SBRT Doubles 5-Year Survival in Oligometastatic Cancers Most patients in phase II trial had up to three metastatic lesions Oct 17, 2018
Alternative Therapies Popular With Sarcoma Patients Drug-drug interactions still poorly understood Oct 11, 2018
Inherited JAK3 Mutation May Up Head/Neck Ca Risk in African Americans About 8% carry the single nucleotide polymorphism Oct 11, 2018
Knowledge Gaps on HPV's Link to Head/Neck Ca for Docs in Training Few are equipped to perform HPV vaccine counseling, study found Oct 10, 2018
SSA Transition Safe, Effective for NETs Long-term survival, cost-effectiveness examined in other studies Oct 09, 2018
Molecular Profiling Can ID Cancer Risk in Thyroid Lesions In lesions with atypia, different mutations confer higher and lower risks Oct 09, 2018
Surgery Improves Survival for most pNETs Mortality odds 70%-80% lower for all but stage I disease Oct 06, 2018
Docs Need to Discuss Money Matters with Cancer Patients Breast cancer, older patients report high levels of "financial toxicity" Sep 26, 2018
Survey: Cancer Patients Will Pay Anything for Treatment Confirms what drug companies already knew Aug 29, 2018
Frequent Basal Cell Cancers Sign of Broader Inherited Risk Tripled rates of internal malignancies such as breast and prostate tumors Aug 10, 2018
Study: Paclitaxel Best for HIV-Related Kaposi's Sarcoma Other chemotherapies fall behind in resource-limited setting Jul 29, 2018
Cancer Risk With Diabetes Higher in Women than Men Authors recommend "sex-specific approach" to prevention and treatment Jul 20, 2018
Multi-Flap Head and Neck Surgery: It's Complicated Need for individualized assessment, discussion emphasized by meta-analysis Jul 05, 2018
Quick Intervention Improves Care in Geriatric Cancer Patients Randomized trial improved oncologist-patient communication Jun 06, 2018 video
IMPACT Trial: Support for Targeted Cancer Tx Approaches Survival doubled with therapy matched to tumor genetics Jun 05, 2018
Pancreatic Ca Gets 20-Month Survival Boost Aggressive post-surgery chemo regimen touted as new standard of care Jun 05, 2018 video
Pre-Surgical CRT May Boost Survival in Pancreatic Ca Further data needed to clarify best approach and who would benefit most Jun 04, 2018
Rare Childhood Cancer Gets First Tx Advance in 30 Years But impact unclear for U.S. rhabdomyosarcoma patients Jun 04, 2018
Women Get Less Aggressive Tx for Head and Neck Ca Registry data find that women are less likely to receive chemotherapy or radiation than men Jun 01, 2018
Carvedilol Helps Protect Heart During PPGL Surgery Med offers superior blocking for cardiac complications in pheochromocytoma May 23, 2018
Better Specificity with Next-Gen Thyroid Gene Sequence Test Afirma GSC seems to send fewer patients for surgical intervention May 22, 2018
Exercise Cuts Hyperglycemia For Cancer Patients on Chemo Pilot study hints at other benefits from walking program May 22, 2018
Thyroid Nodule Location Predictive of Malignancy Nodules in the upper pole more likely to be cancerous May 22, 2018
Low PTH-Calcium Ups Risk for Long-Term Parathyroid Problems Levels help guide patient management after thyroidectomy May 19, 2018
CBT Tops Acupuncture for Treating Insomnia in Cancer Survivors But both methods provide alternative to sleeping pills May 17, 2018
Intravesical Gemcitabine Reduces Bladder Ca Recurrence Could be more feasible than mitomycin C May 09, 2018
Algorithm Helps Manage Fever Pediatric cancer patients with non-neutropenic fever could benefit May 08, 2018
Morning Break: Stolen Trump Records; Gyns in Trouble; Eye Cancer Cluster? Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by the 51˶ staff May 02, 2018
'Time Is Muscle' When Reversing Facial Paralysis Surgical technique uses thigh muscle to restore movement Apr 30, 2018 video
Hepatitis C Treatments Reduce Transplants Therapies also appear to reduce liver-related mortality Apr 15, 2018
Europe Gets Updated HCV Tx Guidelines EASL panel touts 'ease of use' of direct-acting antivirals Apr 15, 2018
SIRT + Sorafenib = No Survival Bump in Liver Cancer But clinical benefits suggested in certain patients with less severe disease Apr 15, 2018
Adjuvant Anti-PD-1 Scores Again in Melanoma Recurrence risk falls by more than 40% with pembrolizumab Apr 15, 2018
'Unsolved Mysteries' on Display at AACR Large, diverse program reflects rapid pace of advancement Apr 13, 2018
Morning Break: Antacids and Allergies; Condom-Snorting; Classroom Vaping Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by the 51˶ staff Apr 03, 2018
Studies Seek Role for Anti-PD-1 Drugs in Gyn Cancers Activity in resistant ovarian, mutated endometrial cancers Mar 28, 2018
