Reports from the European Society for Medical Oncology 2014 Congress in Madrid by Denys Wheatley: In his talk on Visualising the true spectrum of cancer- will we get… read more.
Ger Walpole, CNS (Clinical Nurse Specialist), H.Dip Oncology Nursing, BNS(Hons), Sligo Regional Hospital, Sligo. Dr Andrew Hodgson, MB, BS, BSc (Hons), FRCPI, FFPath, FRCPath. Written by Karen Mas-Mollinedo… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Researchers report that 90% of subjects with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) who had relapsed multiple times or failed to respond to standard therapies have achieved… read more.
by Denys Wheatley: ESMO Madrid September 2014. Session Monday 29 September 11.00. PET imaging – Potential, pitfalls, and future directions. Two talks on Hodgkin (HL) and non-Hodgkin lymphoma… read more.
by Denys Wheatley: ESMO Madrid September 2014: Session on Sunday 28 September (poster). Dr Moccia and his group in Bellinzona (Switzerland) report on the marked improvement over 30… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – Researchers report that metformin therapy, a treatment for type 2 diabetes, could induce a lowering thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) in patients with underactive thyroids (hypothyroidism)…. read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – Compared to no screening, flexible sigmoidoscopy screening has resulted in a reduced incidence of colorectal cancer and rate of death from colorectal cancer, researchers… read more.
by Thomas R. Collins – After evaluating data on 5 million adults in the UK, researchers concluded that an increasing body mass index (BMI) raises the odds of… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – Ibrutinib has significantly outperformed ofatumumab as a second-line therapy for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), according to a Phase 3 study published on May 31,… read more.
World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer (WCGC) meeting, Barcelona 25 – 28 June 2014.