NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A review of the literature indicates that, far from being futile, radical prostatectomy improves outcomes when lymph nodes (LNs) are found to be…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Since the mid-90s, early survival rates after allogeneic hematopoietic cell transplantation (alloHCT) among patients with hematologic diseases have improved significantly, based on an…
By Robert Saunders NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For men with biochemical recurrence of prostate cancer after radical prostatectomy, radiation offers a good chance of cure, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Fidaxomicin, approved by the US Food and Drug Administration in 2011 for the treatment of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea, is particularly effective in cancer…
By Robert Saunders NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When papillary thyroid cancer spreads to lymph nodes in the neck, percutaneous laser ablation may spare patients further invasive surgery.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In colorectal cancer patients, ablation of bilateral hepatic metastases with or without surgery compares well to the gold standard approach of bilateral resection,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Based on Medicare claims data, the rate of incisional hernia following radical prostatectomy is about three-times higher with minimally invasive surgery than with…
By Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Men who were exposed to Agent Orange chemicals during the Vietnam War are at higher risk for high-grade prostate cancer…
By Megan Brooks NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Radiation may be unnecessary for some women with early-stage breast cancer after conservative surgery, according to preliminary data from a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Duloxetine can be helpful in cancer patients who experience painful neuropathy as a sequela of treatment with neurotoxic antineoplastic agents, according to a…