The outcome of the prophylactic cranial irradiation trial was presented in ASCO 2007. In small cell lung cancer, brain relapse is a common problem. A metaanalysis has shown the if you give radiotherapy to the brain of people with limited stage small cell lung cancer you improve their survival and reduce risk of intracerebral relapse. [...]
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Zap the brains
Posted in Medical news on July 8, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Oral sex and oropharngeal cancers
Posted in Medical news on June 13, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
NEJM reported a case control study showing that high number of oral sex partners and high number of vaginal sex partners are associated with increased risk of oropharyngeal cancers. In addition, any HPV infection is associated with the same cancer. The association is strong in subjects with and without heavy smoking/alcohol history. This was also reported [...]
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