Cancer Care: Keeping Up to Date

The following references are sourced from Medline. 

Feeney G, Sehgal R, Sheehan M, Hogan A, Regan M, Joyce M, Kerin M. Neoadjuvant radiotherapy for rectal cancer management. World J Gastroenterol. 2019 Sep 7;25(33):4850-4869. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v25.i33.4850. PMID: 31543678; PMCID: PMC6737323.

Hannan E, Feeney G, Ullah MF, Amin K, Coffey JC, Peirce C. The first robotic transanal minimally invasive surgery in Ireland: a case-based review. Ir J Med Sci. 2021 May 12. doi: 10.1007/s11845-021-02645-9. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33977392.

Houlihan OA, Monaghan O, O'Sullivan S, Nugent K, Dunne M, Neary P, Cahill R, Mehigan B, McNamara DA, Salib O, Gillham C, McVey G, Faul C, Cunningham M, Armstrong J, O'Neill BDP. Anal squamous cell carcinoma: a retrospective case series. Ir J Med Sci. 2021 May 11. doi: 10.1007/s11845-021-02643-x. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33977391.

Peters N, Zemeer MZZ, Waters C, Bambury R. Dural spread from metastatic prostate cancer. BMJ Case Rep. 2021 Apr 27;14(4):e239726. doi: 10.1136/bcr-2020-239726. PMID: 33906871.

Bennett KE, Mullooly M, O'Loughlin M, Fitzgerald M, O'Donnell J, O'Connor L, Oza A, Cuddihy J. Underlying conditions and risk of hospitalisation, ICU admission and mortality among those with COVID-19 in Ireland: A national surveillance study. Lancet Reg Health Eur. 2021 Jun;5:100097. doi: 10.1016/j.lanepe.2021.100097. Epub 2021 Apr 15. PMID: 33880459; PMCID: PMC8049357.

Easty DJ, Farr CJ, Hennessy BT. New Roles for Vitamin D Superagonists: From COVID to Cancer. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2021 Mar 31;12:644298. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2021.644298. PMID: 33868174; PMCID: PMC8045760.

Cochrane Clinical Answers (CCAs) provide a readable, digestible, clinically focused entry point to rigorous research from Cochrane Reviews. They are designed to be actionable and to inform point of care decision making. 

Below are recent cancer related Cochrane clinical questions, click on the links to view answers. 

For people with non‐small cell lung cancer, what are the effects of adjunct chemotherapy? Jane Burch (PhD) and Sera Tort (MD) (on behalf of Cochrane Clinical Answers Editors). Cochrane Clinical Answers 2021. DOI: 10.1002/cca.3458.

For adults with non‐advanced colorectal cancer, what are the effects of physical activity? Agustín Ciapponi (MD, MSc) (on behalf of Cochrane Clinical Answers Editors). Cochrane Clinical Answers 2021. DOI: 10.1002/cca.3488.

For adults with locally advanced or metastatic soft tissue sarcoma receiving palliative care, how does doxorubicin monotherapy compare with doxorubicin‐based combination chemotherapy? Jane Burch (PhD) and Sera Tort (MD) (on behalf of Cochrane Clinical Answers Editors). Cochrane Clinical Answers 2021. DOI: 10.1002/cca.3469.

What is the accuracy of basal calcitonin for detection of medullary thyroid cancer in people with nodular thyroid disease? Jane Burch (PhD) and Adarsh Gupta (DO, MS, FACOFP) (on behalf of Cochrane Clinical Answers Editors). Cochrane Clinical Answers 2020. DOI: 10.1002/cca.3232.

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