Within these volumes and elsewhere, much has been written of late on the topic of population screening , particularly with regard to prostate and breast cancers. Screening may be seen as an individual decision or as a collective decision mandated on the health care system. As a practicing physician who often sees patients with prostate cancer detected by screening, I find it sometimes difficult...

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M. Ciccarese1, L. Orlando2, P. Fedele3, P. Schiavone2, E. Maiello4, P. Cilenti5, M. Aieta6, G. Bozza6, M.R.C. Forcignanò1, A. Febbraro7, R. Bordonaro8, S. Romito9, A. Rinaldi10, N. Borsellino11, F. Riccardi12, S. Pisconti13, V. Lorusso14, G. Colucci15, S. Cinieri16 Oncology Dept., Ospedale Vito Fazzi, Lecce, ITALY Ospedale Perrino, Oncologia Brindisi, Brindisi, ITALY Oncology & Breast Unit, Ant...

Endometrial cancer: ESMO Clinical Practice Guidelines for diagnosis, treatment and follow-up N. Colombo, E. Preti, F. Landoni, S. Carinelli, A. Colombo, C. Marini & C. Sessa On behalf of the ESMO Guidelines Working Group* Division of Gynecologic Oncology, European Institute of Oncology, Milan; Department of Pathology, European Institute of Oncology, Milan; Department of Radiotherapy, Manzoni Ho...

EDITORIAL article Front. Neurol., 13 July 2023Sec. Neuro-Oncology and Neurosurgical Oncology Volume 14 - 2023 | https://doi.org/10.3389/fneur.2023.1225594

The European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) Congress is an important annual oncology meeting. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020 edition was held virtually. Over 30,000 registrants from more than 150 countries utilised platform. Here we present studies and presentations science weekend relevant field of geriatric oncology.

Background Infections in critical care unit are high, and they are serious hospital problems. Infections acquired during the hospital stay are generally called nosocomial infections, initially known as infections arising after 48 h of hospital admission. The mostfrequent nosocomial infections (urinary, respiratory, gastroenteritis and blood stream infection) were common in patients at hospit...

Exposure of health care workers to antineoplastic drugs and subsequent adverse health effects is still an open issue. Very little has been studied on the extent of occupational exposure and handling conditions of antineoplastic drugs in Iran. We aimed to determine cyclophosphamide and ifosfamide concentrations in the urine samples of oncology healthcare workers. In addition, we assessed workpla...

The 2016 Annual Meeting on Women's Cancer® in San Diego, CA highlighted very important health policy and socioeconomic issues affecting SGO members. During the annual Member Forum on Monday, March 21, 2016, attendees were informed of the activites and goals of four special SGO Taskforces: Coding and Reimbursement, The Future of Physician Payment Reform, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs, and P...