New approaches and procedures for cancer treatment: Current perspectives

DT Debela, SGY Muzazu, KD Heraro… - SAGE open …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Cancer is a global health problem responsible for one in six deaths worldwide. Treating
cancer has been a highly complex process. Conventional treatment approaches, such as …

Financial toxicity in cancer care in India: a systematic review

JM Boby, S Rajappa, A Mathew - The Lancet Oncology, 2021 - thelancet.com
Although financial toxicity is widely acknowledged to be a potential consequence of costly
cancer treatment, little is known about its prevalence and outcome among the Indian …

Mobile devices and wearable technology for measuring patient outcomes after surgery: a systematic review

SR Knight, N Ng, A Tsanas, K Mclean, C Pagliari… - NPJ digital …, 2021 - nature.com
Complications following surgery are common and frequently occur the following discharge.
Mobile and wearable digital health interventions (DHI) provide an opportunity to monitor and …

Enhanced postoperative surveillance versus standard of care to reduce mortality among adult surgical patients in Africa (ASOS-2): a cluster-randomised controlled …

BM Biccard, L du Toit, M Lesosky, T Stephens… - The Lancet Global …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Risk of mortality following surgery in patients across Africa is twice as high as
the global average. Most of these deaths occur on hospital wards after the surgery itself. We …

The impact of scaling up access to treatment and imaging modalities on global disparities in breast cancer survival: a simulation-based analysis

ZJ Ward, R Atun, H Hricak, K Asante, G McGinty… - The Lancet …, 2021 - thelancet.com
Background Female breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the world,
with wide variations in reported survival by country. Women in low-income and middle …

Death following pulmonary complications of surgery before and during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic

British journal of surgery, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Background This study aimed to determine the impact of pulmonary complications on death
after surgery both before and during the severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 …

Effects of pre‐operative isolation on postoperative pulmonary complications after elective surgery: an international prospective cohort study

COVIDSurg Collaborative… - …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We aimed to determine the impact of pre‐operative isolation on postoperative pulmonary
complications after elective surgery during the global SARS‐CoV‐2 pandemic. We …

Breast cancer surgery 10-year survival prediction by machine learning: A large prospective cohort study

SJ Lou, MF Hou, HT Chang, HH Lee, CC Chiu… - Biology, 2021 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary This study provided an analysis of machine-learning algorithms and the
ability to predict 10-year survival after breast cancer surgery. The univariate analyses and …

Profiling Colorectal Cancer in the Landscape Personalized Testing—Advantages of Liquid Biopsy

D Verbanac, A Čeri, I Hlapčić, M Shakibaei… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Drug-specific therapeutic approaches for colorectal cancer (CRC) have contributed to
significant improvements in patient health. Nevertheless, there is still a great need to …

Monitoring immunotherapy with optical molecular imaging

L Xu, Y Wang, Y Ma, S Huan, G Song - ChemMedChem, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Immunotherapy is an effective way to mobilize the body's own immune system to confront
tumor cells. However, the efficacy of immunotherapy is affected by tumor heterogeneity, and …