Andrius Žučenka, MD, Vilnius University Hospital Santaros Klinikos, Vilnius, Lithuania, discusses the challenges and advancements in treating acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in patients who are unfit for intensive…
Cristina Papayannidis, MD, PhD, University of Bologna, Bologna, Italy, discusses a study evaluating the efficacy of combining venetoclax with hypomethylating agents in treating patients with acute myeloid leukemia…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The intensity of bortezomib-based regimens used to treat multiple myeloma in elderly patents can be reduced in order to lessen toxicity, without jeopardizing…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among adult patients being treated for hematologic malignancies and who are at high risk for tumor lysis syndrome with hyperuricemia, intravenous rasburicase does…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Perioperative dexamethasone does not boost the risk of post-tonsillectomy hemorrhage, according to a large retrospective study reported in the August Archives of Otolaryngology…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women with a finding of atypical glandular cells (AGC) on cervical cytology are more likely than those without AGC to have malignant breast…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – After induction chemoimmunotherapy in previously untreated symptomatic patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), consolidation therapy with the monoclonal anti-CD52 antibody alemtuzumab (Campath-1H) improved…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Concerns that bisphosphonate drugs used to treat osteoporosis might increase the risk of developing esophageal cancer have been put to rest by a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients who have undergone prior systemic therapies for cutaneous T-cell lymphoma may respond well to treatment with romidepsin, a potent inhibitor of histone…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For selected patients with locally advanced or metastatic non-small-cell lung cancer, a split course of radiation given over a short period works well…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with localized prostate cancer can be treated successfully with high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU), with results comparable to those expected with external-beam radiation…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – On a matched-pair analysis, the results of decompressive surgery followed by radiotherapy for metastatic spinal cord compression were seen to be similar to…
