Teenagers and young adults are at increased risk of suicide after being diagnosed with cancer according to a study published in the leading cancer journal Annals of Oncology [1]. A study of nearly eight million Swedes aged 15 and over found that among the 12,669 young people diagnosed with cancer between the age of 15 […]
October 2013
Variations in death rates after surgery for oesophageal and gastric cancers prompt European initiative to improve patient outcomes
Amsterdam, The Netherlands: A pilot study has shown large variations between European countries in patient survival after surgery for oesophageal and gastric cancers. The 2013 European Cancer Congress (ECC2013) [1] heard on Tuesday that the reasons for these differences are not clear and cannot be explained simply in terms of the volume of patients treated […]