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)
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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Amber is the official color of Appendix Cancer Awareness. It symbolizes the courage, strength, and resilience of appendix cancer patients, care partners, and their families. Working together, we aim to raise awareness among a wider community through shared messaging. Together we are stronger and louder…tog (ACPMP)ether we can make a difference!
PMP Pals, Appendix Cancer PMP Research Foundation (ACPMP), Pseudomyxoma Survivor, and CANCollaborate are united in enhancing understanding and support for patients with appendix cancer and the related condition pseudomyxoma peritonei. We’re advocating for more patient and care partner considerations, aggressive research to discover new treatments, and approval of existing, off-label uses. The goal? A cure, be it immunotherapy, chemotherapy cocktails, improved best practices, or early detection.
Join us this August as we come together to shine a light on appendix cancer and support those battling this rare and challenging disease. Here’s what you can do:
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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