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…
Pamela J. Paley, MD, Gynelcologic Oncologist, Swedish Cancer Institute, Seattle, WA, discusses minimally invasive surgery in gynecologic cancer. References and Resources Zakashansky K, Bradley WH, Nezhat FR. New…
According to preliminary evidence, taking the epilepsy drug Topiramate (Topamax) during early pregnancy may increase the risk of birth defects. References and Resources Hunt S, Russell A, Smithson…
Ann L. Kellams, MD, Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, VA, discusses the complications associated with late-preterm birth. References and Resources Delpisheh A,…
American women want a health care system in which they and their families can conveniently obtain preventive services, see their personal physicians the day they become sick, and…
Mary Wright, MD, Associate Professor & Director, Breast Center, Section of Breast Surgery, Department of Surgery, Tulane University School of Medicine, discusses Tulane’s Breast Cancer Center. References and…
A meta-analysis of observational studies showed that oral estrogen, but not transdermal estrogen, increased the risk of venous thromboembolism. References and Resources Canonico M, Plu-Bureau G, Lowe GD,…
Pamela B. Morris, MD, Director, Preventive Cardiology, Co-Director, Women’s Heart Care, Medical University of South Carolina, discusses hormone therapy and the risk of cardiovascular disease in women. References…
Pamela B. Morris, MD, Director, Preventive Cardiology, Co-Director, Women’s Heart Care, Medical University of South Carolina, discusses cardiovascular disease in women. References and Resources Dey S, Flather MD,…
Saul E. Rivkin, MD, Founder of the Marsha Rivkin Center for Ovarian Cancer, Medical Oncologist, Swedish Cancer Institute, Seattle, WA, discusses the future of testing for early stage…
Elise N. Everett, MS, MD, Gynecologic Oncologist, Swedish Cancer Institute, Seattle WA, discusses robotic surgery. References and Resources Sert B, Abeler V. Robotic radical hysterectomy in early-stage cervical…
