Current Oncology, Volume 23, Issue 4

Population-based datasets can provide observational insights into cancer incidence, [...]

It is ironic that the signing of the Paris Accord^1,2, [...]

Background: In the present study, we examined breast (BCa) and colorectal cancer (CRC) incidence and mortality and stage at diagnosis for First Nations (FN) individuals and all other Manitobans (AOMS). Methods: Several population-based databases were...

Background: Rigorously applied exercise interventions undertaken in a research setting result in improved health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in cancer survivors, but research to demonstrate effective translation of that research to practice is ne...

Objectives: The purpose of the present study was to calculate the proportion of cancers in Canada attributable to tobacco smoking (TS), alcohol use (AU), excess weight (EW), and physical inactivity (PIA); to explore variation in the proportions of th...

Background: Geographic variation in cancer care is common when clear clinical management guidelines do not exist. In the present study, we sought to describe health care resource consumption by patients with metastatic gastric cancer (gc) and to inve...

Purpose: In the present work, we set out to comprehensively describe the unmet supportive care and information needs of lung cancer patients. Methods: This cross-sectional study used the Supportive Care Needs Survey Short Form 34 (34 items) and an in...

Background: For oncologists and for patients, no site-specific clinical trial evidence has emerged for the use of concurrent chemotherapy with radiotherapy (ccrt) over radiotherapy (rt) alone for cancer of the hypopharynx (hpc) or for other human pap...

Background: Before undergoing curative-intent resection of gastric adenocarcinoma (GA), most patients undergo abdominal computed tomography (CT) imaging to determine contraindications to resection (local invasion, distant metastases). However, the ab...

Background: This guideline was prepared by the Fever Assessment Guideline Development Group, a group organized by the Program in Evidence-Based Care at the request of the Cancer Care Ontario Systemic Treatment Program. The mandate was to develop a st...

We congratulate Amdahl et al. on publishing their paper about the cost-effectiveness of pazopanib compared with sunitinib in metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mrcc) in Canada. [...]

The human papilloma virus (HPV) was at one time deemed benign, with few variants [...]

Background: Screening clinical breast examination (CBE) is controversial; the use of CBE is declining not only as a screening tool, but also as a diagnostic tool. In the present study, we aimed to assess the value of CBE in breast cancer detection in...

Background: In Canada and elsewhere, pazopanib and sunitinib—tyrosine kinase inhibitors targeting the vascular endothelial growth factor receptors—are recommended as first-line treatment for patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mrcc). A lar...

Background: Venous thromboembolism (vte) is a recognized complication in patients treated with asparaginase-containing chemotherapy regimens; the optimal preventive strategy is unclear. We assessed the safety and efficacy of prophylaxis using low-dos...

Purpose: In the present study, we determined the association of pretreatment circulating neutrophils, monocytes, and lymphocytes with clinical outcomes after lung stereotactic body radiotherapy (sbrt). Methods: All patients with primary lung cancer a...

Purpose: A new scheduling strategy was implemented. Before implementation, treatments and planning computed tomography (ct) imaging were both scheduled at the same time. Maximal wait times for treatment are defined by the Quebec Ministry of Health’s...

Purpose: We explored and compared the clinical effects of whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT) with and without elemene liposomes in patients with multiple brain metastases from non-small-cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC). Methods: We retrospectively analyzed 6...

The management of high-grade gliomas (hggs) is complex and ever-evolving. The standard of care for the treatment of hggs consists of surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy. However, treatment options are influenced by multiple factors such as patien...

Objective: Costs for radiation therapy (rt) and the methods used to cost rt are highly diverse across the literature. To date, no study has compared various costing methods in detail. Our objective was to perform a thorough review of the radiation co...

Background: High-dose chemotherapy with autologous stem-cell transplantation (ASCT) is an accepted part of standard therapy for patients with hematologic malignancies. Usually, stem-cell mobilization uses granulocyte colony–stimulating factor (G-CSF)...

Hypopituitarism in leukemia is very rare. In addition, central nervous system (cns) relapse and leukemic retinopathy in childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia (all) have declined with the use of modern systemic chemotherapy that includes cns prophyla...

It came to our attention that, over the course of putting together this article[...]