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Showing posts with label cancer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cancer. Show all posts
Monday, April 23, 2012

abstract: End-of-life preferences in advanced cancer patients willing to discuss issues surrounding their terminal condition

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End-of-life preferences in advanced cancer patients willing to discuss issues surrounding their terminal condition Abstract:  T...
Sunday, April 22, 2012

abstract: Curr Oncol. 2012 Apr;19(2):70-7. Accelerating knowledge to action: the pan-Canadian cancer control strategy (including blogger's note)

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Blogger's Note/Opinion: this is the medline abstract secondary to the recent posting via Oncology Reports; some points to consider: det...
Friday, April 20, 2012

Improving cancer control in Canada through knowledge translation: from in-the-field projects to policy initiatives in a new standing section in Current Oncology

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Improving cancer control in Canada through knowledge translation: from in-the-field projects to policy initiatives in a new standing section...
Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Does “Cancer” – The Word – Properly Explain “Cancer” – the Disease?

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Does “Cancer” – The Word – Properly Explain “Cancer” – the Disease? : by Jonathan Klein, MD Often times, after explaining a diagnosis and ...
Friday, February 03, 2012

"Call It Cancer" - Editorial - the Oncologist

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Blogger's Note: comments/interpretation : excerpt from article: "...A more controversial aspect of the NIH panel’s report wasthe...
Monday, May 23, 2011

full free access: Informa Healthcare -Review Clinical burden of venous thromboembolism

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Conclusions: Even among high-risk groups it is not possible to identify individuals who will go on to develop VTE, and, therefore, t...
Monday, March 28, 2011

Blog: Our Cancer — "It’s NOT Easy to Go There.." Laurie Singer Sievers

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"....What about all of us who are carrying around the baggage of the disease? It's real and if you ask me, it's an epidemic....
Friday, March 04, 2011

(full free access) Cell - Hallmarks of Cancer: The Next Generation - references to ovarian cancer

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Thursday, September 09, 2010

The Care Strategy for Families of Terminally Ill Cancer Patients Who Become Unable to Take Nourishment Orally: Recommendations from a Nationwide Survey of Bereaved Family Members' Experiences

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Saturday, July 31, 2010

Press Release: Canada's Leading Ovarian Cancer "Patient" Advocate Speaks at Sask Conference

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  OCATS Ovarian Cancer Awareness & Treatment in Saskatchewan A SUPPORT ...
Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Understanding risk : Cancer Research UK

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Understanding risk Every week it seems that there’s a news story about something that increases or cuts the risk of cancer. Often...
Monday, July 12, 2010

5 min video: SECOND OPINION | Ovarian Cancer | PBS

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Note: the video seems to take a bit of time to load (patience req'd);
Tuesday, June 29, 2010

abstract: Parental cancer and the family. Kathryn E. Weaver. 2010; Cancer - Wiley InterScience

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Thursday, June 24, 2010

Understanding How Out-of-Pocket Expenses, Treatment Value, and Patient Characteristics Influence Treatment Choices -- U.S.

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"The study used a convenience sample of patients undergoing surveillance following curative treatment for localized cancer who complete...
Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Abstract/full free access: Adherence to cancer screening guidelines across Canadian provinces: an observational study

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Note: 1) study period - "We calculated age-cancer-specific screening rates for ages 40-60 using the Canadian Community Health Survey...
Wednesday, June 16, 2010

The primary care physician role in cancer genetics: a qualitative study of patient experience Family Practice

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Abstract Background. Increased availability of genetic testing is changing the primary care role in cancer genetics. The perspective of pr...
Friday, May 14, 2010

Future Medicine - Link between personality and cancer

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Note: also see prior blog post on Type D personality as per below (date):   Saturday, January 23, 2010  full free access: Type D person...
Monday, May 10, 2010

Medical News: Cancer Costs Double in Less than 20 Years - in Public Health & Policy, General Professional Issues

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Note : over the past many years, the cost factors (no matter the country/politics) have formed a large part of cancer research, the one part...
Friday, May 07, 2010

JNCI podcast: re: recent frutis/vegetable/cancer risk study

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Note: scroll down the page - the link as below will automatically start "JNCI Interview: Dr. Regina Ziegler discusses a large study ...
Wednesday, May 05, 2010

full access: Quality in Cancer Diagnosis CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians

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