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The risk of suicide attempts among parents of children with cancer is higher during the first years following cancer diagnosis, particularly when the child is diagnosed at age 18 years or below, or with an aggressive or fatal form of cancer, a study has found.

A retrospective, propensity score-matched analysis from Singapore demonstrates the feasibility of transanal total mesorectal excision with delayed coloanal anastomosis (TaTME-DCAA) as a surgical alternative for non-metastatic low rectal cancer.

In advanced nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients with anorexia, treatment with mirtazapine leads to a substantial increase in energy intake despite having no effect on appetite, as shown in a study.

Oesophageal cancer survivors are more likely to develop late-onset pneumonia during their clinical course, a study suggests.

In older patients with resected biliary tract cancer, adjuvant chemotherapy does not appear to yield significant survival gains when compared with observation, according to a study.