Current Oncology, Volume 18, Issue 5

Array Comparative Genomic Hybridization and Cytogenetic Analysis in Pediatric Acute Leukemias [...]

Recently, Current Oncology received its first journal impact factor of 1.820, and ranking of 129 out of 184, as published in the 2010 Journal Citation Reports, Science Edition (Thomson Reuters, 2011). [...]

This issue of Current Oncology contains a new editorial feature that we are calling “Countercurrents.” In this invited series of short pieces, we hope to challenge some of the received wisdom in oncology. These editorials will be written by Dr. Steve...

If a woman develops invasive breast cancer in the left breast at age 30, the probability of her developing breast cancer in the right breast by age 40 is about 5% (0.5% per year) ¹.[...]

To be forced to continue living a life that one deems intolerable when there are doctors who are willing either to end one’s life or to assist one in ending one’s own life, is an unspeakable violation of an individual’s freedom to live—and to die—as...

Distress is a common concern across the cancer trajectory, beginning at diagnosis and extending to the post-treatment phase of cancer and long term [...]

The article by Craighead et al. in this issue of Current Oncology presents a systematic review of the use of hyperbaric oxygen (HBO2) to treat delayed pelvic radiation complications in patients with gynecologic cancer.[...]

Banned in 1981, saccharin has long been considered carcinogenic because it produced bladder tumours in rats. Saccharin is now unbanned, with more than 100 countries worldwide legitimately allowing saccharin as a food sweetening additive[...]

Background: Late radiation tissue injury is a serious complication of radiotherapy for patients with gynecologic malignancies. Strategies for managing pain and other clinical features have limited efficacy; however, hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBO2) m...

Globally, hepatocellular carcinoma (hcc) is the third most common cause of death from cancer, after lung and stomach cancer. The incidence of hcc in Canada is increasing and is expected to continue to increase over the next decade. Given the high mor...

Quantification of the enzymatic activity of macromolecules has been a longstanding adjunctive approach in the diagnosis and prognosis of a variety of diseases, including cancer.[...]

Most patients with acute lymphocytic leukemia (all) are reported to have acquired chromosomal abnormalities in their leukemic bone marrow cells. Many established chromosome rearrangements have been described, and their associations with specific clin...

Background and Objectives: Increasing numbers of women are surviving breast cancer, and survivorship care is becoming more complex. Primary care physicians provide care for most survivors of breast cancer in the Canadian province of British Columbia....

Background: Many women with symptoms suggestive of a breast cancer diagnosis delay presentation to their family physician. Although factors associated with delay have been well described, there is a paucity of data on strategies to mitigate delay. Ob...

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death worldwide. Non-small-cell lung cancer (nsclc) is the most common form of lung cancer, with a median age at diagnosis of 70 years. These elderly patients are often underrepresented in the randomized cli...

Background: Within many health care disciplines, research networks have emerged to connect researchers who are physically separated, to facilitate sharing of expertise and resources, and to exchange valuable skills. A multicentre research network com...

The Canadian College of Medical Geneticists (ccmg) is a national organization of medical and laboratory geneticists. The mission of the ccmg is to establish and maintain high-quality professional and ethical standards for medical genetics services in...

At diagnosis of a cT3N0M1 adenocarcinoma of the rectum with synchronous inoperable liver metastases, a 59-year-old man was treated with preoperative radiotherapy (5×5 Gy), followed by laparoscopy-assisted anterior resection of the rectum with total m...