Questionnaires Are Comparable in Assessing Lymphedema in Endometrial Cancer
March 27th 2023The lower extremity lymphedema screening questionnaire and gynecological cancer lymphedema questionnaire appear to demonstrate comparable utility in assessing lymphedema in patients with advanced endometrial cancer.
Adding HIPEC to Cytoreductive Surgery Does Not Impact HRQOL in Ovarian Cancer
March 25th 2023Vadim Gushchin, MD, says that treatment with cytoreductive surgery and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy should not be limited by concerns of negatively impacting health-related quality of life in ovarian cancer.
PSA Cut-Point Indicates When to Start Salvage Radiotherapy in Prostate Cancer
March 24th 2023An expert from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute indicates that patients with prostate cancer who have 1 risk factor should undergo salvage radiotherapy following radical prostatectomy before their prostate-specific antigen level rises above 0.25 ng/ml.
Zolbetuximab Combo Should be Considered New SOC in Gastric Cancer Subtype
March 23rd 2023Efficacy and safety findings from the phase 3 GLOW trial assessing zolbetuximab and CAPOX in CLDN18.2-positive locally advanced or metastatic gastric or gastroesophageal junction adenocarcinoma were consistent with the phase 3 SPOTLIGHT trial, according to an expert from Weill Cornell Medical College
Signaling Pathways in the Relapse of Glioblastoma
Javier Orozco-Mera, MD, FACS, MSc, and colleagues assess the signaling pathways and molecular mechanisms involved in the relapse of glioblastoma.
Genetic Variants Show ‘Potential’ to Identify High-Risk Prostate Cancer
March 21st 2023A genetic analysis indicates that multi-ancestry polygenic risk scores may be “potentially useful” in detecting risk of aggressive prostate cancer in patients of African ancestry, according to an expert from the University of Southern California.