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Cardio-oncology is an emerging subspecialty arising from the need for multidisciplinary collaboration to address the increasing prominence of cardiovascular disease (CVD) among cancer patients. This overview outlines the case for establishing cardio-oncology services and defines the ways in which these services benefit cancer patients. The primary objective of cardio-oncology is to manage CVDs in…
Source: Clinical OncologyCategories: Hem/Onc News and Journals, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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The P-value remains a widely used statistical concept in medicine. Ubiquitous in clinical trial reports, we have relied heavily on this tool to highlight results more worthy of attention. However, there has been longstanding concern that a lack of nuanced understanding of the scope and interpretation of P-values could lead to inappropriate conclusions [1–4]. This is not only a problem for…
Source: Clinical OncologyCategories: Hem/Onc News and Journals, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
RT @Icro_Meattini: Understanding Statistical Significance and Avoiding Common Pitfalls #OncoAlert @OncoAlert https://t.co/YSNzls8Lfl
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The phase 3 FAST-Forward trial reported outcomes for 26 and 27 Gy schedules delivered in 5 fractions over 1 week versus 40 Gy in 15 fractions over 3 weeks in 4000 patients. We discuss concerns raised by the radiotherapy community in relation to implementing this schedule.
Source: Clinical OncologyCategories: Hem/Onc News and Journals, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
Five-fraction Radiotherapy for Breast Cancer: FAST-Forward to Implementation. Read the #OpenAccess paper here: https://t.co/4dRXUbjVGE @RCRadiologists @achoud72 #ClinOnc #bcsm https://t.co/ijyDP60dLP
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Mashup Score: 1Chinese Medicine in Cancer Treatment – How is it Practised in the East and the West? - 4 year(s) ago
Chinese medicine therapies in cancer treatment are very common in the East. Although it is usually classified as a form of complementary and alternative therapy in the West, Chinese medicine is an independent medical profession in Hong Kong and mainland China. It has a different perspective in understanding health and diseases compared with Western medicine. In oncology practice, whereas Western…
Source: Clinical OncologyCategories: Hem/Onc News and Journals, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
RT @achoud72: Highly commended to Dr T-H So👏🏽 https://t.co/VgzhQYHU3T @RCRadiologists @OncologyAdvance @ipemnews @SCoRMembers @ESTRO_RT @AS…
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Mashup Score: 1Radiotherapy Trial Set-up in the UK: Identifying Inefficiencies and Potential Solutions - 4 year(s) ago
Radiotherapy clinical trials are integral to the development of new treatments to improve the outcomes of patients with cancer. A collaborative study by the National Cancer Research Institute Clinical and Translational Radiotherapy Research Working Group and the National Institute for Health Research was carried out to understand better if and why inefficiencies occur in the set-up of…
Source: Clinical OncologyCategories: Hem/Onc News and Journals, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
RT @achoud72: Highly commended to @CathHanna 👏🏽 https://t.co/dOcTPaBV38 @RCRadiologists @OncologyAdvance @ipemnews @SCoRMembers @ESTRO_RT @…
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To evaluate how common radiation therapy techniques perform in the setting of the new European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology-Advisory Committee in Radiation Oncology Practice (ESTRO-ACROP) delineation recommendations for immediate breast reconstruction (IBR).
Source: Clinical OncologyCategories: Hem/Onc News and Journals, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
(3/3) Read now https://t.co/9u3taJGY91
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To evaluate how common radiation therapy techniques perform in the setting of the new European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology-Advisory Committee in Radiation Oncology Practice (ESTRO-ACROP) delineation recommendations for immediate breast reconstruction (IBR).
Source: Clinical OncologyCategories: Hem/Onc News and Journals, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
(2/2) The study evaluated different radiation therapy techniques to plan postoperative radiation in the setting of immediate reconstruction. Read now https://t.co/m0vukDiPnB
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Preoperative (chemo)radiotherapy followed by total mesorectal excision is the current standard of care for patients with locally advanced rectal cancer. The use of intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) for rectal cancer is increasing in the UK. However, the extent of IMRT implementation and current practice was not previously known. A national survey was commissioned to investigate the…
Source: Clinical OncologyCategories: Hem/Onc News and Journals, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
Intensity Modulated Radiotherapy for Rectal Cancer in the UK in 2020: https://t.co/a4BfzYARAi
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Mashup Score: 1Instant Oncology: LATITUDE - 4 year(s) ago
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
Source: Clinical OncologyCategories: Hem/Onc News and Journals, Latest HeadlinesTweet-
#ClinOnc welcomes Dr Lei Wang and her Instant Oncology series of clinical trial summaries with this piece on LATITUDE. Join in the discussion about what this means for patients with #prostatecancer. @drlw2309 @RCRadiologists https://t.co/CnayZdvFlc https://t.co/eIzpo43Ecq
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In the pivotal Trastuzumab for Gastric Cancer (ToGA) trial, trastuzumab improved median survival in patients with advanced HER-2-positive gastric and gastroesophageal cancer from 11.1 to 13.8 months; however, its effectiveness in routine clinical practice has not been evaluated. Our objective was to evaluate the uptake and outcomes of trastuzumab in a population-based cohort of patients with…
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What's the efficacy-effectiveness gap for trastuzumab in advanced HER2+ G-e cancer? This paper is an attempt to answer that question: https://t.co/DWlNxnOgd0
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The article is freely available in #ClinOnc: https://t.co/N1ZudVHHCl @RCRadiologists @achoud72 https://t.co/jnVf4KWa3h