To learn about the use and structure of the thesaurus employed to index articles added to the PubMed database, take a look at the 2013 Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) Now Available. Become familiar with the MeSH Browser which contains a complete record of information related to a MeSH term, including previous indexing for the concept. Some of the new MeSH terms added for 2013 are: Biopsy, Large-Core Needle, Buschke-Lowenstein Tumor, Dermatologic Surgical Procedures, Image-Guided Biopsy, MCF-7 Cells. For a complete list of the new terms added to the MeSH vocabulary for 2013, click here.
MSKCC in the News: August 29 – September 19
- Last week Mayor Bloomberg, MSKCC, CUNY and Hunter College announced plans to build two new science and medical facilities on the Upper East Side.
- The New York Times reported that veterinarians from the Animal Medical Center began meeting with their counterparts at MSKCC to set up trials of a noninvasive device for removing tumors of the urinary tract with electrical impulses.
- Acupuncture for the treatment of chronic pain is better than placebo acupuncture (sham acupuncture) or no acupuncture at all, researchers from MSKCC wrote in the JAMA journal Archives of Internal Medicine.
- In a recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine, MSKCC’s Howard I. Scher and colleagues found that men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer after chemotherapy have improved survival and secondary end points after treatment with enzalutamide vs. placebo.
Cancer Research News: August 29 – September 12
- The human genome has twice as many genes than previously thought, says the GENCODE Consortium.
- Ovarian cancer screening can do more harm than good, panel recommends.
- The FDA approved a new prostate cancer drug , Xtandi, which can extend the life of men with advanced prostate cancer.
- A gene from stem cell donors may prevent relapse in leukemia patients.