal pain in childhood was associated with anxiety disorder and depression in teens and young adults, even if the stomach pain went away, a longitudinal study showed.
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