MRI screening for BRCA1 mutation carriers tied to lower breast cancer mortality
Women with the BRCA1 pathogenic variant are 80% less likely to die from breast cancer if they undergo MRI surveillance, according to an international team…
Tag: Cancer
‘Fantastic news’: Dr Richard Scolyer posts his latest MRI brain scans on social media
Professor Richard Scolyer has reported more ‘fantastic’ news about his experimental brain tumour treatment for grade four glioblastoma. “Amazingly, my latest MRI brain scan shows…
Medical Must-See: First case of giant malignant melanoma on the leg
The importance of tailoring care to each patient has been made all too clear for a team of US internists whose patient had a giant…
‘When I started, a brain CT was 24 slices, and now it’s 240’: The menace of incidentalomas
Doctors are once more caught in a testing and diagnostic minefield: the minefield laid by the increasing detection of incidentalomas by increasingly powerful imaging machines.…
Why simple hysterectomy is better for low-risk cervical cancer
Women with low-risk cervical cancer can undergo simple instead of radical hysterectomy, according to Canadian-led doctors who say the procedures yield similar oncological outcomes. The…
More than 25% of women opt for HPV self-swabbing
One in four women undergoing HPV screening are now opting for self-collected swabs, according to figures from the federal Department of Health and Aged Care.…
‘Avoid routine sunscreen if you have dark skin’: New sun safety advice
Preventing vitamin D deficiency trumps sun protection for people with dark skin, with updated guidance stating they can skip the sunscreen when outdoors for short…
Court orders teenager to continue chemo despite her belief she has experienced a ‘healing miracle’
A court has ordered a teenager to continue chemotherapy for Ewing sarcoma despite her belief she has already been cured in a “healing miracle”. The…
Secondary primary malignancies ‘rare’ after CAR T-cell immunotherapy
The incidence of secondary primary malignancy after anti-CD19 chimeric antigen receptor T-cell immunotherapy is very low, according to a study in Nature Medicine. US researchers…
Offer compression sleeves to prevent breast cancer–related arm lymphoedema: new guidance
Patients at risk of developing arm lymphoedema after breast cancer treatment should be offered prophylactic compression sleeves, according to world-first guidance. Axillary reverse mapping and…
