Roughly 30,000 Americans are diagnosed with multiple myeloma each year—a rare but serious cancer of the plasma cells. Historically treated with chemotherapy, patients often faced recurring disease and…
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) – A single nucleotide polymorphism in the tumor suppressor TP53 gene appears to be a risk factor for glioblastoma multiforme at an earlier age…
By Will Boggs, MD NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Pretreatment with dacarbazine, a DNA alkylating agent, enhances vaccine-induced antitumor immunity in patients with melanoma, according to a report…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The risk of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma is significantly elevated in patients infected with hepatitis C virus (HCV), according to a large case-control study of…
By Megan Rauscher NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In the general population of Japan, coffee consumption is related to a lower risk of cancer of the oral cavity,…
Joint guidelines were released by the American Society of Hematology and the American Society of Clinical Oncology regarding the use of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents to treat chemotherapy-related anemia. References…
Use of skin cells to create pluripotent stem cells that look and act like embryonic stem cells have been discovered. References and Resources Takahashi K, Tanabe K, Ohnuki…
Marc R. Rosen, MD, Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at Jefferson Medical College, describes the relatively new technique of minimally invasive skull base surgery…
Kim Hunter-Schaedle, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer of the Children’s Tumor Foundation, discusses therapeutic options for neurofibromatosis and their progression from surgery, chemotherapy or bracing/amputation to targeted drug treatments.…
In an article published in July 9, 2009 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine, Dr. Daniel Clarke-Pearson, chair of the department of obstetrics and gynecology at…
