NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Aggressive CT or PET/CT surveillance protocols confer significant risk of radiation-induced cancer in patients being monitored for metastasis from primary choroidal melanoma, California-based…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In HIV patients with anal intraepithelial neoplasia (AIN), infrared coagulation (IRC) helps avoid progression to squamous cell carcinoma (SCC), Spanish doctors say. “High-grade…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Men with isolated high-grade prostatic intraepithelial neoplasia (HGPIN) are at relatively high risk for developing prostate cancer, and treatment with toremifene does not…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Among patients undergoing liver transplantation for hepatocellular carcinoma, the risk of recurrence is lower when immunosuppression is based on sirolimus rather than calcineurin…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – A French team reports some advantages with robot-assisted compared to conventional laparoscopic radical prostatectomy performed via an extraperitoneal approach. “This study did not…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Adding the anti-VEGF monoclonal antibody bevacizumab to FOLFOX chemotherapy does not improve outcomes in patients with stage II-III colon cancer, according to a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Compared to conventional cytology, liquid-based cytology is more than twice as sensitive in detecting cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) grade 2 or higher, without…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – After focal treatment of a limited number of brain metastases, whole-brain radiotherapy (WBRT) appears to have a negative impact on health-related quality of…
Mary Hesdorffer, NP and Executive Director of the Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation, discusses the latest advances in treatment options for mesothelioma. Results from early-stage clinical trials show a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Sorafenib delivered concurrently with transarterial chemoembolization (TACE) is safe in patients with intermediate hepatocellular cancer and does not lead to any unexpected adverse…
