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) – Fifteen years after postoperative pelvic radiotherapy for endometrial carcinoma, many women still suffer from urinary and bowel symptoms and have reduced physical functioning,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A pH-balanced vaginal gel can alleviate vulvovaginal symptoms after treatment for breast cancer, according to results of randomized controlled study published in the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When the infusion time of high-dose methotrexate (HDMTX) is shortened from 24 hours to 4 hours in cases of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia…
The American Society of Clinical Oncology 2011 Conference takes place on June 3-7 and The Doctor’s Channel will be providing daily highlights coverage. Check back daily for highlights…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with advanced cervical carcinoma have better progression-free survival when gemcitabine is added to concurrent cisplatin chemoradiotherapy and included in adjuvant therapy, an…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Men who receive radiation treatment for prostate cancer are at greater risk of hip fracture, a new study in the March 16 issue…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Drug-related pneumonitis is a class-effect toxicity of mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitors and temsirolimus is no exception, new research confirms. In the…
Nanette B. Silverberg, MD, director of Pediatric and Adolescent Dermatology St. Luke’s – Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, discusses melanoma and its increasing incidence. This has occurred in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The incidence of esophageal adenocarcinoma in patients with nondysplastic Barrett’s esophagus is lower than previously reported, so less rigorous surveillance may be possible,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For patients with acute malignant obstruction of the left-sided colon, placement of colonic stents as a bridge to elective surgery offers no advantage…
