Jennifer Crombie, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, discusses results from a real-world study of lisocabtagene maraleucel in patients with relapsed/refractory large B-cell lymphoma. Similar to published findings…
Tanya Siddiqi, MD, medical director of lymphoma, City of Hope, Orange County, California, discusses the primary analysis of the TRANSCEND CLL 004 trial. This phase 1/2, single-arm, multicenter…
It’s highly debated whether patients undergoing radiation therapy for prostate cancer should also have their lymph nodes treated. Janna Andrews, MD, discusses the RTOG trials and their results, which…
With the continual advancement of technology in surgery, one would expect that robotic prostatectomy to be the gold standard of treatment for prostate cancer. However, Judd Moul, MD,…
Charles Jungreis, MD, Chairperson, Department of Radiology, Professor, Temple University School of Medicine, discusses stereotactic radiosurgery. References and Resources Cesaretti JA, Pennathur A, Rosenstein BS, Swanson SJ, Fernando…
Staph aureus, which can be methicillin-resistant (MRSA) or methicillin-susceptible (MSSA), is a major cause of infections in hospitals and in the community. These infections have also affected those…
Dr. Francis Cordova, Medical Director of the Lung Transplantation Program at Temple University School of Medicine, discusses the factors that determine strong and weak candidates for lung transplantation…
Judd Moul, MD, explains why he disagrees with the recent move by the US Preventive Services Task Force to give the routine PSA exam a D-rating. He discusses…
Janna Andrews, MD takes us for a tour of the latest technological advancements in the field of radiation therapy delivery for prostate cancer treatment. She explains the benefits…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The increased risk of breast cancer in women who received radiotherapy above the diaphragm for treatment of Hodgkin’s lymphoma (HL) persists for at…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – There is “sufficient” evidence that treatment with a proton-pump inhibitor (PPI) increases the incidence of Clostridium-difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD), say the authors of a…
When should patients seek a biopsy on their prostate? Under what circumstances is a biopsy administered? Stacy Loeb, MD, explains that the American Urological Association’s 2009 guidelines, the PSA,…
