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
Women Do Well Without Opioids after Gyn Surgery An 89% drop in opioid use with restrictive prescribing protocol Mar 26, 2018
Gyn Cancer Research Gets Short Shrift in Funding Mortality-adjusted analysis shows huge disparity versus other cancers Mar 25, 2018
NCCN: Don't Let HIV Status Dictate Cancer Treatment New guidelines focus on most common cancers in HIV-infected patients Mar 23, 2018
Two Agents Equal as Pretreatment for Adrenal Tumor Surgery Phenoxybenzamine, doxazosin OK for perioperative hemodynamic control during PCC resection Mar 18, 2018
Survival Bump in Bladder Cancer with Keytruda But no outcome advantage for Tecentriq in metastatic urothelial cancer Feb 11, 2018
Combo Therapy Doubles PFS in Unresectable HCC Chemoembolization plus sorafenib tops embolization alone Jan 23, 2018
Extensive Lavage No Help in Gastric Cancer Survival outcomes not improved with intraperitoneal treatment Jan 20, 2018
Small PFS Bump in Gastric/GEJ Cancer Clinical vs statistical significance in trial of first-line ramucirumab Jan 19, 2018
ACR Poster Roundup: Novel OA Tx; Cancer and RA Biologics Selections from late-breaker poster presentations at rheumatology meeting Nov 08, 2017
Salvage Tx with Radioactive Octreotate Effective for Neuroendocrine Tumors Overall survival lengthened with salvage therapy Oct 23, 2017
Vets with HCV Might Settle Cancer Controversy VA experience seems to rule out possible cancer-causing effect of new drugs Oct 23, 2017
