Medical Must-See: Prisoner’s fungating neck tumour poses a dilemma
Doctors decided against surgical excision of this “unsettling” fungating neck tumour but did manage to improve the patient’s quality of life with some meticulous wound…
Doctors decided against surgical excision of this “unsettling” fungating neck tumour but did manage to improve the patient’s quality of life with some meticulous wound…
Some slow-growing cases of leukaemia do not need constant surveillance by haematologists, a study suggests. Low-risk patients with slow-growing chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) and no…
Genomic testing describes the assessment of genetic information across multiple genes, all of which, together or separately, can provide information about an individual’s health. Genomic…
A new urine test could spare many bladder cancer survivors a follow up cystoscopy to check for recurrence, researchers report. The test looks for genetic…
Prostate biopsies may not be necessary for patients with equivocal or negative MRI results and low PSA density, according to US findings. Authors conducted a…
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…
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…
A cell-free DNA blood-based test accurately detected colon cancer in more than 8 in 10 people confirmed to have the disease, researchers report. The blood…
Delivering dual-targeted, immune-focused chimeric antigen receptor T-cell cancer therapy via a patient’s spinal fluid has been shown to reduce the size of glioblastomas in a…
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…
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