Uncategorised - European Medical Journal

A hospital room with a patient resting in a bed while a healthcare worker and another visitor sit nearby. In the foreground, a bright yellow medical transport bag sits on a table, with monitoring equipment and clinical furnishings visible around the room.

World-first trial delivers personalised lung cancer vaccine

The first patient has received a personalised lung cancer vaccine in a world-first clinical trial for advanced non-small cell lung cancer.

Infections Linked to Psychiatric Disorder Risk - EMJ

Infections Linked to Higher Psychiatric Risk Over Two Years

A study has found that hospitalisation for infections, especially encephalitis, is linked to higher psychiatric and neurologic disorder risk over two years.

Cervical Cancer Lung Metastases Risk Findings – EMJ

Advanced Cervical Cancer Linked to Higher Lung Metastases Risk

A systematic review and meta-analysis found that cervical cancer lung metastases affected 4.31% of patients globally, with increased risk in advanced stages and neuroendocrine carcinoma.

Could cfDNA Improve Gallbladder Cancer Diagnosis? - EMJ

Gallbladder Cancer Diagnosis Shows Promise with cfDNA Fragmentomics

Gallbladder cancer diagnosis may be improved using circulating cell-free DNA, with a pilot study identifying fragmentomics features that distinguished cancer from non-cancer cases.

Enhanced TB Test Uncovers Hidden Infections in Households

An enhanced tuberculosis culture assay detected asymptomatic infections missed by conventional testing, improving identification of household transmission.

DNA Sequencing Patterns

Same Mutagen, Different Tumors: How Genetics Dictate Cancer Risk

Germline genetic background strictly shapes cancer evolution trajectory and driver mutation selection in experimental liver cancer.

MRI for Fetal Lung Development Assessment - EMJ

MRI Shows Promise for Assessing Intrauterine Fetal Lung Development

MRI-based diffusion tensor imaging may help assess fetal lung development, with imaging measures reflecting normal lung maturation across pregnancy.

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Early Onset Parkinson's Elevated Among Professional Football Players

Professional football exposure significantly elevates neurodegenerative mortality and early onset Parkinson’s risk in former athletes.

Redefining High-Risk NMIBC

Urology, oncology, and APP faculty review POTOMAC phase III evidence, immune-related AE monitoring, and care pathway design in BCG-naive…

First-Line RA Treatments

This episode explores new insights into first-line conventional treatments for rheumatoid arthritis, including optimising methotrexate…