Immune thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) is an autoimmune disorder where antibodies target platelets, leading to their destruction in the spleen and resulting in reduced platelet counts. It often presents…
Systemic mastocytosis with associated hematologic neoplasm (SM-AHN) presents unique diagnostic and treatment challenges. In this Medscape-certified activity, experts discuss the complex patient journey, from delayed diagnosis to individualized…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Active surveillance of prostate cancer, with intervention offered for progressive disease, appears to be safe even for intermediate-risk disease in men over the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research confirms that tubular carcinoma (TC) of the breast has an excellent prognosis and goes on to show that outcomes are better…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Transfusion of two rather than one unit of partially HLA-matched umbilical cord blood (UCB) appears to reduce the risk of relapse in leukemia…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In an update to its 2003 guidelines for stage IV non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) chemotherapy, the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) recommends…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In an update to its 2002 guidelines, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) is now recommending that mammographic screening for breast cancer…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Use of erythropoiesis-stimulating agents in US cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy has increased 10-fold since their introduction, yet there’s been no associated decline in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – After breast-conserving surgery for invasive cancer, mammographic density is a risk factor for local recurrence, particularly in women who don’t undergo radiotherapy, investigators…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with locoregionally advanced squamous-cell carcinoma of the head and neck (LASCCHN), the survival benefit of adding cetuximab to radiotherapy is still…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In women treated for small (1 cm or less), node-negative breast cancers, HER2 positivity is strongly linked to recurrence and poorer disease-free survival,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Contrary to previous assertions, low total cholesterol is not a cause of cancer, two separate studies show. Furthermore, a lower total cholesterol level…
