Kidney cancer affects over 80,000 Americans annually, with renal cell carcinoma as the dominant type. Benjamin R. Lee, MD, MBA, outlines current AUA guideline recommendations, including when to…
Dr. Allison Betof Warner from Stanford University joins Rahul Gosain, MD and Rohit Gosain, MD, on the Oncology Brothers podcast to discuss melanoma treatment. The conversation covers the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with resectable cancer of the pancreas, the use of neoadjuvant radiation therapy over surgery alone or surgery plus postoperative radiation therapy…
By Megan Rauscher NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among US Latinas, a greater degree of European genetic ancestry is associated with increased breast cancer risk, results of a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The results of a new study reaffirm the importance of treating heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (FH) with statins, linking therapy with reductions in all-cause,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The incidence of venous thromboembolism in patients with advanced cancer is increased by about 33% during treatment with the angiogenesis inhibitor bevacizumab, the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A history of migraine is strongly associated with reduced risk of hormone receptor-positive invasive breast cancer among postmenopausal women, according to findings from…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A combination of external beam radiotherapy (EBRT), chemotherapy, surgical resection, and intraoperative radiotherapy (IORT) can cure some patients with unresectable colorectal cancer, according…
Dr. Doug Hawkins, Associate Professor of Pediatrics at Seattle Children’s Hospital, discusses the use of fluorodeoxyglucose PET imaging in measuring patients’ responses to chemotherapy. References and Resources Berkowitz…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A study of Vietnam War era veterans shows that exposure to Agent Orange is associated with a significantly increased risk of prostate cancer,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The results of a case-control study suggest that silicone breast prostheses may increase the risk of developing anaplastic large T-cell lymphoma (ALCL) of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Young age does not preclude fertility-preservation efforts for girls undergoing gonadotoxic cancer treatment, through cryopreservation of isolated oocytes as well as ovarian cortex,…
