{"title":"Preoperative Intravenous Iron Reduces the Need for Blood Transfusion in Colorectal Cancer Surgery","authors":"Peter Hofland","doi":"10.14229/onco.2023.11.28.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14229/onco.2023.11.28.001","url":null,"abstract":"Approximately 30% to 60% of the general surgical population is commonly affected by preoperative anemia*. This form of anemia is associated with an increased risk of postoperative morbidity, prolonged hospital stay, and impaired recovery.[1] Hence, planning potentially high-blood-loss surgery, especially patients with preoperative anemia, requires proper advance planning to allow time for adequate identification, assessment, and management to avoid adverse events.","PeriodicalId":301370,"journal":{"name":"Onco Zine – The International Oncology Network","volume":"402 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139238348","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Why Doctors and Nurses Should have Unfettered Access to Hospital Medical Libraries","authors":"H. Hudson","doi":"10.14229/onco.2023.08.01.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14229/onco.2023.08.01.001","url":null,"abstract":"The impact of medical librarians is well-documented. In one experiment, a group of primary care providers had the opportunity to send clinical questions to a rapid-response medical librarian. They received their replies in an average of 14 minutes, and 86 percent were described as having a positive impact on care. Two studies indicated patient length of stay was reduced when clinicians requested medical library searches related to a patient's case. Libraries can also help medical professionals avoid certain worst-case scenarios.","PeriodicalId":301370,"journal":{"name":"Onco Zine – The International Oncology Network","volume":"28 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134255857","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sonodynamic Therapy: An Emerging Treatment for Deadly Brain Tumors","authors":"E. Benaim","doi":"10.14229/onco.2023.07.25.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14229/onco.2023.07.25.001","url":null,"abstract":"Researchers and clinicians have made great strides against many cancers but, unfortunately, not all of them. Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) remains incredibly deadly – the five-year survival rate is a meager 5%. Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) is an almost universally fatal pediatric brain tumor. The five-year survival is around 2%. GBMs are generally treated with surgery and radiation. DIPG is so thoroughly embedded in the pons that surgery is impossible. Radiation can provide some small relief, and clinicians have seen some promise in CAR-T therapy. [3] However, the gains are uncertain and the cost in side effects quite high.","PeriodicalId":301370,"journal":{"name":"Onco Zine – The International Oncology Network","volume":"215 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121726288","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Why a Multidisciplinary Team Approach in Managing Prostate Cancer Makes Sense","authors":"Peter Hofland","doi":"10.14229/onco.2007.07.12.001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14229/onco.2007.07.12.001","url":null,"abstract":"Prostate cancer is among the most prevalent cancers in the developed world. It also remains one of the most complex diseases to treat. According to the American Cancer Society prostate cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths.While the advent of PSA (prostate specific antigen) testing has shifted detection from late-stage disease to early-stage disease, it has also raised the challenge of distinguishing between fast-growing cancers that must be treated aggressively versus slow-growing cancers that may not become clinically significant in a patient's life. At the same time it gives us the option to detect clinically meaningful prostate cancers at a disease state that is most likely curable.","PeriodicalId":301370,"journal":{"name":"Onco Zine – The International Oncology Network","volume":"99 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-07-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115133662","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}