By Will Boggs, MD NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients with unresectable primary spinal sarcoma may benefit from carbon ion radiotherapy (CIRT), Japanese researchers say. Compared with proton…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Recurrence after limited lung resection for small early-stage adenocarcinoma is three times more likely when the micropapillary component of the tumor is 5%…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In a phase III, multinational study of patients with heavily pretreated metastatic breast cancer, adding sunitinib to capecitabine provided no benefit, and in…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The results of a phase III Italian study indicate that the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women who use hormone replacement therapy…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Chemotherapy given in conjunction with regional hyperthermia produces good response rates in children and adolescents with refractory or recurrent germ-cell tumors, German researchers…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When the cell adhesion molecule L1CAM is expressed in early-stage endometrial tumors, there is a 50% chance of recurrence, a multicenter study has…
By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Low-dose aspirin, even if not taken daily, may reduce a woman’s risk of colon cancer over the long term,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Physicians caring for women who are at increased risk for breast cancer should discuss with them the risks and benefits of specific chemoprevention…
Zachary Bloomgarden, MD, Clinical Professor at Mount Sinai Hospital, presents the case of a 48-year-old woman with diabetes who is currently taking metformin and glimepiride but is experiencing weight gain. He discusses…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Contrary to a historically pessimistic outlook, high-risk prostate cancer can be controlled with moderate high-dose radiation treatment and prolonged androgen-deprivation therapy (ADT). That…
