Resource Roundup: Late Summer 2024

Resource Roundup: Late Summer 2024

PMP Pals Resource Roundup: Late Summer 2024

We’re always scanning medical journals, practitioner magazines, cancer-focused blogs, and our partner websites for resources about this rare disease. Depending on where you are on your appendix cancer journey, you may be searching for information about current treatment practices, recovering well, and technology advancements showing promise in 2, 5, or 10 years. Be sure to check the footnotes references at the end of every reading. Here’s what we turned up this past week that may be of interest to you:

Appendix Cancer Articles (8)

Role of Tumor-informed Personalized Circulating Tumor DNA Assay in Informing Recurrence in Patients With Peritoneal Metastases From Colorectal and High-grade Appendix Cancer Undergoing Curative-intent Surgery, Annals of Surgery, December 2023

Neoplasms of the Appendix, Deutsches Arzteblatt International, August 2023

Patterns of Recurrence in Appendix Cancer After Complete Cytoreduction and Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy, Annals of Surgical Oncology, August 2023

The Vermiform Appendix and Its Pathologies, Cancers, June 2023

10P Molecular mutations in appendix cancers, Science for Optimal Cancer Care, March 2023

Recent Clinical Advances in Rare Gastrointestinal Tumors, Advances in Oncology, February 2023

The other colon cancer: a population-based cohort study of appendix tumour trends and prognosis, ACPGBI Gastroenterology Journal | Wiley Online Library, February 2023
Neuroendocrine tumor of the appendix—a case report and review of the literature, Journal of Surgical Case Reports, March 2019

Articles related to Colorectal Cancer (CRC) (2)

Hydroxygenkwanin suppresses peritoneal metastasis in colorectal cancer by modulating tumor-associated macrophages polarization, ScienceDirect, June 2024
FDA Approves Lonsurf Plus Avastin for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer, Cure, August 2023

General Cancer Articles (8)

Molecular and Clinicopathologic Impact of GNAS Variants Across Solid Tumors, Journal of Clinical Oncology, August 2024
Treating the Whole Person: How Cancer Centers Are Addressing Social Needs, National Institute of Cancer, July 18, 2024
The Growing Use of Liquid Biopsy in Oncology, Nurse Oncology Advisor, July 19, 2024 (additional references at article end)
Cancer Survivors Are More Likely to Report Mobility, Self-Care Disabilities, Nurse Oncology Advisor, July 19, 2024 (additional references at article end)
Mass General Cancer Center Researchers Identify Gene That Helps Cancer Cells Spread Throughout the Body, MassGeneral Hospital, June 2024
The Importance of Social Support in Helping Patients with Cancer Deal With Change, Oncology Nurse Advisor, May 2024
Medicare Limits Cancer Patients’ Access to Home Infusions. A New Bill Could Change That, Oncology Nurse Advisor, August 2023
Cancer Survivors With Functional Disabilities Have Higher Health Care Costs, Oncology Nurse Advisor, August 2023
Scientists Make Skin Cells 30 Years Younger, Nice News, July 2022

Got a resource to share with our Pals community? Email us the link for our next article round-up.

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Resource Roundup: Late Summer 2024

Resource Roundup: Summer 2024

We’re always scanning medical journals, practitioner magazines, cancer-focused blogs, and our partner websites for resources about this rare disease. Depending on where you are on your appendix cancer journey, you may be searching for information about current treatment practices, recovering well, and technology advancements showing promise in 2, 5, or 10 years. Be sure to check the footnotes references at the end of every reading. Here’s what we turned up this past week that may be of interest to you:

UPyTher aims to make peritoneal cancer treatable with a chemogel, company website, 6 July 2024

The impact of stage, grade, and mucinous histology on the efficacy of systemic chemotherapy in adenocarcinomas of the appendix: Analysis of the National Cancer Data Base, Various physicians, first published: 27 October 2015

Effective Cancer Pain Management Key to Maximizing Mobility in Cancer Patients, Oncology Nurse Advisor, 8 July 2024

Drug Shortages Still Affecting US Cancer Centers, Survey Shows, Oncology Nurse Advisor, 8 July 2024

TILT-123 Shows Early Activity in Advanced Cancers, Oncology Nurse Advisor, 17 April 2024

Dedicated Discovery, Oncology Nurse Advisor, 2015 October 1 (a patient invents a Jackson Pratt drain apron)

Krazati Plus Cetuximab Approved for KRAS G12C-Mutated Advanced Colorectal Cancer, Oncology Nurse Advisor, 2024 June 28

Investigating locations of recurrences with MRI after CRS-HIPEC for colorectal peritoneal metastases, European Journal of Radiology, 22 April 2024

Reduction of Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea and Vomiting (CINV): A Pilot Study of Essential Oils in the Autologous Blood and Marrow Transplantation Population, Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing, April 2023

The Chicago Consensus on peritoneal surface malignancies: Management of Appendiceal Neoplasms, Chicago Consensus Working Group, First published: 13 April 2020

Got a resource to share with our Pals community? Email us the link for our next article round-up.

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