Pembrolizumab Active in BCG-Unresponsive Papillary High-Risk Bladder Cancer KEYNOTE-057 trial results suggest DFS benefit for patient population with unmet need Feb 19, 2023
The 'Extreme' Story of How Two Game-Changing Cancer Drugs Came to Market New book by former Forbes senior editor pulls back the curtain on drug development Feb 13, 2023
Biden Pledges to Extend Medicare's Solvency for 'At Least Two Decades' Healthcare featured prominently in president's State of the Union address Feb 08, 2023
MDM2 Inhibitor Breaks Through in Trial of Liposarcoma, Other Advanced Malignancies Intermittent dosing dramatically reduced myelosuppression that has hindered drug class Jan 26, 2023
What Caused a Man to Develop Friable Bleeding Nodules on His Arms and Hips? The cause lies in a lengthy history of cancer treatment, confirmed by histopathology analysis Jan 23, 2023
'More Is Not Better' in Two First-Line Trials for Biliary Tract Cancer No survival benefit with three-drug chemo regimen or clear PFS gain with anti-PD-L1/bevacizumab Jan 22, 2023
New First-Line Standard for Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer Liposomal irinotecan regimen boosts outcomes, although expert expressed concern about toxicity Jan 22, 2023
Adding Targeted Drug to Chemo Boosts Survival in Gastric/GEJ Cancer Longest overall survival reported to date with the addition of zolbetuximab to chemotherapy Jan 21, 2023
Perioperative Chemo Matches Multimodal Tx for Locally Advanced Esophageal/GEJ Cancer Nearly identical 3-year survival, questioning the need for radiotherapy before surgery Jan 20, 2023
The Unfulfilled Promise of Cannabis for Cancer-Related Symptoms Medical cannabis is currently too far removed from the standards of medical practice Jan 14, 2023
For People With HIV, Early Anal Cancer Screening Tied to Better Outcomes All people with HIV should be screened, not just men who have sex with men, researchers say Jan 13, 2023
MRI-Guided Focused Ultrasound Eases Pain From Bone Metastases More responses with ultrasound, but quality-of-life scores lower vs EBRT in nonrandomized trial Jan 11, 2023
Study Supports Routine Omentectomy in Absence of Metastasis During CRS-HIPEC High rate of occult metastases in patients with grossly normal omentum Jan 11, 2023
Bariatric Surgery May Reduce Risk of Esophageal, Gastric Cancers Cohort study provides "reassurance of the protective clinical benefits of weight loss surgery" Jan 11, 2023
Conspiracy Theorists' Cancer Beliefs; HIV Meds and Ethnicity Also in TTHealthWatch: sodium levels and health outcomes Jan 07, 2023 podcast
More Evidence to Support Restrictive Opioid Prescribing After Cancer Surgery Significant decreases in prescription days, doses, refill requests, with few patient complaints Jan 06, 2023
Watch for New Psych Disorders in the Spouses of Cancer Patients Risk especially high within the first year after cancer diagnosis Jan 05, 2023
Jazz Musician With Slowly Expanding Neck Mass Causing Dysphagia Alcoholism, liver dysfunction highly linked with rare disease of unknown etiology Jan 04, 2023
Can Dying Well Be a Part of Living Well? Shoshana Ungerleider, MD, on her mission to transform end-of-life care Jan 03, 2023 podcast
FDA Approves First Gene Therapy for Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Half of patients achieved complete responses with adenoviral vector-based product Dec 16, 2022
No Blaming Common Antihypertensives for Pancreatic Cancer, Study Suggests Some reassurance on widely prescribed dihydropyridine calcium channel blockers Dec 15, 2022
Direct-Acting Antivirals Linked to Improved Outcomes in Chronic Hepatitis C All-cause mortality rate significantly lower in treated versus untreated group Dec 13, 2022
Pharmacogenomic Results Clear to Young Cancer Patients' Families But few guardians shared these results with other care providers Dec 09, 2022
Small Study Shows Most Crohn's Patients With Anal Cancer Survived 15 of 24 were alive and cancer free at 5.5 years of follow-up Dec 09, 2022
Can Just Minutes of Daily Activity Prolong Life? Benefits included all-cause, heart, and cancer-related mortality risk reduction Dec 08, 2022
Cost Savings With Pharmacist-Driven Substitutions of Oncology Biosimilars Regional clinical pharmacists helped community oncology practices navigate logistics, financials Dec 07, 2022
Xeljanz Cancer Risks Detailed New paper provides full results from ORAL Surveillance trial Dec 07, 2022
Decoding Cancer A conversation with Harold Varmus, MD, who received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1989 Dec 06, 2022 podcast
Aging U.S. Population a Challenge for Oncologists Older patients will have different care goals, preferences, geriatric oncologist says Dec 05, 2022
To Combat Opioid Epidemic, Step Up Safe Prescribing Practices, Expert Urges Overprescribing a continuing problem, Benjamin Davies tells urologists Dec 02, 2022
Sequential Gemcitabine/Docetaxel Promising in NMIBC After BCG Relapse But patients with BCG-refractory disease may be better suited for cystectomy Dec 02, 2022
Still Using Medical Jargon? Prepare to Be Misunderstood Survey shows just how often individuals misinterpret common medical phrases Dec 01, 2022
Life and Death in 12 Hours ICU nurse Christin Thankachan on providing comfort during life's darkest moments Nov 29, 2022 podcast
Robotic Surgery Proves Its Mettle for Liver Cancer Fewer cases of liver failure, similar survival versus open liver resection in matched analysis Nov 23, 2022
Persistent Lymphadenopathy and Neck Abscesses in a Healthy Boy Histopathological test results were central to ultimate diagnosis Nov 23, 2022
Exercise During Chemo Shows Benefits for Cardiorespiratory Fitness However, patients who exercise after chemo also ultimately see benefits too Nov 21, 2022
Primary Care Visits Prior to Cancer Diagnosis Tied to Lower Mortality Most benefit with annual visits, but even some use linked to better outcomes Nov 16, 2022
AMA Votes to Oppose Punishing Doctors When Necessary Care Results in Fetal Death Doctors recount horrors of physician and patient arrests after loss of pregnancy Nov 15, 2022
Terry Bradshaw's Merkel Cell Carcinoma After beating bladder cancer, the Hall of Fame quarterback was diagnosed with a rare skin tumor Nov 10, 2022