Reports
The following list of reports reflects the latest in findings and outcomes in medical research as presented at major medical meetings and published peer-reviewed medical journals. In this section you can view reports from important congresses as well as summaries of some recently published journal articles. Please let us know if you have a particular area of interest you would like to see covered.
29th Congress of the Société Internationale d’Urologie
Improving Biopsy Detection and Reducing Prostate Volume
Paris, France / September 2-6, 2007
Paris - The majority of North American men have had a serum prostate-specific antigen test in their lifetime, with half being tested annually, yet more than 17% will be diagnosed with prostate cancer. Moreover, up to 30,000 men will die...
Based on articles from: CMAJ August 2007;177(5):Online 1-4 Maclean’s Magazine August 27, 2007, pp. 38-42
Addressing the Real Burden of Disease: Supporting Current and Future Vaccination Against Human Papillomavirus
August 2007
Editorial Overview: Alex Ferenczy, MD Professor of Pathology and Obstetrics and Gynecology McGill University and the Sir Mortimer B. Davis-Jewish General Hospital Montreal, Quebec and Eduardo L. Franco, PhD Director, Division of Cancer...
62nd Annual Meeting of the Canadian Urological Association
Optimizing Prostate Health: Implications of PCPT and MTOPS Trials
Quebec City, Quebec / June 24-27, 2007
Quebec City - In order to better manage patients with elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels, determine which patient with an elevated PSA to biopsy and decide when to prescribe a 5-alpha reductase inhibitor (5ARI) for men at high...
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Chemotherapy-induced Nausea and Vomiting: Addressing Quality of Life
June 21, 2007
With the introduction of the serotonin antagonists (5-HT3 RA) over the past decades, significant progress has been made in the control of chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV). Yet as several studies have shown, acute and...
Based on the Protocole d’immunisation du Québec Update published on-line June 2007
Human Papillomavirus Vaccine: Implications and Recommendations
Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common cause of sexually transmitted infections in Canada, primarily affecting individuals aged 15 to 29 years. Most HPV infections clear spontaneously without clinical manifestations. The invisibility...
43rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Focus on Renal Cell and Hepatocellular Carcinoma
Chicago, Illinois / June 1-5, 2007
Editorial Overview: Jennifer Knox, MD, FRCPC Department of Medical Oncology UHN-Princess Margaret Hospital Assistant Professor of Medicine University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario
43rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Improved Safety of Anthracycline Regimens for More Effective Metastatic Breast Cancer Management
Chicago, Illinois / June 1-5, 2007
Chicago - Several important new strategies have been developed to circumvent the dose-limiting toxicities of anthracyclines in metastatic breast cancer. Although the anti-tumour activity of doxorubicin, a common chemotherapy in metastatic...
43rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Improving Treatment Response and Tolerability in Metastatic Breast Cancer
Chicago, Illinois / June 1-5, 2007
Chicago - While taxanes have made a major contribution to the treatment of breast cancer, they are associated with a number of toxicities, some of which are attributed to the solvent-based platform required to make the agents bioavailable....
43rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology
Molecular Defects: New Targets for Novel Anti-tumour Agents
Chicago, Illinois / June 1-5, 2007
Chicago - As new targets in the tumourogenesis pathway are identified, new agents that manipulate these pathways are being developed to help stop cancer from advancing. The novel histone deacetylase inhibitors are one such class, and their...