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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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…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Over half of patients with refractory and relapsed acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) achieve a complete or partial response when treated with the CD22…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Peridural analgesia administered during colorectal cancer resection and postoperatively is associated with improved long-term survival rates, researchers in Germany report. “The present results…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A study comparing laparoscopic to open surgery for rectal cancer has confirmed the long-term oncologic safety of the laparoscopic approach. “This pooled analysis…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Postsurgical radioiodine treatment (RIT) has helped many children and adolescents living in Belarus who developed advanced radiation-induced differentiated thyroid carcinoma (DTC) after the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In women previously treated for Hodgkin lymphoma, mammography is as sensitive as breast MRI in detecting breast cancer – and the two modalities…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Survival among women diagnosed with breast cancer when they are pregnant is comparable to that for nonpregnant women of reproductive age treated for…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A meta-analysis of 25 studies has confirmed an increased risk of cancer among children born after fertility treatment. However, “Our results do not…
