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) – Dexamethasone may be a useful supplement to standard treatment of certain patients with acute monocytic leukemia, French researchers report in an August 4th…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Surgery offers the best hope for survival in patients with the rare intracranial hemangiopericytoma (HPC), researchers from San Francisco report in the August…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The combination of epirubicin and ifosfamide is effective in patients with relapsed or refractory small cell lung cancer (SCLC), researchers from France report…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Cervical preparation with prostaglandins before outpatient hysteroscopy does not reduce pain in women of reproductive age, researchers from UK report in the July…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Geographically, higher rates of surgery for early stage nonsmall cell lung cancer (NSCLC) are associated with improved survival, even in older and sicker…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients newly diagnosed inoperable pancreatic cancer, it’s worth considering celiac plexus neurolysis (CPN) for pain control at the same time that endoscopic…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Postmenopausal women with ovarian cysts detected on ultrasound are not at increased risk of developing ovarian cancer or, for that matter, breast or…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Five-year survival rates are not significantly different for patients with esophagogastric cancer whether they undergo transthoracic or transhiatal esophagectomy, according to the findings…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Pegylated liposomal doxorubicin may be an alternative to paclitaxel in combination with carboplatin for advanced ovarian cancer, based on the results of an…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Whole lung irradiation, used to treat pulmonary metastases of solid malignancies in children, can lead to increasing pulmonary problems, Tennessee-based researchers report in…
