Category Archives: Cancer and neoplasms

Abstract Purpose Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has deeply altered the prostate biopsy strategy to detect prostate cancer. However, it is still debatable whether the detection rate differs between transrectal (TR) and transperineal (TP) MRI-targeted biopsy (MRI-TB). To compare the effectiveness of these two methods for detecting both overall prostate cancer (PCa) and clinically significant PCa […]

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There are many reasons why a human cell can go berserk and start to multiply uncontrollably until it produces a malignant tumor. Smoking, for example, causes mutations that can lead a cell to reproduce without restraint. Alcohol, excessive exposure to the sun or even chance can also favor these errors in cell replication. However, the […]

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Natasha / stock.adobe.com Rachel Venable, DVM, MS, DACVIM (Oncology), founder of Pet Cancer Care Consulting, expressed the importance of knowing how to deal with chemotherapy adverse effects, even if you do not normally work with cancer patients. In her session at the Directions in Veterinary Medicine symposium in Nashville, Tennessee, she stated, “I know sometimes […]

Thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine tumor and the 11th most common malignant tumor worldwide.1 Moreover, thyroid cancer is also one of the malignancies with the highest increasing rate, ie, a 3-fold increase in incidence has been observed during the past 3 decades, with an increasing global annual rate of 3.6%.2 Thyroid cancer has […]

Abstract We describe the potential utility of Amide Proton Transfer weighted (APTw) Magnetic Resonance Imaging and arterial spin labeling (ASL) in characterizing pilocytic astrocytoma (PA), a type of brain tumor that can be challenging to accurately diagnose and treat. The study included 50 patients with solid or predominantly solid intra-cranial and intra-axial tumors, with 25 […]

Cowan AJ, Green DJ, Kwok M, Lee S, Coffey DG, Holmberg LA, Tuazon S, Gopal AK, Libby EN. Diagnosis and management of multiple myeloma: a review. JAMA. 2022;327(5):464–77. Article  CAS  PubMed  Google Scholar  Palumbo A, Bringhen S, Ludwig H, Dimopoulos MA, Bladé J, Mateos MV, Rosiñol L, Boccadoro M, Cavo M, Lokhorst H, et al. […]

Key Points Question  What are the survival patterns of patients with cervical cancer with and without a preexisting diagnosis of a mental disorder? Findings  In this cohort study of 20 177 patients with cervical cancer diagnosed between 1978 and 2018, patients with a preexisting diagnosis of a mental disorder had a 32% higher risk of death […]