You should get a colonoscopy if you have two common symptoms, even if you're under 50: Top GI cancer doctor
Dr James Cleary, a gastrointestinal oncologist at Dana-Farber cancer institute in Boston, warned that if you have anemia and unintended weight loss, you should get checked for colon cancer. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - April 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Millions of Girls in Africa Will Miss HPV Shots After Merck Production Problem
The company has told countries that it can supply only 18.8 million of the 29.6 million doses it was contracted to deliver this year. (Source: NYT Health)
Source: NYT Health - April 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Stephanie Nolen Tags: Sexually Transmitted Diseases Vaccination and Immunization Developing Countries Cervical Cancer Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Women and Girls Medicine and Health Teenagers and Adolescence Children and Childhood Gardasil (Vaccine) Source Type: news
FDA Greenlights Imaging Agent to Detect Residual Cancer After Lumpectomy
(MedPage Today) -- The FDA approved pegulicianine (LumiSight) as an optical imaging agent for detecting residual cancer after breast-conserving surgery (BCS).
The approval stipulates use of pegulicianine with the Lumicell Direct Visualization... (Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN)
Source: MedPage Today OB/GYN - April 18, 2024 Category: OBGYN Source Type: news
Tumor-Infiltrating Lymphocyte Abundance Prognostic in Early-Stage TNBC
THURSDAY, April 18, 2024 -- For patients with early-stage triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) who undergo surgery without chemotherapy, tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte (TIL) abundance is associated with improved survival, according to a study... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 18, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Improvement Seen in Survival With Adjuvant Pembrolizumab in Kidney Cancer
THURSDAY, April 18, 2024 -- For patients with clear-cell renal cell carcinoma, adjuvant pembrolizumab is associated with a significant and clinically meaningful improvement in overall survival, according to a study published in the April 18 issue... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - April 18, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
New Urine Test Identifies High-grade Prostate Cancer, Reducing Need for Unwarranted Biopsies
This new urine sample test looks at 18 genes and is specifically developed to pick out cancers that need immediate treatment over the slow-growing type (Source: Disabled World)
Source: Disabled World - April 18, 2024 Category: Disability Tags: Prostate Cancer Source Type: news
Jefferson's Kimmel Cancer Center achieves coveted NCI designation
"This is a validation of all of the work we have done to be an elite cancer center," said Dr. Andrew Chapman, director of the Kimmel Cancer Center. (Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines)
Source: bizjournals.com Health Care:Pharmaceuticals headlines - April 18, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: John George Source Type: news
Urine Test Might Help Men Skip Prostate Biopsies
THURSDAY, April 18, 2024 -- When prostate cancer strikes, one question is paramount: Is it aggressive and requiring immediate treatment, or slow-growing and worthy of monitoring only?Right now, an invasive biopsy is the only way to answer that... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - April 18, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Senegal: Senegal Battles 100 Percent Morbidity Due to Skin Bleaching
[The Point] Depigmentation in Senegal leads to a high rate of cancer. (Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine)
Source: AllAfrica News: Health and Medicine - April 18, 2024 Category: African Health Tags: Health and Medicine Senegal West Africa Source Type: news
Mythbuster: ‘Her ankles are very swollen – she needs water tablets’
GP Dr Peter Bagshaw explains why it is important to avoid inappropriate use of diuretics in ankle oedema It’s a common scenario in primary care for GPs to be asked to prescribe ‘water tablets’ – diuretics – to elderly patients with swollen ankles. Carers, the patients themselves, and even healthcare professionals often believe that diuretics... Read moreThe post Mythbuster: ‘Her ankles are very swollen – she needs water tablets’ appeared first on Nursing in Practice. (Source: Nursing in Practice)
Source: Nursing in Practice - April 18, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Caroline Price Tags: Cancer Cardiology Chronic disease Nutrition Older people care Wound care Source Type: news
AI Identifies New Potential Treatments For Parkinson ’s Disease
AI and machine learning techniques can be used to speed up the discovery of new drug candidates for serious diseases like Parkinson's and cancer. (Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News)
Source: Forbes.com Healthcare News - April 18, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Authors: Victoria Forster, Contributor Tags: Healthcare /healthcare Innovation /innovation Business /business Innovation Rx: Technologies /feature/innovation-rx/technologies pharma & standard Source Type: news
'I'm not ashamed to say I cried' - Cancer patient, 70, shares 27-hour ordeal in hospital
"My heart drops," Phil said. "The corridor is full of wheelchairs full of people and I am pushed into a small room that is completely gridlocked." (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - April 18, 2024 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
The Foundation for Women's Cancer Named "Partner-of-Choice" by The Institute for Surgical Excellence Receiving $155,555 to Drive Change in Women's Cancer
The donation was made as a part of the 2024 launch of Move4Her, the FWC's signature fundraising campaign CHICAGO, April 18, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The Foundation for Women's Cancer (FWC), the official foundation of the Society of Gynecologic Oncology (SGO), launched its signature... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - April 18, 2024 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: DEI PDT LIC NPT WOM Source Type: news
Urine Test Might Spot Head-and-Neck Cancers Early
THURSDAY, April 18, 2024 -- A newly developed at-home urine test could potentially help doctors catch head and neck cancers earlier, a new study suggests.The test looks for tiny DNA fragments sloughed off by tumor cells, which pass from the... (Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews)
Source: Drugs.com - Daily MedNews - April 18, 2024 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Cancer Stage vs Mortality Endpoints in Screening Trials? Cancer Stage vs Mortality Endpoints in Screening Trials?
In clinical trials of cancer screening, the incidence of late-stage cancer works as well as cancer-specific mortality as an endpoint for some cancers but not others.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - April 18, 2024 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology Clinical Summary Source Type: news
