Saturday, May 09, 2009
Friday, May 08, 2009
Thursday, May 07, 2009
Wednesday, May 06, 2009
Cochrane Collaboration review/commentaries: Interventions for psychosexual dysfunction in women treated for gyn malignancy
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GynecologyA very useful review that confirms the need for proper randomised studies to answer this important question. My misgivings on the apparent lumping of all gynaecological malignancies together is that it creates an obviously flawed impression that sexual problems after treatment of gynaecological cancer of any kind might have a common solution. |
Oncology - GeneralI was surprised to find that there was any evidence at all from randomised studies that addressed questions in this important area. The authors rightly draw attention to the paucity of evidence and its poor quality. As interest increases in what is now called cancer survivorship, we can anticipate an increasing need for solid evidence on which to base management for the complex difficulties experienced by patients successfully treated for cancer. This paper indicates that it is not going to be easy to assemble the necessary evidence. |
Screening Tests Missing Early Signs of Ovarian Cancer - Oncology Nursing News
Screening Tests Missing Early Signs of Ovarian Cancer - Oncology Nursing News
Comment:
S. Pniauskas
Please also, and importantly, reference the recently published early detection ovarian cancer clinical trial by Dr Jacobs from the U.K.. Further, Dr Jacobs completed a study of 22,000 women over a decade ago with the same results. So, nothing has changed even after all of this time which is very sad. So much time has elapsed, so many deaths and sufferings. A coordinated international effort is needed badly and while new research is hopeful, our ovarian cancer communities have faced extreme dissapointments with even new and 'apparent' early detection tests of recent years. It would be seriously disconcerting to know that another decade may lapse without any definitive results. This does not take away from the goodwill and integrity of the research/ers, but a more effective and coordinated effort is needed.
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
Monday, May 04, 2009
Sunday, May 03, 2009
Saturday, May 02, 2009
Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome: eMedicine Gastroenterology updated Apr 2009
Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome: eMedicine Gastroenterology: "Almost 50% of patients with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS) develop and die from cancer by age 57 years. The mean age at first diagnosis of cancer is 42.9 years, /– 10.2 years.
* The cumulative risk for developing any cancers associated with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome (PJS) in patients aged 15–64 years is 93%.
* The cumulative risks of developing a particular cancer from ages 15-64 years are as follows: esophagus, 0.5%; stomach, 29%; small intestine, 13%; colon, 39%; pancreas, 36%; lung, 15%; testes, 9%; breast, 54%; uterus, 9%; ovary, 21%; and cervix, 10%."
Review Transition from acute to chronic postsurgical pain: risk factors and protective factors
However, a rarely appreciated fact is that every chronic pain was once acute.
Wrong Approach to Obesity Can Alienate Patients - Physicians can unintentionally de-motivate black patients
Editorial note: it takes a study to understand this?
"patients may respond unexpectedly if approached in a manner they perceive as disrespectful, condescending, emotionless, or non-supportive,' the authors write."
Friday, May 01, 2009
Webcasts - AACR
Webcasts: "More than 90 hours of selected Annual Meeting talks will be made available as free online webcasts approximately 10 business days* after the AACR 100th Annual Meeting 2009 and will remain accessible for two years. Sessions that are to be webcast will include audio and, if available, slides from the talks.
Note: Only individual talks within a session that AACR has received permission to webcast will be included. For example, if there are four talks in a session and only two speakers give their permission to be webcast, then only those two talks will be made available.
*The Opening Plenary and the Spotlight on Breakthroughs in Cancer Research session will both be available as webcasts approximately 24 hours after they conclude."
Multiple Regions Of Chromosome 8 Found To Be Associated With Different Cancers
this link above is previous research (2008) regarding chromosome 8q24 region and it's wider scope of impact:
The authors' analysis suggests that there may be five distinct subregions within 8q24, separated by sites of frequent recombination, and each associated with different types of cancer. The first subregion is associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer but not with risk of breast, colorectal, or ovarian cancer. The second is associated only with an increased risk of breast cancer. The third subregion is associated with the risk of prostate, colorectal and ovarian cancers, but not breast, and subregions four and five were associated with prostate cancer, but not with the other three malignancies.
"We have shown there are at least five independent loci within this gene desert with different associations with particular cancers," the authors write. "Further studies of the region may identify additional loci associated with specific cancers and possibly refine our understanding of the mechanisms underlying the associations reported here."
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