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) – After platinum failure in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer, adding aflibercept to standard second-line docetaxel treatment does not improve overall survival (OS),…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Using a hybrid of single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) and computed tomography (CT) to look for positive lymph nodes in melanoma patients helps…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In the first-line treatment of advanced colorectal cancer, the combination of cediranib and chemotherapy is comparable to bevacizumab plus chemotherapy in terms of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Chemotherapy-induced delayed nausea remains a significant problem, despite the availability of second-generation antiemetics, researchers say. In a study they conducted, over half of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In advanced ovarian cancer, extensive lymph node dissection in a second-look operation does not improve survival, Italian researchers say. Their randomized trial addressed…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with esophageal cancer appear to have equally good survival after minimally invasive esophagectomy (MIE) or traditional open surgery, according to a new…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In women with hormone-receptor-positive metastatic breast cancer, combining anastrozole and fulvestrant extends progression-free and overall survival, according to a paper released online today…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Metallic stents used to relieve malignant ureteral obstruction may not perform any better than conventional polyurethane stents, according to a new study. “We…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Adding gemtuzumab ozogamicin (GO) to induction chemotherapy improved survival in older patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), with no apparent additional toxicity, in…
How does the body store the toxins and xenoestrogens we ingest with our food? Robert Berger, PhD and Editor-in-Chief of Nutricula Magazine, discusses how these substances get stored in fat…
