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…
In this video, Sarah DiGeronimo, NP, and Sydney Smith, PharmD, both from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, discuss tips for the management of common side effects resulting from…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Annual ovarian cancer screening with transvaginal ultrasonography and CA 125 usually misses early-stage disease while it often results in unneeded surgeries, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Roughly a third of US adults have high or borderline high triglyceride levels, yet very few are being treated for the condition, according…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Higher plasma glucose levels are associated with worse outcomes in women with ovarian carcinoma, according to a report in the March 1st Cancer.…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Endometrial cancer is associated with an elevated risk of colorectal cancer, but not breast cancer, according to study results in the April issue…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Assuming a woman does not prefer a uterus-conserving procedure, hysterectomy is more cost-effective than myomectomy or uterine artery embolization (UAE) for treating symptomatic…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Specialists at McGill University in Montreal have developed a fertility preservation protocol of immature oocyte retrieval, in vitro maturation, vitrification of the mature…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A cytomegalovirus (CMV) vaccine reduces incident cases of CMV infection in women and has the potential to decrease congenital CMV infection, according to…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The results of the largest ovarian cancer screening trial to date suggest that a transvaginal ultrasound strategy or a multimodal approach that includes…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Women with migraines during pregnancy are at increased risk for stroke, MI, and other vascular disorders, according to a report in the March…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – High blood pressure accounts for some of the disproportionately higher mortality rates among African American patients with breast cancer compared with Caucasian patients,…
