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22 Nov 2016

Palliative Radiotherapy and Hormonal Deprivation for Prostate Cancer Induced Urinary Obstruction at a Sub-Saharan Tertiary Hospital

The occurrence of bladder outlet obstruction (BOO) in men with prostate cancer is common. Although relieving the obstruction may not change prognosis, it…
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5 Oct 2016

Genome Project Launch

Imagine. When you are well, the last thing you have on your mind is your health. We all take feeling normal for granted. When we feel right, all is fine.
23 Aug 2016

Optimising Cancer Immunotherapy: Challenges and Opportunities

Cancer immunotherapy has moved to the forefront in the treatment of patients with cancer, providing a unique opportunity to achieve dramatic and…
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12 Jul 2016

A Call from a Patient to Openly Discuss Body Image in the Treatment of Type 1 Diabetes

Diabetes is a non-communicable disease (NCD) meaning that it often cannot be seen. After 20 years of living with Type 1 diabetes I am lucky to have no…
5 Apr 2016

How I Treat: Lung Cancer

Lung cancer is the most common cancer and the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, accounting for about 1.8 million new diagnoses with…
5 Apr 2016

Primary Paraganglioma of the Thyroid Gland: Clinical and Immunohistological Analysis with a Literature Review

Primary paraganglioma of the thyroid is a rare neuroendocrine tumour, often mistaken for other thyroid neoplasms.
26 Jan 2016

Do the Guidelines in Oncology Need to Evolve?

Therapeutic guidelines in oncology, such as those from the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) or the European Society for Medical Oncology…
26 Jan 2016

Diagnosis and Treatment of Bladder Cancer: From Established Paradigms to Recent Advances and New Perspectives

Bladder cancer (BC) certainly represents a challenging disease for the patient, given the significant impact on health-related quality of life, and for…