One-third of women suffer long-term medical effects after giving birth.These 9 ‘underreported’ health problems affect millions of people

Approximately 290,000 women Women die during childbirth every year around the world, and one-third of those who survive develop long-term health problems after pregnancy. This is according to the series “Maternal health after perinatal period”. Published on Wednesday in Lancet Global Health. Some of the most common post-pregnancy symptoms can last for months and even […]

Does diabetes affect colorectal cancer outcomes?

Top line: Some patients have colorectal cancer (CRC) found that while patients with diabetes with complications had an increased risk of poor survival compared to their peers without diabetes, patients with diabetes without complications did not have significantly worse cancer outcomes. methodology: This population-based retrospective cohort study used data from 2007 to 2015 from the […]

Maximal tumor debulking with systemic therapy does not affect QoL in mCRC

Colorectal cancer, medical illustration 3D illustration: © Anatomy Insider – Stock.adobe.com Results from ORCHESTRA’s prespecified exploratory analysis show that even the addition of maximal tumor debulking to standard systemic therapy is associated with lower risk of cancer in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) compared to systemic therapy alone. trial (NCT01792934) that had no significant […]

More aggressive treatment for metastatic colorectal cancer does not affect quality of life

New research in October 2023 issue JNCCN—Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network In addition to standard systemic therapy, intensive local treatment to remove as much tumor as possible (known as “debulking”) has a significant impact on the overall quality of life of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. I discovered that it does not give […]