Preseentation of a data about 3000+ glioblastoma multiform at the european Medical Society Oncology 2018

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month

October is the month where is done a worldwide annual campaign involving thousands of organisations. The idea is to highlight the importance of breast awareness, education and research

 

Very sadly inequity for access to the oncologists in poor countries…the graph doesn’t show the situation in some countries in the center of Africa which is very far worse than India.

 

Prostate cancer care in elderly men costs Medicare $1.2 billion

The study, published in JAMA Oncology (Sept. 13, 2018, was based on an analysis of the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER)-Medicare linked database. Looking at the period between 2004 and 2007. The authors identified nearly 50,000 men who were diagnosed with nonmetastatic prostate cancer at 70 years of age or older. About half of the patients were 76 years of age or older. While many patients in the US can’t afford curative cancer treatments, a recent report has shown that the Medicare is spending a median of $14,453 per patient within 3 years after the diagnosis of localized prostate cancer in elderly men. The total Medicare estimated 3-year costs is $1.2 billion.  Localized prostate cancer is a condition that is rarely fatal, especially in elderly men because localized prostate cancer grows slowly such that there are higher chances of the patient dying of something else. Therefore, is questionable the spending of a big amount of taxpayers’ money…. since there is no prevention of prostate cancer in those patients…

News against the fight of human papillomavirus-induced cancers with the preventive vaccine.

Gardasil 9 (HPV 9-valent Vaccine, Recombinant), a vaccine for the prevention of HPV, has been approved by the FDA for use in males and females aged 9 through 45 years.

Gardasil 9 was previously approved by the FDA in 2014 for use in males and females aged 9 through 26 years. The vaccine has been shown to prevent cancers and other diseases caused by the 9 types of HPV: 6, 11, 16, 18, 31, 33, 45, 52, and 58.

Meta-analysis highlights link between processed meat and breast cancer

Studies regarding the link between processed meat and risk of breast cancer have presented inconsistent results. This problem was addressed by a recently published meta-analysis in the International Journal of Cancer, examining 15 studies published on the subject. From this the reviewers concluded that high processed meat consumption increased the risk of developing breast cancer by 9%. No significant association was observed between unprocessed red meat intake and cancer risk.

'Red' meat is any meat that has a dark red colour before it is cooked – this includes meats such as beef, lamb and pork. 'Processed' meat is meat that is not sold fresh but has been preserved. For example, the meat may have been smoked, cured, or had chemical preservatives added.