ESMO 2011 Report – Improving quality of life for breast cancer sufferers
by Dr Sunil Upadhyay – It would be difficult to imagine how one would treat breast cancer today if it was not for the work and leadership of… read more.
by Dr Sunil Upadhyay – It would be difficult to imagine how one would treat breast cancer today if it was not for the work and leadership of… read more.
by Maria Dalby reporting on the presentation by Lori West, University of Alberta, Toronto, Canada and Andrew Burroughs, Royal Free Hospital, London. ABO-incompatible transplantation is already a clinical… read more.
by Maria Dalby reporting on the presentation by Peter Friend, University of Oxford. Pancreas transplantation for the treatment of diabetes can be said to be unique amongst transplantations… read more.
FDA Highlights – by Bruce Sylvester – The human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccine can help prevent anal cancer in men, researchers reported in the October 27, 2011, issue… read more.
World Health Matters – South Korea – by Gary Finnegan – A new study by researchers in South Korea has found lower rates of alcohol use disorders (AUDs),… read more.
Researchers from the University of Southampton, in collaboration with psychologists from six other universities, have started a study to assess the impact of a new psychological therapy for… read more.
It is estimated that there are 2.9 million people in the UK diagnosed with diabetes1 and the incidence is increasing, as it is across the world, all the… read more.
by Dr. Riyaz Shah, Consultant Medical Oncologist, Kent Oncology Centre – The ASCO 2011 Annual Meeting took place in early June at the vast McCormick Place Convention Centre… read more.
Pain management is a high priority for patients with rheumatoid arthritis, so three researchers in Australia analysed existing study data to see whether two different classes of drugs… read more.
by Dr Sunil Upadhyay – The incidence of small cell lung cancer accounts for nearly 15% of all diagnosed lung cancers. The majority present with locally advanced disease… read more.
by Dr Sunil Upadhyay – Increased Met signalling in tumours can occur from increased levels of Hepatocyte Growth Factor (HGF), activating mutations within Met, and/or receptor over expression… read more.
by Dr Sunil Upadhyay – Since the publication of the iPASS trial data, gefitinib has become the treatment of choice in EGFR mutation positive tumours. However, almost all… read more.