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) – In young women with breast cancer, temporary ovarian suppression by the gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogue triptorelin during chemotherapy reduces the occurrence of premature menopause,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In postmenopausal women with node-positive early breast cancer, substituting docetaxel for epirubicin for the last three cycles of chemotherapy may improve outcome without…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – An investigational agent, ARC1779, reduces cerebral emboli resulting from carotid endarterectomy by inhibiting the prothrombotic effects of von Willebrand factor (vWF), according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When used as adjuvant therapy in high-risk breast cancer or as primary treatment for metastatic breast cancer, high-dose chemotherapy (HDC) with autologous stem-cell…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In select patients with American Joint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) stage II colon cancer, adjuvant chemotherapy after resection improves survival, according to a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with atrial fibrillation (AF), combination antithrombotic therapy with an anticoagulant and an antiplatelet increases the risk for clinically relevant bleeding with…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with previously untreated multiple myeloma do better when they are given an autologous stem-cell transplant followed by an allogeneic transplant from a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among older women with breast cancer, specific comorbid conditions are independently associated with decreased survival, according to a report in the Journal of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Argon plasma coagulation (APC) in combination with another method of esophageal recanalization is better than APC alone as palliative therapy in patients with…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Venous thromboembolism (VTE) after colorectal surgery is nearly twice as common when a patient undergoes an open procedure compared to laparoscopy, a study…
