Aspirin reduces long-term risk of cancer in obese patients Obesity is associated with a greater risk of colorectal cancer in patients with Lynch syndrome but this risk is offset by taking aspirin regularly, an international study shows.…
FDA approves opioid Oxycontin for adolescents The US Food and Drug Administration has approved the use of the opioid OxyContin (oxycodone) for children aged 11–16 years whose pain is severe enough to require daily around-the-clock long-term treatment for which alternative options are inadequate.…
Aromatase inhibitors better than tamoxifen for preventing recurrence of early breast cancer In a large meta-analysis, five years of treatment with aromatase inhibitors decreased rates of recurrence and mortality compared with tamoxifen in women with early breast cancer.…
Palliative chemotherapy may harm patient’s quality of life Chemotherapy for end-stage cancer does not improve, and may harm, a patient’s quality of life in their final week of life, report researchers.…
Skin cancer drug sonidegib approved in United States The US Food and Drug Administration has approved sonidegib as a treatment for patients with locally advanced basal cell carcinoma.…
Prostate cancer: treatment options When to consider each of the available treatment options for prostate cancer.…
Clinical Pharmacist’s monthly news round-up: the top 10 in the past month What has been happening in the world of pharmacy? Here’s our pick of must-read news from the past month.…
Prostate cancer: risk factors and diagnosis How to diagnose prostate cancer and describe its severity to inform treatment decisions.…
Proposal to involve NICE in approval process for Cancer Drugs Fund The evaluation of drugs currently funded under the Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF) could be passed over to National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE) under proposals drawn up by NHS England.…
Attacking cancer: are therapeutic vaccines on the verge of fulfilling their potential? Researchers are investigating whether priming the immune system with therapeutic vaccines can prompt the body’s own defences to spring into action against cancer.…