Oncology

Eight out of 10 deaths avoided are due to prevention and screening, says study of five types of cancer.

The Canadian Urological Association says the guidelines, which many family physicians rely on, put patients at risk and need to be updated.

Study found the rate of metastatic cancer was significantly higher in cases of local recurrence compared with patients who had undergone total mesorectal excision.

REAL Canadian Breast Cancer Alliance provides evidence-based consensus guidance on treatment of early and metastatic HER2+ breast cancer.

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New CMAJ study reports lung cancer CTs found coronary calcification in 83% of cases.

Although guidelines for screening for this cancer target those over 50, the rise in diagnoses in those under 50 is prompting some to question the ideal age for screening.

Beata Halassy administered strains of virus prepared in her own laboratory to treat a recurrence of triple-negative breast cancer.