Introduction Bowel cancer screening (BSC) is important to detect colorectal cancer (CRC) before it becomes symptomatic in order to improve overall outcomes. It was noted that a higher proportion of patients presented with advanced CRC to our Unit, compared to the national average. This study was...
A collaboration between a team at King's College London led by Peter Sasieni and a QMUL-based group led by Stephen Duffy collected data from over 14,000 people with bowel cancer and over 29,000 people who did not have bowel ...
Screening of cancer is the maximum effort and critical element for providing health related care in order to decrease cancer related dealt because of the disease burden is in its advanced stages. Unfortunately, advanced-stage presentation and late diagnosis of cancers endure a problem in low-income...
Patients with advanced bowel cancer will first receive the standard four months of chemotherapy and have their cancer biopsy analysed for a number of biomarkers at the same time. Based on the test results, patients will be offered enrolment into a sub trial that will test a new drug targeted ...
From 1996 to 2001, data from patients with ovarian epithelial cancer treated in or referred to our institution were reviewed and analyzed. Patients excluded from this analysis were those with stages I, II, IIIA, IIIB, and IIIC disease (according to the 1987 International Federation of Gynecology...
Pelvic or Abdominal Pain Bowel Blockage Bladder Blockage Weight Loss 4 min read If you have advanced ovarian cancer, it means that your cancer has spread outside of your ovary into other areas of your body. As a result, your symptoms may be harder to manage than before it spread. Which...
We investigated the association between code status discussion on admission and incidence of invasive procedures, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and opioid use among inpatients with advanced stages of cancer and noncancer diseases. Methods: We performed a retrospective cohort study in a single ...
ESGO and ESMO organised a joint consensus conference on ovarian cancer to address clinically-relevant questions regarding pathology and molecular biology, early-stage and borderline tumours, advanced stage disease and recurrent disease. Results of this consensus conference, including questions, recommendations...
Ovarian cancer is one of the highest mortality cancers among gynecologic cancers worldwide. They are frequently diagnosed in advanced stages, after the disease has spread throughout the abdominal cavity. Standard treatment of epithelial ovarian cancer includes staging and/or cytoreduction of the disease...
Decompressive percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in advanced cancer patients with small-bowel obstruction is feasible and effective: a large prospective study. Support Care Cancer 2016; 24: 2877-2882 [PMID: 26838026 DOI: 10.1007/ s00520-016-3102-9]...