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…
Is your doctor still writing hospital orders with pen and paper? Detroit Medical Center is the only healthcare system in Michigan with 100% computerized physician order entry. Only…
Detroit Medical Center commercial for Electronic Medical Record – DMC is the only healthcare system in Michigan with 100% medication scanning – a huge leap forward in patient…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – New research indicates that with effective chemotherapy, children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) do not need to receive prophylactic cranial irradiation. Prophylactic cranial…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with unresectable pancreatic cancer, the combination of gemcitabine and a novel cationic liposomal formulation of paclitaxel called EndoTAG-1 substantially prolongs survival…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Acute kidney injury induced by contrast medium exposure increases the risk of serious adverse events (AEs) during the following year, prospective study findings…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In a phase III study of patients with progressive well-differentiated pancreatic islet cell tumors, treatment with the tyrosine kinase inhibitor sunitinib significantly prolonged…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – People with a prolonged PR interval are at increased risk for atrial fibrillation, pacemaker implantation, and death at long-term follow-up, according to an…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In a prospective trial to test the feasibility of laparoscopic high-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) ablation of uterine localized adenomyosis, Chinese researchers found the…
Jonathan Marmur, MD, FACC, FRCP, Professor of Medicine, Director of Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory and Interventional Cardiology, Director of Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program, Director of Clinical Research, Center for…
There hasn’t been an official verdict on the value of specialty hospitals, but proponents of these facilities recently attained more evidence to support their case. A recent report…
