ASTRO Unveils First RT Guideline for Pancreatic Cancer Radiation's role in pancreatic cancer is "controversial," says guideline author Sep 23, 2019
H. Pylori Found in Sleeve Gastrectomy Specimens Incidental findings can have important clinical implications in obese patients Sep 23, 2019
Tx Deintensification Wins in Head and Neck Cancer, But ... Only against another less-intensive approach in HPV-positive disease Sep 18, 2019
Medical Marijuana Overdose Sends Man to ER Case report highlights risks of high-strength THC products in patients' hands Sep 12, 2019
Study: Scale Back Surveillance for HPV Oropharyngeal Cancers Retrospective data show no survival advantage with adherence to NCCN guidelines Aug 13, 2019
Why Are These Bones and Teeth Where They Shouldn't Be? Discovery in 31-year-old woman made after she came to the ER with mild abdominal pain Jul 12, 2019
Solid Cancer Risk Tied to Radioiodine Thyroid Tx Most patients in the study had a Graves disease diagnosis Jul 08, 2019
What Is Causing This Constellation of Symptoms in a 57-Year-Old Man? Stomach pain, wheezing, and night sweats add up to a diagnosis of a rare but increasing condition Jul 08, 2019
Time to End PPS-Exempt Status for Certain Cancer Centers? Post-op outcomes largely similar to NCI-designated cancer centers Jun 17, 2019
CAR T Cells Show Activity in Solid Tumors High response rate in mesothelioma, shrinkage of gastric, pancreatic tumors Jun 07, 2019
Keytruda 'Switch' Extends PFS in Advanced Bladder Cancer Matthew Galsky, MD, discusses possible role of maintenance PD-1 blockade Jun 06, 2019 video
Cancer Surgery Refusal Remains a Problem Older, unmarried, African-American patients more likely to say 'no' Jun 04, 2019
'Unprecedented' Survival Benefit Vanishes in Confirmatory Cancer Trial Over $500 million in sales for drug with possibly no benefit Jun 03, 2019
POLO Will Change Practice in Pancreatic Cancer "Huge step forward" for metastatic disease, says expert Jun 02, 2019
Front-Line Keytruda: The New Standard in Gastric Ca Tx? Pembrolizumab leads to comparable survival outcomes versus chemo Jun 01, 2019
Is Transoral Endocrine Surgery Underused in Thyroid Operations? Over half of patients could have had "scarless" procedure May 31, 2019
Former Mets Pitcher Announces Thyroid Cancer Ron Darling will take a break from sportscasting to recover from surgery May 16, 2019
Low-Dose Tx Wins in Older Gastroesophageal Ca Patients Overall survival maintained with gains in quality of life May 15, 2019
PET Imaging Top Choice for Detecting Parathyroid Adenomas Study compared method to two other techniques Apr 26, 2019
Marcia Cross of 'Desperate Housewives' Opens Up on Anal Cancer Actress discloses her survival story and wants to end the stigma Apr 18, 2019
'Magic Mouthwash' Little Help for Radiation-Induced Mucositis Only statistical improvements in pain scores for head and neck cancer patients Apr 16, 2019
Aggressive Therapy at End of Life Common in Cancer Little or no benefit for patients who died within 30 days of diagnosis Apr 15, 2019
I Have Cancer. Please Don't Call Me a 'Survivor' No chemo, no radiation, no symptoms, a few biopsies -- hardly the stuff of heroism Apr 15, 2019
Practice 'Cultural Humility' in End-of-Life Conversations Clinicians should know the limits of their cultural understanding Apr 12, 2019
Rheumatologist's Primer on Checkpoint Inhibitors Specialist reviews the landscape of cancer drugs' autoimmune side effects Apr 09, 2019
Durable Responses With Keytruda in Later-Line SCLC Plus umbralisib in marginal zone lymphoma and a next-generation TRK-targeted agent Apr 04, 2019
Genetic Variant Tied to Stroke After Brain Irradiation Tripled stroke risk in survivors of childhood cancers Apr 04, 2019
PARP Inhibitor Maintenance for Pancreatic Cancer Study takes cue from new treatment paradigm in BRCA-mutant ovarian cancer Apr 03, 2019
CAR T-Cell Therapy Active in Solid Tumors Preliminary data on safety, efficacy in mesothelioma, sarcomas Mar 31, 2019 video
Aggressive Tx Remains Common for Adults, Children Near Death Many patients continue with treatments they probably don't need Mar 30, 2019
Are Patients Better Off With Image-Guided Bone Marrow Biopsy? Prospect of sedation has some going to interventional radiology Mar 29, 2019
Potential Game Changer for Endometrial Cancer A 30% response rate in recurrent/advanced disease, 49% in MSI-H tumors Mar 20, 2019
No Rise in Cancer Risk for RA Patients on Actemra Similar to malignancy risk with TNF inhibitors and abatacept Mar 14, 2019
Monkees' Peter Tork Dies of Rare Salivary Gland Cancer But what is adenoid cystic carcinoma? Mar 07, 2019
Do Keloids Convey a Higher Cancer Risk? Taiwanese researchers show association between raised scars and cancers Mar 03, 2019
Significant Decline in Precancerous Cervical Lesions in U.S. Proportion of lesions with HPV16/18 fall across age, ethnic groups Feb 21, 2019
'Encouraging' Early Data with Keytruda in High-Risk Bladder Ca Will responses in non-muscle-invasive, BCG-unresponsive disease prove durable? Feb 17, 2019
Bladder Ca Treatment Enters 'Post-Checkpoint' Era Early trials show responses with antibody-drug conjugates Feb 16, 2019
Rapid Heart Rate Tied to Higher Mortality in Cancer Patients Unexplained tachycardia linked with threefold increase in risk of death Jan 28, 2019
Genetic Profiling Disappoints for CUP Survival But testing in cancer of unknown primary site did help with prognosis Jan 24, 2019
