Archive: 17/12/2015
Immuno and targeted therapy provide new options for difficult-to-treat head and neck cancer
Novel strategies are on the way for difficult-to-treat and advanced head and neck cancer, the most heterogeneous group of malignancies which are generally associated with poor survival, and encouraging results have been presented ...
Dec 17, 2015
Cancer drives patients to poverty in Southeast Asia
Five percent of cancer patients and their families were pushed into poverty in Southeast Asia between March 2012 and September 2013, because of high disease-related costs, a study at the inaugural ESMO Asia 2015 Congress ...
Dec 17, 2015
Younger age associated with increased likelihood of targetable genotype in lung cancer
Patients younger than 50 diagnosed with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) had a higher likelihood of having a targetable genomic alteration for which therapies exist, according to an article published online by JAMA Oncology.
Dec 17, 2015
When cancer of unknown origin strikes, patient's family members face increased risk
Cancer usually begins in one location and then spreads, but in 3 percent to 5 percent of cancer patients, the tissue where a cancer begins is unknown. In these individuals a cancer diagnosis is made because it has metastasized ...
Dec 17, 2015
We need to ditch the pink ball in day-night test cricket
The pink cricket ball for day-night test matches in Australia is, at best, an unfortunate compromise with tradition. At worst it's a dumb decision that could risk lives.
Dec 17, 2015
Men actually recommend getting help for depression
History supports Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson's recent tweet saying that men have a hard time asking for help for their depression.
Dec 17, 2015