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Can a multi-metabolite blood test improve early pancreatic cancer detection? We spoke to Julia Mayerle about the METAPAC study, which sought to validate the ability of plasma metabolic signatures to find resectable tumors and reduce unnecessary invasive procedures in high-risk pa ... Show More

How does acute kidney injury presentation and management differ globally for patients hospitalised with cirrhosis? We spoke to Salvatore Piano, corresponding author of the landmark International Club of Ascites GLOBAL AKI study, about new data on regional variations in severity, ... Show More

John Chia discusses the results of the ASCOLT trial, which explored the effect of aspirin after completion of standard adjuvant therapy for patients with colorectal cancer.Read the full article:https://www.thelancet.com/journals/langas/article/PIIS2468-1253(24)00387-X/fulltext?dg ... Show More

Not to be confused with “carcinoma of unknown primary,” in this episode of metastatic disease of “origin TBD”, we discuss the workup of a mass noted incidentally on imaging. This is a very high yield topic often faced on solid oncology consults! Major Points Covered:Mass found in ... Show More

Joël Guigay discusses the ELAN-FIT and ELAN-UNFIT trials in older people with head and neck cancer, published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity, and the importance of geriatric assessments in clinical trials of older cancer patients.Read the full articles:https://www.thelancet.com/ ... Show More

Olympic cyclist Sir Chris Hoy is calling for more prostate cancer testing after he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. Prostate cancer can often present without symptoms, and for people like Sir Chris, this can mean it isn't diagnosed until it has spread and become incurable. Unl ... Show More

In this emotional episode of SHE MD, Dr. Thais Aliabadi and Mary Alice Haney host Heather Salazar, a breast cancer survivor and founder of Pink Ribbon Good. Heather shares her personal journey and the life-changing encounter that led to the establishment of Pink Ribbon Good. The ... Show More

Supplemental breast cancer screening is a very timely topic that every radiologist should know about. In this episode, based on my Radiology Review Insider article of the same name available at theradiologyreview.com, I provide an overview of the current supplemental screening la ... Show More

On this month's EM Quick Hits podcast: Ian Chernoff on the often elusive diagnosis of traumatic coronary artery dissection, Anand Swaminathan on proper use of insulin in DKA and in hyperkalemia, Brit Long and Hans Rosenberg on mesenteric ischemia pearls and pitfalls in diagnosis ... Show More