Complications with abdominoplasty in obese patients

• Univadis Medical News
• 24 april 2019

Physicians should not immediately advise obese patients against undergoing abdominoplasty.

EORTC issues new guidance on sentinel lymph node biopsy in melanoma

• Univadis Medical News
• 24 april 2019

Recommendations include extending the distance between steps according to the short-axis dimension of the lymph node.

Global burden of emergency diseases: new research

• Univadis Medical News
• 24 april 2019

Injuries, ischaemic heart disease, lower respiratory tract infections and haemorrhagic strokes made up around 60 per cent of emergency medical diseases in 2015.

Sri Lanka attacks: security tightened at state hospitals

• Univadis Medical News
• 24 april 2019

The World Health Organization has saluted the healthcare workers providing care to those injured.

ELCC 2019 - In first-line nonsquamous NSCLC, patients with EGFR mutations benefit from adding atezolizumab to standard care

• Oncology Conference reports
• 14 april 2019

Exploratory subgroup analysis of IMpower150 trial indicates efficacy for EGFR-mt+ patients given atezolizumab in addition to bevacizumab and standard chemotherapy

ELCC 2019 - Is there a role for gut microbiome in clinical responses to lung cancer immunotherapy?

• Oncology Conference reports
• 14 april 2019

Keynote lecture at European Lung Cancer Conference presents arguments for exploring the influence of microbes in precision medicine

ELCC 2019 - Many problems with accessibility to lung cancer care in low and middle income EU countries

• Oncology Conference reports
• 14 april 2019

Most health care systems in the eastern part of the EU are under financed and under equipped to deal with lung cancer

ELCC 2019 - Molecular tumor boards “bring order to chaos”

• Oncology Conference reports
• 14 april 2019

The dynamics of precision medicine are challenging and need molecular tumor boards to be harvested for the good of the patients