While previous studies have suggested olaparib could benefit patients with advanced breast cancers, according to a study presented at American Society of Clinical...Oncology
A shorter course of radiation therapy given to breast cancer patients following mastectomy is safe and effective and cuts treatment time in half. That is according to...
March 22nd, 2017
Treatment guidelines on care for survivors of the most common cancers often lack specifics or offer conflicting advice about when or how often to do certain tests, a...
November 30th, 2016The large clinical trials needed for approval of new cancer drugs often way overstate how effective the treatments will be in the real world, argue two influential US...
Neo-adjuvant immunotherapy with the PD-1 inhibitor nivolumab is safe and feasible prior to surgery for early lung cancer, researchers reported at the ESMO 2016 Congress...
September 21st, 2016Active monitoring of prostate cancer is as effective as surgery and radiotherapy, in terms of survival at 10 years, reports the largest study of its kind, funded by the...
Three leading national cancer organisations issued a consensus guideline for treating women who have ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) treated with breast-conserving...ICU Medicine
A large study suggests hospitals that used intensive care units (ICUs) more readily were more likely to perform invasive procedures and have higher costs ,while showing...
August 3rd, 2016Men diagnosed with prostate cancer can now be provided with a more accurate estimate of their risk of death from the disease, and treatment planned accordingly,...
A combination of two immunotherapy drugs outperformed a single drug treatment in patients with advanced small cell lung cancer, according to ‘exciting’ early...
