The investigators say acute appendicitis is likely an early warning sign for colon cancer, not a cause of it. The study covered was published as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed.
A large, propensity-matched review found that survival was better with fewer complications when women with advanced ovarian cancer underwent minimally invasive debulking surgery instead of open surgery.
Failure to consider weight loss that patients with colorectal cancer may experience prior to diagnosis may cause the contribution that weight plays in cancer risk to be underestimated, a new study suggests.
Long the gold standard students used to judge medical schools, the US News & World Report rankings recently lost some influence. Doctors in training offer options for weighing a school s value.