In a nutshell The present study evaluated whether the presence of cancer cells in the blood stream predicts a worse prognosis in women with operable breast cancer. The main finding was that progression-free survival (time before cancer progression) and overall survival were lower if circulating cancer cells were detected in the blood. Some background...
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In a nutshell The present study evaluated the effects of systemic chemotherapy and cytoreductive surgery (CRS) on survival in patients with aggressive types of cancer of the appendix (poorly differentiated and signet ring cell adenocarcinoma). The main findings were that systemic chemotherapy appears to be a viable treatment option for these types of...
Read MoreIn a nutshell The present study examined the association between obesity and survival rates by breast cancer subtypes. They found that survival rates were lower in obese patients, particularly in women whose tumors were hormone receptor positive and HER2 negative. Some background Obesity is defined as a Body Mass...
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