Y.-M. Lau

TL;DR: The use of a geriatric assessment-based approach to cancer care is discussed, and clinicians are provided with tools to better assess the risks and benefits of treatment to engage in shared decision making and provide better personalised care for older people with cancer.

TL;DR: The latest treatment strategies in EGFR mutation positive NSCLC are discussed with a focus on latest evidence, and how advances in molecular diagnostics can play an important role patient management are discussed.

TL;DR: High-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) types are associated with cervical cancer and on multivariate analysis, HPV infection status irrespective of different grouping methods, including individual types, species, single-type or co-infection did not carry any significant prognostic significance.

TL;DR: The relationship between germline JAK2 polymorphisms and MPNs in Hong Kong Chinese is investigated to find causal variants that contribute to MPN development and the association between V617F-positive MPNs and 15 tag Jak2 SNPs is reported and the Association of rs12342421 being independent of the JAK 2 46/1 haplotype in Hong Hong Chinese population is reported.

TL;DR: Comorbidities have significant negative prognostic impact on the survival of patients with sarcomas, and abnormal NLR and PLR have negative effects yet non-linear effects on survival.