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) – About one in four patients with peripheral T-cell lymphoma (PTCL) who do not respond to or relapse after systemic therapy are likely to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women with early-stage estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer fare somewhat better with 2 years of tamoxifen followed by 3 years of anastrozole than with…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Intraoperative complications are similar whether staging of endometrial cancer is performed laparoscopically or by laparotomy, but laparoscopy has the advantage when it comes…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Results of a study suggest that gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist therapy does not help preserve ovarian function in young women undergoing modern chemotherapy…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In a phase 2 study of maintenance therapy for metastatic colorectal cancer, adding enzastaurin to bevacizumab plus bolus and infusional 5-fluorouracil-leucovorin (LV5FU2) did…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia grade 1 (CIN 1) found on biopsy provides no information on the risk of progression to CIN 3 beyond that…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Cirrhosis and hepatitis are associated with the occurrence of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in patients with diabetes, and hepatitis C is of particular importance,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) The first report of 10-year outcomes of hepatocellular carcinoma treated by percutaneous radio frequency ablation (RFA) indicates that about 1 in 4 patients survive…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For women with breast cancer metastatic to bone, treatment with zoledronic acid to reduce skeletal complications does not prolong progression-free survival or overall…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A large multicenter study confirms that placement of self-expanding metal stents in the colon in cases of malignant colorectal obstruction restores bowel transit…
