Tara Lin, MD, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, discusses how she approaches choosing induction therapy for patients with treatment-related acute myeloid leukemia, emphasizing that fitness…
In the video, Shelley, a 70-year-old diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia after her chronic myelomonocytic leukemia progressed, shares her cancer journey and how participating in a clinical trial…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with liver cancer related to hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection, giving nucleoside analogues after curative surgery appears to reduce the risk…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) who are treated with azacitidine before allogeneic stem-cell transplantation fare as well as patients receiving standard pre-transplant induction chemotherapy, according to a French…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Reduced-intensity conditioning that includes two daily 2.5-mg/kg doses of antithymocyte globulin before allogeneic stem-cell transplantation for hematologic malignancy significantly reduces graft-versus-host disease (GvHD)…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) who are treated with azacitidine before allogeneic stem-cell transplantation fare as well as patients receiving standard pre-transplant induction…
One of the most common dietary supplements taken by many American adults is a daily multivitamin. Recently, a new study found that men over 50 who took a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Even the best strategies for selectively testing colorectal CRC tumors for mismatch repair (MMR) gene mutations will miss 5% to 15% of Lynch…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The use of tumor necrosis factor alpha inhibitors (TNF-I) therapy for various immune-mediated chronic inflammatory diseases does not increase the risk of cancer,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Two independent studies have shown that long-term outcomes are better with radiotherapy and chemotherapy rather than radiotherapy alone in patients with anaplastic oligodendrogliomas…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Complete bladder neck preservation during radical prostatectomy improves the rate of urinary continence subsequently, a German team reports. Furthermore, the strategy is associated…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A test that measures levels of the protein fibulin-3 in blood and pleural fluid can identify people with pleural mesothelioma and might someday…