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Hematologists/oncologists and other doctors can anticipate to encounter an increasing number of patients with multiple myeloma in the coming years. Between 1997 and 2006, the incidence rate of myeloma declined ...
Reporting from the 27th Annual Miami Breast Cancer Conference, ONCOLOGY spoke with Harold J. Burstein, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School. Dr. Burstein is engaged in clinical ...
Bone sarcomas are extremely rare neoplasms, which precludes determination of their true incidence. In 2009, approximately 2,570 new cases of cancer of the bones and joints will be diagnosed in ...
References 1. Horner MJ, Ries LAG, Krapcho M, et al: SEER Cancer Statistics Review, 1975-2006, National Cancer Institute. Bethesda, MD. Based on November 2008 SEER submission data, posted to ...
Reporting from the 27th Miami Breast Cancer Conference, ONCOLOGY spoke with internationally renowned breast cancer scientist, V. Craig Jordan, OBE, PhD, DSc. Dr. Jordan highlighted some of the fundamental clinical ...
News that President Obama received a clean bill of health from a virtual colonoscopy several days ago rubbed influential gastroenterologists the wrong way.
On Monday the American College ...
On Feb. 28 President Obama was screened for colorectal cancer using CT colonography. The results from this exam, also called virtual colonoscopy, along with those from the rest of the ...
Reporting from the MBCC, ONCOLOGY spoke with Eric P. Winer, MD, Director, Breast Oncology Center; Chief, Division of Women’s Cancers; Thompson Senior Investigator in Breast Cancer Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. ...
It’s a kind of man bites dog story: unusual, remarkable, yet oddly plausible. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has told its contractors to hold claims containing services paid ...
African Americans have a higher mortality rate from lung cancer than caucasians, a fact first discovered in the early 1980s. For decades, researchers have looked for differences in access to ...
African Americans have a higher mortality rate from lung cancer than caucasians, a fact first discovered in the early 1980s. For decades, researchers have looked for differences in access to ...
The seminal IPASS study by Tony Mok, MD, and colleagues demonstrated moderate efficacy for gefitinib (Iressa) in advanced non–small–cell lung cancer patients, most notably in patients with predictive factors, including ...
Although Merkel cell carcinoma is a rare neuroendocrine carcinoma of the skin, the disease may share etiological factors with other tumor types, making patients vulnerable to a second cancer, according ...
Less than 1% of women took tamoxifen in the years 2000 and 2005 as a preventive measure, especially if their personal history of breast cancer was very low, according to ...
The improvements in long-term breast cancer–related outcomes in recent decades, including disease-free and overall survival, are attributed to both early screening and optimal multi-disciplinary therapy. Traditionally, women undergo a definitive ...
In my practice as an oncologist specializing in gastrointestinal tract cancers, a recent week was fairly typical. I saw 50 patients, ranging in age from 32 to 87, equally divided ...
Practitioners of Gerson therapy believe that cancer is caused by an accumulation of toxic substances in the body. They recommend a special diet including high carbohydrate and potassium intake, no ...