3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (433+ words) Medscape Relapse Uncommon After Surgery for Appendiceal Cancer Relapse after surgical resection of localized appendiceal adenocarcinoma was uncommon in a retrospective cohort study, occurring in 9.4% of patients at a median follow-up of 62.6 months. Relapse risk varied by histologic subtype, with…...

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6+ day, 39+ min ago   (161+ words) In an analysis of patients with resectable oesophagogastric adenocarcinoma from two large trials, those with mismatch repair-deficient (MMRd) tumours treated with perioperative chemotherapy had significantly better survival than those with MMR-proficient (MMRp) tumours, and chemotherapy did not erase that advantage....

6+ day, 1+ hour ago   (465+ words) Edited by Zeel Mehta The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) has recommended mirdametinib (Ezmekly, Merck Serono) as an option for children and young people aged 2-17 years with symptomatic, inoperable plexiform neurofibromas associated with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1). Around 200 patients…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (583+ words) Edited by the editorial team Beyond the library of textbooks runs another shelf of medicine — one made up of novels, essays, and memoirs that explore the field not through knowledge, but through lived experience. These are books about care when…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (573+ words) Interviewer: Leonor Rodríguez; Interviewees: Agostina Stradella, MD, PhD; Fernando Henao; María del Mar Vernet-Tomás, MD, PhD; Vega Iranzo, MD, PhD Chief, Gynecologic Oncology and Breast Diseases Section, Hospital del Mar, Barcelona, Spain Disclosure: Agostina Stradella, MD, PhD; Fernando Henao; María…...