Add Stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) seems to provide a survival benefit to patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), especially those with macrovascular invasion. This is the result of a clinical trial of phase 3 presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology. The current standard of care for unresectable HCC […]
(Adnkronos Salute) – In Italy, colorectal cancers represent the second most common neoplasm in women and the third in men. According to the Aiom report “The numbers of cancer in Italy”, 48,100 new cases (26,000 in men and 22,100 in women) are estimated in 2022, up from 1.5% and 1.6% respectively compared to 2020. Only […]
FNOMCeO Corte di Cassazione (Order n.9218/2022) Resident doctors The Supreme Court has stated that, for doctors who obtained their specialization in the years 1983-91, it is not necessary to indicate also the number of years of the specialty obtained for the purpose of quantifying compensation for damages for failure to timely transpose the Community directives […]
For For patients with advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), especially those with macrovascular invasion, stereotactic radiation therapy (SBRT) appears to offer a survival benefit when combined with systemic therapy. This is the result of a Phase 3 clinical trial presented at the American Society for Radiation Oncology Annual Meeting. For inoperable HCC or in cases that […]
ISS Istituto Superiore di Sanita’ Mortality in Italy in 2019 Rapporti ISTISAN 22/28 The report presents a descriptive analysis of mortality in our country in the year 2019. For general mortality and the main causes of death (35 for men, 36 for women), tables with standardised rates and absolute numbers of deaths and maps with […]
A One-time sigmoidoscopy screening significantly reduces long-term incidence of colorectal cancer (CRC), according to a new pooled analysis of four randomized trials published in Annals of Internal Medicine. Although endoscopic screening provides a way to detect and remove premalignant polyps early, data to quantify the long-term effects of sigmoidoscopy screening are lacking, said corresponding author […]
Context KRAS is the oncogene that most frequently has mutations in human cancers, including colorectal cancer. Adagrasib was recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for advanced non-small cell lung cancer. Adagrasib is a highly targeted, oral-acting inhibitor of the G12C mutation-mutated protein KRASKRAS G12C indicates the glycine to cysteine mutation in codon […]
Rome, Dec. 28. (Adnkronos Salute) – The City of Pavia Care Institute will have a new proctology department, a simple operating unit that will be inaugurated in January and will be led by three highly experienced proctologist surgeons, report from the San Donato Group to which the structure belongs: Umberto Favetta (head of the service), […]
AIFA Agenzia Italiana del Farmaco Important Information Note on (crizotinib) Vision disorders, which pose a known risk with crizotinib use, have been reported in clinical trials in 61% of paediatric patients with anaplastic large cell lymphoma (ALCL) positive for recurrent or refractory systemic anaplastic lymphoma (ANAF) kinase (ALCL) or with tumour Inflammatory Myofibroblastic Tumour (IMT) […]
Milan, 21 Feb. (Adnkronos Health) – There are about 2 thousand children under 6 in Italy with type 1 diabetes, 400 new diagnoses every year. For them there is only an automated insulin delivery system (Automated Insulin Devices, Aid), just approved by regulatory bodies in our country and in Europe. But for some years dozens […]