Current Oncology, Volume 24, Issue 3

Clinical Vignette: A 50-year-old woman presents to the emergency department with increasing abdominal pain. Abdominal computed tomography imaging reveals an expanded inferior vena cava–filling defect that is suspicious for a retroperitoneal sarcoma,...

The rapid expansion of electronic communication has aided in patient care, but it has also increased the amount of time that physicians spend reviewing and responding to e-mail messages. [...]

Aim: In the present study, we assessed the diagnostic value of epidermal growth factor (EGF) and cancer antigens 125 (CA125) and 15-3 (CA15-3) in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) of lung cancer from 79 enrolled patients with suspected lung cancer....

Purpose: A large body of evidence clearly shows that cancer patients experience significant health benefits with smoking cessation. Cancer Care Ontario, the provincial agency responsible for the quality of cancer services in Ontario, has undertaken a...

Introduction: The Rehabilitation and Exercise Oncology model of care (ActivOnco) was established to optimize cancer survivorship through exercise prescription and active lifestyle promotion, providing a transition of care from hospital to community....

Background: Metronomic chemotherapy—administration of low-dose chemotherapy—allows for a prolonged treatment duration and minimizes toxicity for unfit patients diagnosed with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Methods: Oral metronomic vinor...

Background: Indications for breast magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), a very sensitive but less-specific tool for breast investigation, remain controversial, and accessibility is limited. The purposes of our study were to determine the proportion of b...

Background: The Odette Cancer Centre’s recent implementation of a rapid diagnostic unit (RDU) for breast lesions has significantly decreased wait times to diagnosis. However, the economic impact of the unit remains unknown. This project defined the d...

Purpose: We explored the patterns of sentinel node metastasis and investigated the prognostic value of sentinel node necrosis (SNN) in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Methods: This retrospectiv...

Background: The radiotherapy (RT) volumes in anaplastic (ATC) and differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) are controversial. Methods: We retrospectively examined the patterns of failure after postoperative intensity-modulated RT for ATC and DTC. Compu...