Oncology

Using data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER)-Medicare registry and the Texas Cancer Registry (TCR)-Medicare databases, researchers from the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center conducted a retrospective study that included data on 23,192 women.

Results from a Canadian clinical trial investigating post-operative virtual monitoring have yet to be announced, but the program has already been deployed by some study sites for patients recovering from cancer surgery and other surgeries.

Although fine particles smaller than 10 microns and 2.5 microns have been associated with the risk of breast cancer, the effect would be more marked with nitrogen dioxide.

After completing chemotherapy, the study randomized patients into five and two year-long zoledronate treatment groups.

The mechanism that gives heated chemotherapy its effectiveness isn't very well understood.

The global study estimates the effect of alcohol consumption on cancers worldwide, suggesting 4% of newly diagnosed cases in 2020 may have been associated with drinking alcohol.

A new technology called knee kinesiography is changing how doctors treat of osteoarthritis of the knee.