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Ecthyma gangrenosum in children with cancer requires early detection, treatment
Ecthyma gangrenosum in children with cancer requires early detection, treatment
10 Mar 2022

In children with cancer, early diagnosis and proper and timely treatment of ecthyma gangrenosum (EG) are necessary to achieve recovery and to prevent larger necrotic lesions, which eventually evolve in scarring sequelae, suggests a study.

Ecthyma gangrenosum in children with cancer requires early detection, treatment
10 Mar 2022
Continuing enzalutamide after progression improves PFS in mCRPC
Continuing enzalutamide after progression improves PFS in mCRPC
09 Mar 2022 byRoshini Claire Anthony

In patients with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) who experience disease progression while on enzalutamide treatment, continuing enzalutamide appears to improve progression-free survival (PFS), according to results of the phase IIIb PRESIDE trial.

Continuing enzalutamide after progression improves PFS in mCRPC
09 Mar 2022
Use of alternative medicine not uncommon in melanoma patients
Use of alternative medicine not uncommon in melanoma patients
09 Mar 2022

About one in four cutaneous melanoma patients use at least one type of complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), of which herbs and turmeric are the most popular, reveals a prospective study from a tertiary cancer centre in Turkey.

Use of alternative medicine not uncommon in melanoma patients
09 Mar 2022
Whole-exome sequencing enhances diagnosis in young CRC patients
Whole-exome sequencing enhances diagnosis in young CRC patients
09 Mar 2022

Whole-exome sequencing (WES) can improve diagnosis rates in young colorectal cancer (CRC) patients who show no pathogenic variants in mismatch repair (MMR) genes or in the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) gene, reports a recent study.

Whole-exome sequencing enhances diagnosis in young CRC patients
09 Mar 2022