Oncology and intensive care doctors' perception of intensive care admission of cancer patients: A cross-sectional national survey.

Introduction: Prognosis in oncology has improved with early diagnosis and novel therapies. However, critical illness continues to trigger clinical and ethical dilemmas for the treating oncology and intensive care unit (ICU) doctors.

Objectives: The objective of this study was to investigate the perceptions of oncology and ICU doctors in managing critically ill cancer patients.

Synchronous Operable Pancreatic and Breast Cancer Without Genetic Mutation: A Literature Review and Discussion.

Background: Synchronous cancers are rarely detected when working-up a patient for a primary cancer. Neoadjuvant management of synchronous breast and pancreatic cancers, without a germline mutation, has yet to be discussed. Two patients were diagnosed with synchronous breast and pancreatic cancers at our institution over the last decade.

68Ga-Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen Uptake in Dissecting Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm.

An 81-year-old man with prostate adenocarcinoma (Gleason 4 + 3 = 7) treated with brachytherapy and intermittent androgen deprivation therapy was referred for serial Ga-prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA-HBED-CC) PET/CT scans for rising prostate-specific antigen. Findings were suggestive of local prostatic recurrence and nodal metastases. An incidental PSMA-avid focus was noted in the anterior wall of an infrarenal aortic aneurysm, with a contrast-enhanced hyperdense region surrounded by a semilunar hypodense region anteriorly, consistent with enlarging dissecting thrombus.

Elevated 68Ga Prostate-Specific Membrane Antigen Activity in Metastatic Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer.

A 71-year-old man with a background of treated stage IIIB non-small cell lung cancer was referred for Ga prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) PET/CT for staging of prostate cancer. In addition to the PSMA uptake in the known prostate malignancy, the study also demonstrated increased PSMA uptake in an enlarging left lower lobe lung mass with diffusely increased PSMA uptake in an enlarged thyroid gland and bilateral enlarged supraclavicular lymph nodes. Fine-needle aspiration biopsy of the thyroid gland and a left supraclavicular lymph node demonstrated metastatic adenocarcinoma from a primary lung cancer.

Metastatic breast cancer.

This fourteenth article in our series on breast disease gives an overview of what to look for in the patient with a past history of early breast cancer and how to assess and support the patient with metastatic breast cancer in the general practice setting. Information about the latest medical oncology treatments, including new chemotherapies and targeted 'biological' therapies is provided.