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…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The results of a new study indicate that 80% of cancer patients undergoing radiation therapy do not use medications to combat pain. Many…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Even in the absence of clinical stroke, atrial fibrillation (AF) is associated with impaired cognitive function and reduced hippocampal volume, according to findings…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Elective cesarean section is associated with a lower rate of mother-to-child transmission of hepatitis B virus (HBV) than is vaginal delivery, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – With the introduction of more intensive medical therapy, revascularization for asymptomatic carotid stenosis is likely to benefit less than 5% of patients, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – While raloxifene and tamoxifen are broadly similar in reducing breast cancer risk, raloxifene appears also to lower the odds of developing endometrial cancer,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Alteplase can improve stroke outcomes even when it is not given until 3 to 4.5 hours after the stroke began, according to a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Randomized trials have shown a survival benefit to using drug-eluting stents (DES) rather than bare-metal stents (BMS) in heart disease patients. Now, the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In the treatment of lower urinary tract symptoms in men, extended-release oxybutynin plus tamsulosin is more effective than tamsulosin alone and just as…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Adults with subclinical hypothyroidism are at increased risk for heart failure and for changes in cardiac function, new research suggests. Subclinical hyperthyroidism, by…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The risk of lung cancer is increased in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, even after taking into account the effects of tobacco and asbestos…
