Lung cancer comes in two main types: non-small cell and small cell. Each has different patterns, growth rates, and treatment needs. Smoking is the top risk factor, but…
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…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) who are treated with azacitidine before allogeneic stem-cell transplantation fare as well as patients receiving standard pre-transplant induction chemotherapy, according to a French…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Reduced-intensity conditioning that includes two daily 2.5-mg/kg doses of antithymocyte globulin before allogeneic stem-cell transplantation for hematologic malignancy significantly reduces graft-versus-host disease (GvHD)…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) who are treated with azacitidine before allogeneic stem-cell transplantation fare as well as patients receiving standard pre-transplant induction…
One of the most common dietary supplements taken by many American adults is a daily multivitamin. Recently, a new study found that men over 50 who took a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Even the best strategies for selectively testing colorectal CRC tumors for mismatch repair (MMR) gene mutations will miss 5% to 15% of Lynch…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The use of tumor necrosis factor alpha inhibitors (TNF-I) therapy for various immune-mediated chronic inflammatory diseases does not increase the risk of cancer,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Two independent studies have shown that long-term outcomes are better with radiotherapy and chemotherapy rather than radiotherapy alone in patients with anaplastic oligodendrogliomas…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Complete bladder neck preservation during radical prostatectomy improves the rate of urinary continence subsequently, a German team reports. Furthermore, the strategy is associated…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A test that measures levels of the protein fibulin-3 in blood and pleural fluid can identify people with pleural mesothelioma and might someday…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Intravesical bacille Calmette-Guérin (BCG) therapy for bladder cancer is associated with eradication of uropathogens in patients not taking antibiotics, according to a new…
