Palbociclib, a cyclin-dependent kinase 4/6 inhibitor, has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for treating postmenopausal women with est... More »
Question: C, age 17 years, was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s lymphoma. According to her oncologists, chemotherapy would offer an 80% chance of cure, wher... More »
The extent of pain, depression, and anorexia are rising in the last year of life for oncology patients, based on a survey of their family members.
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Screening colonoscopy is more effective than sigmoidoscopy for the detection of colorectal cancer by picking up proximal advanced serrated lesions, ac... More »
SAN FRANCISCO – Statin use confers a survival benefit in patients with colorectal cancer, suggests a systematic review and meta-analysis presented a... More »
SAN ANTONIO – Adjuvant aromatase inhibitor therapy in postmenopausal breast cancer survivors was associated with an increased risk of incident nonis... More »
SAN ANTONIO – Though breast cancer survivors have a two- to sixfold higher risk of developing a second primary cancer compared with women in the gen... More »
The ipsilateral local failure rate in women with good-risk ductal carcinoma in situ was low with observation after breast-conserving surgery, but was ... More »
SAN FRANCISCO – Patients with metastatic colorectal cancer fared better if they had higher pretreatment levels of vitamin D, according to a prospective analysis from a phase III trial.
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Although significantly fewer patients with stage IV colorectal cancer have undergone primary tumor resection (PTR) since 1988, overall rates of patien... More »
