PCN349 - CAN WE APPLY THE UTILITY PREDICTION MATHEMATICAL MODEL FOR RECURRENT METASTATIC BREAST CANCER TO JAPANESE PATIENTS?

Can We Apply the Control Material from Standard Clinical Chemistry Analyzer for Usage in the Point of Care Testing Analyzer?

Cancer age: can we reliably estimate and apply this knowledge?

In their article, Patrone et al utilize a modified version of Collins’ law to estimate the age of breast, lung, and colorectal cancers. Collins’ law, which states that the period of risk for recurrence of a tumor is equal to the age of the patient at diagnosis plus 9 months, has been applied primarily to pediatric tumors, in particular embryonal tumors.[1,2] The results from the application of ...

International Guidelines for Management of Metastatic Breast Cancer: Can Metastatic Breast Cancer Be Cured?

A distinctive subset of metastatic breast cancer (MBC) is oligometastatic disease, which is characterized by single or few detectable metastatic lesions. The existing treatment guidelines for patients with localized MBC include surgery, radiotherapy, and regional chemotherapy. The European School of Oncology-Metastatic Breast Cancer Task Force addressed the management of these patients in its f...

“How should we treat older patients with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer, A Review”

Nearly 50 % of newly diagnosed colorectal cancer, affect people over 70 years of age. Inclusion of older patients in clinical trials has been extremely rare. As a result, there is debate on how to manage these patients because it is still unclear how to balance the therapeutic advantages and toxicities. For patients who do not have comorbid conditions, with performance status (P.S.) 0–1, treatm...

Can we apply results from large to small arteries?