In this Oncology Brothers podcast episode, Naval Daver, MD, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, discusses treatment strategies for both therapy‑related and de novo acute myeloid leukemia (AML), focusing on cases…
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…
John Driscoll, President of Castlight Health, explains how to improve healthcare in the United States through transparency. This interview was conducted at the Forbes Healthcare Summit 2012. Read more…
Sandra Fenwick, CEO of Boston Children’s Hospital, discusses new ways that hospitals and doctors are partnering to focus on managing care for patients. This interview was conducted at…
More than 2700 people lost their lives during the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City. The attack also exposed hundreds of thousands of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Adding the anti-VEGF monoclonal antibody bevacizumab to FOLFOX chemotherapy does not improve outcomes in patients with stage II-III colon cancer, according to a…
Oriane Chausiaux, PhD, and Shamus Husheer, PhD, explain the hardships faced by 1 in 7 American couples who have difficulties with fertility. These issues range from a lack of…
ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss pharma group Roche’s drug Perjeta (pertuzumab) significantly extended the lives of women with HER2-positive breast cancer compared to a placebo, according to new data…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Compared to conventional cytology, liquid-based cytology is more than twice as sensitive in detecting cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) grade 2 or higher, without…
Vision loss is increasing in the United States and so is the prevalence of diabetes. Americans are being diagnosed with the disease at a much younger age and…
Richard Sadovsky, MD, wants you to talk about sex with your patients. He discusses easy ways that physicians can screen for sexual dysfunction with male patients and common…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – After focal treatment of a limited number of brain metastases, whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT) appears to have a negative impact on health-related quality of…
