Today Sarcoma Awareness Month comes to a close. To shine a light on this rare type of cancer, Clinical Sarcoma Research speaks to Estelle Lecointe, president of a patient association that works with sarcoma research networks, about the advances and challenges in research and treatments for the disease.
One in four black men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime. One in twelve will die from it. These shocking facts were published in BMC Medicine today and co-author Alison Cooper from Prostate Cancer UK explains more in this blog.
A Commentary published in Trials provides interesting thoughts on how clinical trials might adapt to use cloud computing. But what risks would need to be considered? We asked co-author Steve Canham more in this Q+A.
Today in BMC Medicine, experts working in malaria research and control from across the globe discuss different ways in which malaria elimination could be achieved. Here, we take a look at the different strategies that can contribute to making malaria elimination a reality.
Open medicine digest explores recent research published elsewhere across open access medicine. Here we take a look at the highlights from the past couple of weeks.
At Columbia University, a clinical trial is under development to test whether decision support tools increase the uptake of breast cancer chemoprevention among high-risk women. Here, Katherine Crew provides some background information to this trial, discussing the benefits of chemoprevention and some of the barriers to its uptake in clinical practice.
Research has taken great strides against some of the most serious diseases, including cancer and HIV. One man hoping it will do the same for dementia is Professor Martin Rossor, National Director for Dementia Research at the NIHR. Here, Martin talks about a ground-breaking new service that’s leading the way.
Research into the mechanisms of protective immunity for malaria is crucial for the development of a malaria vaccine. Recent research published in BMC Medicine has investigated this and here, co-author Anthony Jaworowski from the Burnet Institute, answers questions to reveal more about their results.
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A recent study published in Journal of Negative Results in BioMedicine examined whole and regional brain morphology in patients with recent-onset schizophrenia compared to healthy control subjects. The results of previous studies have created an evidence base of conflicting findings. Here, Dr John P. John answers questions to illuminate what their results add to the published record.