Vitamin D: improves survival of cancers of the digestive tract in p53-immunoreactive subgroup
For more than 100 years, it has been believed that sunlight and vitamin D deficiency…
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A calculator to predict benefit from adjuvant transarterial chemoembolisation for hepatocellular carcinoma
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most commonly diagnosed cancer of the liver and the fourth…
Scientists find evidence of unintended impacts from anti-cancer drugs
With around 90% of drugs failing to make it to market, the potential for improving…
Episode 3: How to Create Successful Collaborations in International Research Projects
Welcome to the third episode of Supportive Care Matters, a podcast Hosted by Medical Oncologist, Dr.…
Cancel cervical cancer – In conversation with Brazil, Colombia and Uruguay experts
Despite being highly preventable, the Pan American Health Organization estimates cervical cancer kills 35,700 women…
Short-term use of immunosuppressants not linked to cancer risk
Relatively short-term use of immunosuppressant medications to control an inflammatory disease was not associated with…
MRI scans improve prostate cancer diagnosis in screening trial
The REIMAGINE study, published in BMJ Oncology, is the first study to use MRI scans…
Cancer screenings have saved the U.S. at least $6.5 trillion, study estimates
Americans have gotten at least 12 million more years of life to live because of preventive…
Policies favouring high-volume hospitals may disadvantage rural cancer patients
Patients with cancer who live in rural Pennsylvania counties appear to know that they may…
Lorazepam treatment may be linked to worse outcomes for pancreatic cancer patients
Patients with pancreatic cancer who took the benzodiazepine lorazepam (Ativan), commonly prescribed to treat anxiety…