Oncology

Rule changes designed to reduce opioid overdose deaths in British Columbia in 2016 inadvertently harmed cancer and palliative-care patients by reducing their access to pain killers, a new study has found.

Modelling study has lessons for other countries as it highlights the population-level impacts of exposure to ionizing radiation from the widely used imaging test.

Canadian researchers analyzing proteins identified an antidepressant as a treatment.

Later first pregnancy was also shown to be a risk factor as was postmenopausal weight gain.

A study published in JAMA Internal Medicine looked at how the two types of fatty food compare.

Regardless of colour, drinking a glass of wine daily increases risk of developing cancer by 5%.

TNFis, ICIs and isotretinoin affected by diet.

Future breast cancer risk prediction models should incorporate the trajectory of breast density, study results suggest.

Test your knowledge of leading-edge Canadian screening practices for your patients at elevated risk for lung cancer.

Get the info you need on this new drug, part of our drug news roundup for April.