ECC 2013: Late Breaking Clinical Trials: ASPECCT
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.
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.
Randall Morris, San Francisco, USA – Failure to make therapeutic progress is a real challenge in the transplantation field. On the face of it, the goals set up… read more.
by Maria Dalby – Kidney transplants could in principle last forever – the common assumption that kidney transplants inevitably deteriorate and fail is not supported by the latest… read more.
by Mr Nizam Mamode (pictured) – This year’s European Society for Organ Transplantation meeting, held in Vienna, saw a concerted attempt at providing a high quality congress for… read more.
First ever Europe-wide study reveals that even when undergraduate medical students take a compulsory course on pain, they still only receive on average 12 hours’ training
17th ECCO – 38th ESMO – 32nd ESTRO – European Cancer Congress, Amsterdam RAI, 27 Sept – 1 Oct 2013. Eribulin represents a novel class of antineoplastic agents… read more.
A major new publication from the European Respiratory Society (ERS) ahead of its annual congress, shows that lung conditions are responsible for 1 in 10 of all deaths… read more.
Sleep apnoea severity has been associated with increased cancer mortality in a new study.
New study points to sustainable effects of patient-centered care.
by Bruce Sylvester – Researchers report that, after a decade when prescription opioid use has grown dramatically, identification and treatment of pain has not improved, and, notably, the… read more.