Pursuing New Horizons With New Collaborators: This Is the Future of Radiation Oncology
Seminars in Radiation Oncology,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
34(4), P. 367 - 369
Published: Sept. 11, 2024
Language: Английский
A needed (r)evolution to improve colorectal cancer screening: binding patient-centered/shared decision-making medicine with large language models in an emerging knowledge society
Endoscopy,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
unknown
Published: Nov. 7, 2024
Performing
procedures
in
healthy
but
high
risk
population
is
a
major
challenge
for
traditional
cancer
screening
methods
[1].
One
of
the
most
difficult
to
accept
colonoscopy,
which
nevertheless
best
way
identifying
and
eventually
removing
early
colorectal
(CRC)
lesions.
The
lack
clarity
about
why
it
should
be
performed
however
very
worrying,
as
even
first-degree
relatives
patients
with
CRC
have
reservations
giving
their
consent
(only
15.4%
had
colonoscopy
previous
5
years)
[2].
These
types
reservations,
would
greater
no
family
history
CRC,
could
result
an
inadequate
procedure
that
rescheduled
or
cancelled
all
associated
underlying
costs
[3].
In
addition,
increase
among
younger
requires
new,
more
effective
communication
strategies.
Although
phone
calls,
text
messages,
social
networks,
been
used
successfully,
use
large
language
models
(LLMs)
has
not
adequately
evaluated
open
populations
health
professionals.
Language: Английский
Do Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) Used Within Radiotherapy Clinical Trials Reflect the Impact of Treatment?
Cancers,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
16(22), P. 3832 - 3832
Published: Nov. 14, 2024
This
is
the
first
article
that
investigates
whether
patient-reported
outcome
measures
(PROMs)
used
in
clinical
trials
effectively
capture
specific
side-effects
of
radiotherapy
and
proton
beam
therapy
(PBT)
provides
context
for
researchers
selecting
PROMs
trials.
from
were
identified
previous
research
assessed
against
United
Kingdom
Royal
College
Radiologists'
guidelines
tumour-site-specific
side-effects.
The
analysis
revealed
none
51
captured
full
range
side-effects,
with
only
25
addressing
fatigue
6
radiation-induced
skin
reactions.
Three
failed
to
identify
any
common
eight
one.
Overall,
88%
lacked
specificity
PBT,
posing
a
risk
missing
significant
differences
between
treatment
techniques.
study
emphasises
need
more
targeted
future
Until
new
or
improved
are
available,
great
thought
caution
should
be
taken
when
trial
endpoints.
Language: Английский