By Will Boggs, MD NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Carboplatin plus pemetrexed improves survival over pemetrexed alone in ambulatory patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), randomized trial…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – An updated meta-analysis supports the strategy of giving intravesical chemotherapy (IVC) immediately after bladder tumor resection to reduce the risk of recurrence. “However,…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The cumulative incidence of osteonecrosis of the jaw was about 2% over 6 years among women with early breast cancer who received intensive…
By David Douglas NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Dual HER2 blockade didn’t increase heart problems in a meta-analysis of data from patients with HER2-positive breast cancer. “The combination…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For patients with head and neck or esophageal cancer undergoing chemoradiotherapy, enteral nutrition enriched with n-3 fatty acids helps preserve body mass. The…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Fidaxomicin, approved by the US Food and Drug Administration in 2011 for the treatment of Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea, is particularly effective in cancer…
By Robert Saunders NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When papillary thyroid cancer spreads to lymph nodes in the neck, percutaneous laser ablation may spare patients further invasive surgery.…
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…
