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…
David B. Solit, MD, Elizabeth and Felix Rohatyn Chair for Junior Faculty, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, discusses B-Raf, an intracellular signaling protein.B-Raf is commonly mutated in cancer, and…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A negative sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy in patients with melanoma is associated with a low likelihood of disease recurrence involving the lymph…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Combined with ondansetron and dexamethasone, a single intravenous dose of fosaprepitant is as effective as a standard 3-day oral course of aprepitant for…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Adrenal involvement is rare in cases of renal cell carcinoma, even when the tumor is large or in the upper pole. Therefore, concurrent…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Methylene blue has certain advantages over isosulfan blue in sentinel lymph node procedures, but the risk of a palpable mass at the injection…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women undergoing emetogenic surgical procedures are less likely to have postoperative nausea and vomiting when treated with ondansetron plus casopitant than with ondansetron…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For women with thyroid cancer treated with radioiodine-131, subsequent pregnancy is safe without adverse outcomes for the offspring. That’s according to a report…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The anti-EGFR antibody cetuximab added to two state-of-the-art regimens for metastatic colorectal cancer produces favorable response rates with manageable toxicity, a German team…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among patients with myeloma treated with thalidomide, antithrombotic prophylactic therapies with aspirin, warfarin or enoxaparin reduce thromboembolic events to a similar degree, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In the workup of patients with early esophageal neoplasia, endoscopic ultrasound is unreliable for identifying submucosal infiltration and lymph node involvement — the…
