Exercise during curative chemotherapy for breast cancer has proven benefits. It helps reduce fatigue, preserve muscle strength, improve fitness, and enhance overall quality of life. Staying physically active…
With a wave of FDA approvals and promising clinical trials, treatment options for metastatic breast cancer are expanding fast. Amy Tiersten, MD, highlights the power of immunotherapies—especially checkpoint…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The results of a new study indicate that 80% of cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy do not use medications to combat pain. Many…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – While raloxifene and tamoxifen are broadly similar in reducing breast cancer risk, raloxifene appears also to lower the odds of developing endometrial cancer,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The risk of lung cancer is increased in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, even after taking into account the effects of tobacco and asbestos…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – If an initial screening colonoscopy indicates no colorectal neoplasia, the odds that a malignancy will develop in the next 5 years is “extremely…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For patients with radiation or chemical cystitis refractory to standard therapy, submucosal injection of botulinum toxin A (BoNT-A) into the bladder wall appears…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research indicates that overweight patients with operable breast cancer are less likely than their normal weight peers to achieve a complete pathologic…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research indicates that many older patients who survive colorectal cancer do not receive guideline-recommended follow-up with office visits, carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) testing,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Dasatinib, a second-generation dual-specific BCR-ABL kinase inhibitor penetrates the blood-brain barrier and has promising therapeutic potential for Philadelphia chromosome-positive leukemia that has spread…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Data from the Geneva Cancer Registry show an increased long-term risk of colon cancer after external radiation therapy for prostate cancer, according to…
Mary Wright, MD, Associate Professor & Director, Breast Center, Section of Breast Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, discusses the mammography and its impact on…
