cancer
Risk Calculator Improves Patient Perception of Risk for Contralateral Breast Cancer
Use of a novel, personalized cancer risk counseling tool may help patients with unilateral breast cancer understand ...
OCTOBER 14, 2024
Skin Fungus Colonization Accelerates Breast Cancer Tumor Growth
A common skin fungus, Malassezia globosa can invade deep tissues and may contribute to tumor growth, ...
SEPTEMBER 26, 2024
Novel First-Line Therapy’s OS Benefit for Liver Cancer Persists
Long-term overall survival in hepatocellular carcinoma with tremelimumab plus durvalumab treatment is durable, ...
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Watching and Waiting After Neoadjuvant Therapy for Rectal Cancer
Eric Pauli, MD, interviews Mr. Neil Smart, a colorectal surgeon from Exeter, England, about which patients with ...
JUNE 27, 2023
Race, Neighborhood Deprivation Tied to Mortality After Cancer Surgery
Black patients who had elective resection for pancreas, lung, colon and rectal cancers had higher mortality rates ...
AUGUST 6, 2022
Calculator Helps Predict Ductal Hyperplasia-to-Cancer Progression
A simple risk calculator may help predict low-risk patients with atypical ductal hyerplasia for whom observation is ...
SEPTEMBER 25, 2020
Older Adults With Cancer at High Risk for C. diff Infection
Older adults with cancer have a higher risk for developing Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) than those ...
NOVEMBER 8, 2019
Current Bariatric Procedures Stunt Cancers in Women
Ten years ago, Swedish researchers reported that bariatric surgery was associated with a dramatically reduced ...
FEBRUARY 26, 2019
Physicians Exploring New Approaches to Glioblastoma
In August 2018, former Sen. John McCain passed away from glioblastoma, the notoriously aggressive and insidious ...
FEBRUARY 19, 2019
Challenges to Cancer Pain Management Are Multifactorial
In the 1980s, up to 70% of cancer patients reported pain. Thirty years later, cancer pain prevalence has not ...
JULY 10, 2017
Incidence of Colorectal Cancer Rises in Gen X and Millennials
More Americans in their 20s and 30s are being diagnosed with colorectal cancer, even as the incidence of the ...
APRIL 10, 2017
Study Finds Connection Between Barrett’s and Early GI Cancers
Chicago—Having a diagnosis of Barrett’s esophagus is associated with having earlier-stage gastric ...
FEBRUARY 21, 2017