Specialist cancer nurses: the key to best care for cancer patients
Nurses make a central contribution to cancer care and are integral to effective multidisciplinary team…
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ECCO 2017: Breast conserving may be benefit some early breast cancer patients over mastectomy
Breast conserving therapy (BCT, breast conserving surgery combined with radiation therapy) is superior to mastectomy…
ECCO 2017: Breath test could help detect stomach and oesophageal cancers
A test that measures the levels of five chemicals in the breath has shown promising…
ECCO 2017: Rising melanoma death rates could be blunted by new therapies by 2050
By 2050 the death rates from malignant melanoma will have decreased from their current levels…
ECCO 2017: Twice-daily radiation therapy cuts deaths from head and neck cancer
Treating head and neck cancer patients with a twice-daily radiation therapy combined with chemotherapy could…
ECCO 2017: Diabetes or its rapid deterioration can be an early warning sign for pancreatic cancer
Patients and their doctors should be aware that the onset of diabetes, or a rapid…