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- Routine versus selective antifungal administration for control of fungal infections in patients with cancer
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 3-Sep-2014
Systemic fungal infection is considered to be an important cause of morbidity and mortality in cancer patients, particularly those with neutropenia. Antifungal drugs are often given prophylactically, or empirically to patients with persistent fever.
- Screening for breast cancer with mammography
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 4-Jun-2013
A variety of estimates of the benefits and harms of mammographic screening for breast cancer have been published and national policies vary.
- Screening for colorectal cancer using the faecal occult blood test, Hemoccult
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 16-Jan-2011
Colorectal cancer is a leading cause of morbidity and mortality, especially in the Western world. The human and financial costs have prompted considerable research to evaluate screening tests to detect the cancer at an early curable stage. Tests that have
- Screening for lung cancer
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 18-Jun-2013
This is an updated version of the original review published in The Cochrane Library in 1999 and updated in 2004 and 2010. Population-based screening for lung cancer has not been adopted in the majority of countries. However it is not clear whether sputum
- Screening for prostate cancer
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 12-Dec-2012
Any form of screening aims to reduce disease-specific and overall mortality, and to improve a person's future quality of life. Screening for prostate cancer has generated considerable debate within the medical and broader community, as demonstrated by the
- Screening for testicular cancer
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 15-Mar-2011
Testicular cancer commonly affects men aged between 20 and 35 years. Screening for testicular cancer may reduce both morbidity and mortality, yet the effectiveness of any method is unknown. Equally, screening may also promote treatment procedures that are
- Screening programmes for the early detection and prevention of oral cancer
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 19-Nov-2013
Oral cancer is an important global healthcare problem, its incidence is increasing and late-stage presentation is common. Screening programmes have been introduced for a number of major cancers and have proved effective in their early detection. Given the
- Second or third additional chemotherapy drug for non-small cell lung cancer in patients with advanced disease
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 8-Mar-2012
Randomized trials have demonstrated that adding a drug to a single-agent or to a two-agent regimen increased the tumor response rate in patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), although its impact on survival remains controversial.
- Second-line chemotherapy for non-small cell lung cancer
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 13-Mar-2012
The role of second-line chemotherapy for the treatment of patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who have relapsed or failed to respond to first-line treatment was unclear.
- Second-line chemotherapy in advanced and metastatic CRC
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 17-Feb-2009
Chemotherapy is widely used in colorectal cancer that has relapsed or failed to respond to first-line treatment.
- Selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs) for uterine leiomyomas
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 12-Sep-2012
Uterine fibroids are benign tumours that arise from individual smooth muscle cells of the uterus. Selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs) are estrogen receptor (ER) ligands that act as estrogens in some tissues while blocking estrogen activity in o
- Selenium for alleviating the side effects of chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgery in cancer patients
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 10-May-2011
This is an updated version of the original Cochrane review published in Issue 3, 2006. Selenium supplements are frequently used by cancer patients. Selenium is an essential trace element and is involved in antioxidant protection and the redox-regulation i
- Selenium for preventing cancer
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 26-Mar-2014
This review is an update of the first Cochrane publication on selenium for preventing cancer (Dennert 2011).
- Sequencing of chemotherapy and radiotherapy for early breast cancer
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 20-Mar-2013
After surgery for localised breast cancer, radiotherapy (RT) improves both local control and breast cancer-specific survival. In patients at risk of harbouring micro-metastatic disease, adjuvant chemotherapy (CT) improves 15-year survival. However, the be
- Serotonin receptor antagonists for highly emetogenic chemotherapy in adults
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 16-Feb-2016
Serotonin receptor antagonists (5-HT3 RAs) are used to control chemotherapy-induced emesis. Although they have the same general mechanism of action (blockade of serotonin receptors), they have different chemical structures and may have different effects.
- Short term benefits for laparoscopic colorectal resection
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 4-Aug-2008
Colorectal resections are common surgical procedures all over the world. Laparoscopic colorectal surgery is technically feasible in a considerable amount of patients under elective conditions. Several short-term benefits of the laparoscopic approach to co
- Short term urinary catheter policies following urogenital surgery in adults
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 5-Nov-2008
Urinary catheterisation (by the urethral or suprapubic routes) is common following urogenital surgery. There is no consensus on how to minimize complications and practice varies.
- Short versus long duration infusions of paclitaxel for any advanced adenocarcinoma
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 27-Mar-2014
Paclitaxel has become a standard drug used in a number of common cancers. At first long infusions were used to reduce the rate of inflow of the drug and as a result reduce the occurrence of hypersensitivity types of allergic reactions. Trials with shorter
- Single agent versus combination chemotherapy for metastatic breast cancer
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 18-Feb-2009
Combination chemotherapy regimens are frequently favoured over single agents for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer, in an attempt to achieve superior tumour response rates. It is not known however whether giving more intensive chemotherapy regimen
- Specialist breast care nurses for supportive care of women with breast cancer
Cochrane Systematic Reviews, 18-Jun-2008
Breast Care Nurses (BCNs) are now established internationally, predominantly in well resourced healthcare systems. The role of BCNs has expanded to reflect the diversity of the population in which they work, and the improvements in survival of women with
