By Will Boggs, MD NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Temsirolimus does not improve progression-free survival in metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) compared to standard treatment, according to results…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with potentially resectable colorectal liver metastases, the use of combined PET and CT imaging (PET-CT) identifies those with occult extrahepatic disease…
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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…
By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Low-dose aspirin, even if not taken daily, may reduce a woman’s risk of colon cancer over the long term,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Physicians caring for women who are at increased risk for breast cancer should discuss with them the risks and benefits of specific chemoprevention…
By David Douglas NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR) inhibitor treatment has been linked with acute tubular necrosis (ATN) in four case reports from…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A small study indicates that most patients with cutaneous B-cell lymphoma who respond well to rituximab relapse after about two years. On the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Contrary to a historically pessimistic outlook, high-risk prostate cancer can be controlled with moderate high-dose radiation treatment and prolonged androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT). That…
By Will Boggs, MD NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Carboplatin plus pemetrexed improves survival over pemetrexed alone in ambulatory patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), randomized trial…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – An updated meta-analysis supports the strategy of giving intravesical chemotherapy (IVC) immediately after bladder tumor resection to reduce the risk of recurrence. “However,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The cumulative incidence of osteonecrosis of the jaw was about 2% over 6 years among women with early breast cancer who received intensive…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Morbidity associated with inguinal lymphadenectomy in patients with penile carcinoma has declined, and is “reasonable” considering the potential benefit, a Brazilian team reports.…
