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Cancer changes people’s lives, from the time of diagnosis through and beyond treatment.
Future research will clarify the likely complex interaction among genetic alterations, estrogen exposure, inflammatory cytokines, and the immunologic microenvironment in the transformation of endometriosis to endometrioid and clear cell ovarian and primary peritoneal cancers. Treatment of these cancers will hopefully improve with the use of targeted and immunologic therapies that address the underlying causes of malignant transformation.
...To clarify: There’s no news here. No study. No reason for anyone to think alcohol is any more dangerous today than we thought it was yesterday.
What we have is a scientist making an argument that, based on existing observational studies, there’s enough evidence to conclude that alcohol causes specific types of cancer.
It’s an interesting argument. And you are entitled to agree with that opinion or disagree with it. But you are not entitled to label the opinion a “study” or a “meta-analysis” and cite it as new proof that alcohol causes cancer....
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Commenting by email, Dr. Milan J. Anadkat of Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, told Reuters Health, "Our understanding of dermatologic toxicity from targeted chemotherapies continue to evolve. Early results with anti-PD1/PDL1 therapy have shown considerable promise on the oncology landscape."
Dr. Anadkat, whose research interests include chemotherapy-induced skin reactions, concluded, "The consistent finding of lichenoid dermatitis in patients who experienced rash on these therapies are an important finding by Dr. Choi's group."Lichenoid disorders
Findings:
A total of 118 goals were identified by 38 participants. Eighty-seven goals were physical, related to the care of the skin, placement of the pouch or bag, and management of leaks; 26 were social goals, which addressed engagement in social or recreational roles and daily activities; and 5 were psychological goals, which were related to confidence and controlling negative thinking. Although the goals of survivors of cancer with an ostomy are variable, physical goals are most common in self-management training.