Uncategorised - European Medical Journal

Child undergoing knee assessment for rice body synovitis and juvenile idiopathic arthritis evaluation.

Joint Swelling in Children May Signal Arthritis

Rice body synovitis in children is most often linked to juvenile idiopathic arthritis, pooled evidence suggests.

Patient consulting oncologist about head and neck cancer treatment options.

ASCO 2026: New First-Line Option Emerges in Head and Neck Cancer

Head and neck cancer survival improved with TMC-I versus platinum chemotherapy in recurrent or metastatic disease.

VWF Biomarkers In Chronic GvHD - EMJ

Novel Biomarkers Identified for Chronic GvHD

Elevated von Willebrand factor and factor VIII levels demonstrated diagnostic potential and disease activity associations in chronic Graft-versus-Host Disease.

Steroid Use and Survival in ICI Patients - EMJ

Steroid Use May Reduce Survival in Immunotherapy Patients

Early, high-dose, and prolonged steroid use was associated with poorer survival in patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors.

Deep Learning Models In NSCLC - EMJ

Deep Learning Predicts Immunotherapy Outcomes In NSCLC

Deep learning models demonstrated strong predictive performance for immunotherapy outcomes in metastatic non small cell lung cancer, outperforming radiomics approaches.

Contrast-enhanced mammography equipment used to assess breast cancer response after neoadjuvant therapy.

Can Contrast-Enhanced Mammography Rival MRI in Breast Cancer Care?

Contrast-enhanced mammography showed good accuracy for assessing breast cancer response after neoadjuvant therapy in pooled data.

Sacroiliac Bone Marrow Oedema Found in 30% of Healthy Adults - EMJ

Sacroiliac Bone Marrow Oedema Common in Healthy Adults

A large German MRI study found sacroiliac bone marrow oedema in nearly 30% of healthy adults, raising concerns over potential overdiagnosis of axial spondyloarthritis.

Person with Parkinson’s disease discussing daily life after deep brain stimulation with a clinician.

Parkinson’s Disease Surgery Restores Daily Independence

Parkinson’s disease patients described restored autonomy after STN-DBS, while still fearing symptom recurrence in daily life after surgery.

Doctor discussing TALAPRO-3 prostate cancer treatment options with a patient.

ASCO 2026: TALAPRO-3 Delays Prostate Cancer Progression

TALAPRO-3 data show talazoparib plus enzalutamide delayed progression in HRR-deficient metastatic castration-sensitive prostate cancer.

Microplastics Linked to Stroke and Cardiometabolic Disease

Coastal communities with higher microplastics exposure showed increased prevalence of stroke, diabetes, and hypertension in a large U.S. analysis.