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…
Halle Tecco, CEO and co-founder of Rock Health, explains how her company funds and supports technologists and entrepreneurs looking to develop solutions to large, meaningful healthcare problems. Rock Health has…
The Doctor’s Channel’s Michael Banks, MD and MedGadget’s Shiv Gaglani, MD-MBA candidate, bring you the future of the exam room, The Smartphone Physical. With the growing importance of mobility, data…
Suicide has become one of the leading causes of death in the U.S. Military. Over the last decade more than 2,700 active duty service members have taken their…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A score based on four factors – low albumin, high bilirubin and α-fetoprotein, and large tumor size – is closely associated with mortality…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In a phase III, multinational study of patients with heavily pretreated metastatic breast cancer, adding sunitinib to capecitabine provided no benefit, and in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The results of a phase III Italian study indicate that the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women who use hormone replacement therapy…
By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Men treated for prostate cancer with androgen deprivation therapy have a higher risk of developing kidney problems, a new study…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Chemotherapy given in conjunction with regional hyperthermia produces good response rates in children and adolescents with refractory or recurrent germ-cell tumors, German researchers…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When the cell adhesion molecule L1CAM is expressed in early-stage endometrial tumors, there is a 50% chance of recurrence, a multicenter study has…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Men with azoospermia have a risk of developing cancer 2.9 times higher than the general population, according to data from a Texas andrology…
