The role of NSAIDs in colorectal cancer prevention: a literature review
Abstract Inflammation has long been associated with cancer. COX enzymes play an integral role in inflammation. NSAIDs act on COX enzymes to reduce inflammation. The efficacy of NSAIDs was considered in cancer prevention and on survival thereafter. Aspirin was found to be the most superior…
Imaging the Cervix – Part II
by Pierre Vassallo – This article follows on Part I, which appeared in the last issue of The Synapse Journal. It will discuss imaging of endometriosis in the cervical canal and also cervical cancer. The importance of imaging in staging of cervical cancer will be stressed.
Update on eHealth developments in Europe
Hugo Agius Muscat – Cross-border exchange of health records
Brexit & UK’s negative Flynn Effect
Ian Ellul – On average, IQ test scores worldwide are on the increase. This means that younger generations perform better than older ones. This is called the Flynn effect, named after Prof. James Robert Flynn at the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand who…
Guttuso: the strength of things
Marina Mesina , Francesco Carelli – University of Milan The exhibition “Guttuso. The strength of things” (in Pavia, Italy, Stable of Visconti Castle) not only displays works and memories of the artist’s life, but also reconstructs by images and chronicles the cultural context and places…
Wifredo Lam. Painting as act of decolonisation
Francesco Carelli, University Milan, Rome “My painting is an act of decolonisation ” the Cuban artist stated ” not in a physical sense, but in a mental one “. Lam belonged to an extraordinary generation of artists who examined the place of the individual within…
Servier Receives Positive CHMP Opinion for LONSURF® (trifluridine/tipiracil) for Refractory Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
Recommendation is based on the RECOURSE study results demonstrating survival advantage for patients with refractory disease