Genitourinary Cancer
From the Journals
The ‘great dynamism’ of radiation oncology
Highlights from this research reveal how high-tech radiotherapy, such as hypofractionation and stereotactic body radiotherapy, has improved care...
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Annual PSA screening important for Black men
“Given that Black men are younger at diagnosis and have worse prostate cancer survival compared with White men,” more intensive screening...
Feature
Getting cancer research on track again may require a ‘behemoth’ effort
Cancer Moonshot aims to cut cancer-related deaths in half, but funding and pandemic challenges may hinder progress.
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‘Misleading’ focus on urinary symptoms preventing early prostate cancer diagnoses
There was “no evidence of a causal link between prostate cancer and either prostate size or troublesome male urinary symptoms,” the authors of a...
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Blood test could provide insight into patients’ metastatic cancer
“Our research significantly expands the breadth of cancer information that can be obtained from only a few drops of blood.”
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Study confirms BRCA1 and BRCA2 linked to seven cancers
Some associations are stronger than others with biliary tract, esophageal, and gastric cancers rising to the top.
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Quality of life benefit exaggerated in some cancer studies
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Cancer may increase risk of type 2 diabetes
Study demonstrates elevated risk of developing diabetes for people with lung, pancreatic, breast, brain, urinary tract, or uterine cancers
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Good chemo vs. bad chemo: When too much is a bad thing
Study questions the use of inpatient chemotherapy pointing to negative outcomes and high mortality among some patients.
The Practicing Oncologist
My picks for best of ASCO 2022
First-line treatment for colorectal cancer, possible new standard of care for breast cancer, and more.
Guidelines
Evidence still lacking that vitamins prevent CVD, cancer: USPSTF
In its final recommendation statement on the subject, the task force does, however, recommend against use of vitamin E and beta-carotene.