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…
Harry Erba, MD, PhD, Duke University, Durham, NC; Marina Konopleva, MD, PhD, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York City, NY; Thomas Cluzeau, MD, PhD, Central University Hospital…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Anticoagulant use may be a predictor of overall survival in men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC) receiving docetaxel, retrospective data suggest. The…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Transplantation of hematopoietic cells from a donor with a single matched HLA haplotype, combined with post-transplant cyclophosphamide, may be a good alternative when…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with follicular non-Hodgkin lymphoma that has transformed into aggressive-histology lymphoma do better when treated with high-dose chemotherapy followed by autologous stem-cell transplantation…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Reducing exposure to alkylating agents in patients with Hodgkin lymphoma is key to reducing the risk of developing therapy-related acute myeloid leukemia or…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Agents that target the mTOR axis, which have become particularly important in the treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma (RCC), have significant adverse…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Revised guidelines on the assessment and management of reproductive complications in young female cancer survivors provide the latest evidence-based recommendations for evaluation and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Symptomatic lymphoceles that develop after retroperitoneal lymph node dissection in gynecologic cancer patients can be dealt with safely and effectively by laparoscopic lymphocele…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – While the risk of prostate cancer appears to be reduced in men taking dutasteride, there are indications that cancer may emerge once the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – TNFerade biologic, a novel method of delivering tumor necrosis factor to tumor cells by gene transfer, does not prolong survival when added to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with non-castrate metastatic prostate cancer receiving androgen deprivation therapy fare no better with the addition of docetaxel chemotherapy, a French and Belgian…