Exercise during curative chemotherapy for breast cancer has proven benefits. It helps reduce fatigue, preserve muscle strength, improve fitness, and enhance overall quality of life. Staying physically active…
With a wave of FDA approvals and promising clinical trials, treatment options for metastatic breast cancer are expanding fast. Amy Tiersten, MD, highlights the power of immunotherapies—especially checkpoint…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Adding the multitargeted tyrosine kinase inhibitor sunitinib (Sutent; Pfizer) to docetaxel did not improve clinical outcomes when used in the first-line setting in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For women with proven stress urinary incontinence, tension-free vaginal tape provides lasting relief, according to results of a 10-year follow-up study conducted in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women with early-stage estrogen receptor-positive breast cancer fare somewhat better with 2 years of tamoxifen followed by 3 years of anastrozole than with…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Results of a study suggest that gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) agonist therapy does not help preserve ovarian function in young women undergoing modern chemotherapy…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – All women found to have vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia (VIN) require some form of treatment and follow-up surveillance, according to recommendations from The American…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Administering 17-alpha-hyroxyprogesterone caproate to women with multiple pregnancy does not reduce the preterm birth rate or consequent neonatal morbidity, a Dutch study has…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Repairing vaginal prolapse with polypropylene mesh may cause more problems than it solves, according to results of a double-blind randomized study. In the…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In low-risk women, exercise treadmill testing (ETT) gives similar results to exercise myocardial perfusion imaging (MPI) and is less expensive, researchers report in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Revised thromboembolism guidelines emphasize the importance of thromboprophylaxis in women undergoing cesarean delivery. For example, “ACOG is now recommending placement of pneumatic (inflatable)…