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) – Despite tradeoffs in visual acuity, patients with ocular melanoma near the optic nerve benefit from proton beam radiotherapy in terms of eye conservation…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A large increase in the number of lymph nodes evaluated during surgery for colon cancer — a quality improvement metric– has not had…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients undergoing surgery for spinal metastases at teaching hospitals in July have higher mortality and complication rates than similar patients treated in other…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Endoscopic ablation of Barrett’s esophagus can bury metaplastic glands under a layer of neosquamousepithelium. However, how often this happens and its importance still…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with prostate cancer involving the seminal vesicle and who undergo radical prostatectomy fare best when given adjuvant radiotherapy plus androgen deprivation therapy,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New data from phase III randomized clinical trials have prompted a focused update of one recommendation contained in the 2009 American Society of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A Canadian guideline on ovarian ablation in premenopausal women with breast cancer has been endorsed by the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO),…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – An analysis of epidemiologic data confirms that the incidence of second primary malignancies is increased after external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) for stage I…
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…
