IMN || Oncology

Vitiligo, alopecia more likely in GVHD when donor is female and recipient is male

Posted on: 10/09/2014 - 21:00

The development of vitiligo or alopecia areata is not common in patients with chronic graft-versus-host disease, but it is significantly more likely to occur when the donor was female, especially...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Vitiligo, alopecia more likely in GVHD when donor is female and recipient is male

Posted on: 10/09/2014 - 21:00

The development of vitiligo or alopecia areata is not common in patients with chronic graft-versus-host disease, but it is significantly more likely to occur when the donor was female, especially...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Prediabetes increases cancer risk by 15%

Posted on: 08/09/2014 - 23:00

Prediabetes increases cancer risk in adults by 15%, with significantly increased risk for cancer of the stomach, liver, pancreas, breast, and endometrium, in a meta-analysis published Sept. 8 in...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Blood marker may signal enzalutamide, abiraterone resistance

Posted on: 03/09/2014 - 22:00

Detection of AR-V7 in the peripheral blood appears to be a marker of resistance to both enzalutamide and abiraterone treatment in men who have metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer,...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Majority of cancer patients with depression untreated; integrated collaborative care found ‘strikingly’ effective

Posted on: 27/08/2014 - 23:30

Approximately 75% of cancer patients with major depression are not receiving treatment for their depression, according to an analysis of data from more than 21,000 patients. However, a novel...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Surveillance questioned after low-risk colorectal adenoma removal

Posted on: 27/08/2014 - 22:00

Patients in Norway who underwent removal of low-risk colorectal adenomas but did not get further colonoscopic surveillance showed a 25% lower risk of death from colorectal cancer 8 years later,...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Surveillance questioned after low-risk colorectal adenoma removal

Posted on: 27/08/2014 - 22:00

Patients in Norway who underwent removal of low-risk colorectal adenomas but did not get further colonoscopic surveillance showed a 25% lower risk of death from colorectal cancer 8 years later,...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Open surgery for 34% of inpatient breast biopsies

Posted on: 27/08/2014 - 17:20

Open breast biopsy accounted for 34% of breast biopsies in 25,965 U.S. inpatients between 2008 and 2010, a retrospective study found. The finding suggests that minimally invasive breast biopsy...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Open surgery for 34% of inpatient breast biopsies

Posted on: 27/08/2014 - 17:20

Open breast biopsy accounted for 34% of breast biopsies in 25,965 U.S. inpatients between 2008 and 2010, a retrospective study found. The finding suggests that minimally invasive breast biopsy...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Psoriasis patients post above-average cancer rates

Posted on: 22/08/2014 - 18:55

CHICAGO – Malignancy rates in patients with psoriasis outstrip those in the general population, based on data from a retrospective analysis of commercial claims. Rates for all cancers were similar...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

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