ALEXANDRIA, VA. – Delaying the start of androgen-deprivation therapy may be a safe option for men with recurrent prostate cancer marked only by a rise in prostate-specific antigen, investigators...
CHICAGO – German investigators reported on their experience using the disposable Endocuff device in a prospective, randomized two-center trial involving 498 patients undergoing colonoscopy. The...
CHICAGO – Adding a small rubber tip with flexible, circular rings to the end of a colonoscope dramatically improves polyp and adenoma detection during colonoscopy, according to interim results from a...
ALBUQUERQUE – Adding topical tazarotene did not improve response to 5% imiquimod in lentigo maligna, based on data from nearly 300 patients.
But patients with higher levels of inflammation in...
BOSTON – Relaxing eligibility criteria for cytoreductive surgery may improve overall survival among patients with carcinoid metastases to the liver, investigators report.
Lowering the debulking...
About one-third of heart disease deaths and one-fifth of cancer deaths could be prevented if overall U.S. death rates were the same as those in the states with the lowest rates, the Centers for...
Evidence is insufficient to support lung cancer screening with low-dose computed tomography in the Medicare population, members of the Medicare Evidence Development and Coverage Advisory Committee...
Among African American men with abnormal prostate-specific antigen levels or abnormal findings on digital rectal examination of the prostate, biopsies are more likely to detect prostate cancer in...
CHICAGO – Dr. Laurie J. McKenzie, who is a member of the ACOG Committee on the Scientific Program and the medical faculties of the University of Texas and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston,...
PHILADELPHIA – Few templates exist for creating a pediatric oncofertility clinic, particularly in the context of the nascent trend of pediatric oncologists treating adults with pediatric cancers....
