Non-statin cholesterol drugs may cut risk for liver cancer: study
Prior studies have found that statin medications can help lower liver cancer risks, and new research suggests that at least one non-statin cholesterol drug can…
Tag: Cancer
Endometriosis tied to fourfold higher ovarian cancer risk in study of almost 500,000 women
Endometriosis is linked to a more than fourfold higher risk of ovarian cancer, suggests a US population-based study of nearly half a million women. Researchers…
Spot Dx — Can you name this solitary nodule?
A 71-year-old retired firefighter presents with a solitary nodule on his left arm. Test your clinical know-how by taking the quiz below. If you select…
Avoid prolonged scope intervals post-CRC resection: Aussie doctors
Prolonged intervals between surveillance colonoscopies following colorectal cancer resection should be avoided to minimise the risk of missing advanced neoplasia, Australian doctors say. The Flinders…
Doctors unknowingly publish case reports on the same giant lipoma in the same journal
In a bizarre case report on the industry of case reports, a well-known journal has published two studies on the same patient just two months…
Why are UK doctors taking legal action against their own medical board?
One of the questions bamboozling doctors in the UK is why the country’s medical board is about to start regulating unregistered practitioners pretending to be…
The place where ‘cancer specialists’ and ‘physicians’ don’t need medical degrees — welcome to the NHS
It has been described as a “duplicitous, dishonest and reckless” new low for doctors in the UK — a poster campaign directed at patients with…
Women not routinely screened for pregnancy prior to chemoimmunotherapy, Aussie study reveals
Clinicians are calling for mandatory pregnancy tests for women undergoing chemotherapy in combination with immunotherapy. It follows research from late last year which found only…
Medical Must-See: Giant fungating tumour beggars be-leaf
In a rare case perhaps more fitting for a horror movie, a middle-aged woman’s giant breast tumour broke through her skin and grew to epic…
Perioperative immunotherapy a boon for patients with resectable NSCLC: study
Adults with resectable non-small cell lung cancer are five times more likely have complete pathological response with perioperative nivolumab plus neoadjuvant chemotherapy compared with chemotherapy…
