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Radiation therapy for high-risk, asymptomatic bone metastases may prevent pain and prolong life

Radiation therapy for high-risk, asymptomatic bone metastases may prevent pain and prolong life

byAmerican Society for Radiation OncologyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainTreating high-risk, asymptomatic bone metastases with radiation may reduce painful complications and hospitalizations an

Radiation therapy for high-risk, asymptomatic bone metastases may prevent pain and prolong life

byAmerican Society for Radiation OncologyCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainTreating high-risk, asymptomatic bone metastases with radiation may reduce painful complications and hospitalizations an
Fox Chase Physician Wins Best Poster Award at Breast Cancer Meeting for Research on Surgery to

Fox Chase Physician Wins Best Poster Award at Breast Cancer Meeting for Research on Surgery to

May 26, 2023Fox Chase Cancer CenterAustin D. Williams, MD, MSEd, of Fox Chase Cancer Center, received the Best Poster Award at the recent 24th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Breast Surgeons

Fox Chase Physician Wins Best Poster Award at Breast Cancer Meeting for Research on Surgery to

May 26, 2023Fox Chase Cancer CenterAustin D. Williams, MD, MSEd, of Fox Chase Cancer Center, received the Best Poster Award at the recent 24th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Breast Surgeons
Treatment without hormone blockers improves outcomes in solitary prostate cancer metastases

Treatment without hormone blockers improves outcomes in solitary prostate cancer metastases

byWolters Kluwer HealthA, Prostate specific antigen (PSA) waterfall plot for surgical metastasis-directed therapy. B, PSA waterfall plot for stereotactic body radiation therapy metastasis-direct

Treatment without hormone blockers improves outcomes in solitary prostate cancer metastases

byWolters Kluwer HealthA, Prostate specific antigen (PSA) waterfall plot for surgical metastasis-directed therapy. B, PSA waterfall plot for stereotactic body radiation therapy metastasis-direct
Pediatric multicenter study shows targeted therapy for high-risk Hodgkin lymphoma reduces relapse

Pediatric multicenter study shows targeted therapy for high-risk Hodgkin lymphoma reduces relapse

byEmory UniversityHodgkin lymphoma, nodular lymphocyte predominant (high-power view) Credit: Gabriel Caponetti, MD./Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0A targeted therapy for children with high-risk Hodgkin l

Pediatric multicenter study shows targeted therapy for high-risk Hodgkin lymphoma reduces relapse

byEmory UniversityHodgkin lymphoma, nodular lymphocyte predominant (high-power view) Credit: Gabriel Caponetti, MD./Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 3.0A targeted therapy for children with high-risk Hodgkin l
Fertility preservation measures do not appear to increase the risk of breast cancer recurrence

Fertility preservation measures do not appear to increase the risk of breast cancer recurrence

byKarolinska InstitutetCancer-Specific Survival in the Cohort. FP indicates fertility preservation. Credit:JAMA OncologyDOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2022.3677Women with a breast cancer dia

Fertility preservation measures do not appear to increase the risk of breast cancer recurrence

byKarolinska InstitutetCancer-Specific Survival in the Cohort. FP indicates fertility preservation. Credit:JAMA OncologyDOI: 10.1001/jamaoncol.2022.3677Women with a breast cancer dia
Why lung cancer doesn't respond well to immunotherapy

Why lung cancer doesn't respond well to immunotherapy

by Anne Trafton,Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyA new MIT study explains why dendritic cells (green) in lymph nodes that drain from the lungs fail to stimulate killer T cells (white) to att

Why lung cancer doesn't respond well to immunotherapy

by Anne Trafton,Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyA new MIT study explains why dendritic cells (green) in lymph nodes that drain from the lungs fail to stimulate killer T cells (white) to att
Why men, wealthy people and maritime residents are more likely to develop skin cancer

Why men, wealthy people and maritime residents are more likely to develop skin cancer

byMcGill UniversityComparison of UV exposure and skin cancer history, sun protection and level of worry between high-incidence (PEI/NS) and low-incidence (NL) provinces for cutaneous melanoma.&n

Why men, wealthy people and maritime residents are more likely to develop skin cancer

byMcGill UniversityComparison of UV exposure and skin cancer history, sun protection and level of worry between high-incidence (PEI/NS) and low-incidence (NL) provinces for cutaneous melanoma.&n
FDA advisors to weigh new gene therapy for sickle cell anemia

FDA advisors to weigh new gene therapy for sickle cell anemia

by Cara MurezPatients with sickle cell disease may soon have two new treatments to try.On Tuesday, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory committee will weigh the merits of a newgene thera

FDA advisors to weigh new gene therapy for sickle cell anemia

by Cara MurezPatients with sickle cell disease may soon have two new treatments to try.On Tuesday, a U.S. Food and Drug Administration advisory committee will weigh the merits of a newgene thera
Daratumumab Plus Induction Therapy Reduces Stem Cell Yield in Multiple Myeloma

Daratumumab Plus Induction Therapy Reduces Stem Cell Yield in Multiple Myeloma

June 9, 2023Tony Berberabe, MPHThe addition of daratumumab to frontline induction therapy prior to peripheral blood stem cell collection reduced the number of patients with newly diagnosed multiple my

Daratumumab Plus Induction Therapy Reduces Stem Cell Yield in Multiple Myeloma

June 9, 2023Tony Berberabe, MPHThe addition of daratumumab to frontline induction therapy prior to peripheral blood stem cell collection reduced the number of patients with newly diagnosed multiple my
Cancer research: Key function of important leukemia gene demystified

Cancer research: Key function of important leukemia gene demystified

by Nina Grötschl,University of Veterinary Medicine—ViennaCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe oncogene EVI1 causes an aggressive type of leukemia, but its exact function has been a mystery. A re

Cancer research: Key function of important leukemia gene demystified

by Nina Grötschl,University of Veterinary Medicine—ViennaCredit: Pixabay/CC0 Public DomainThe oncogene EVI1 causes an aggressive type of leukemia, but its exact function has been a mystery. A re
Zometa (zoledronic acid) shown to enhance chemotherapy in reducing breast tumor size

Zometa (zoledronic acid) shown to enhance chemotherapy in reducing breast tumor size

New data released demonstrates that the addition of Zometa (zoledronic acid) injection to standard chemotherapy before breast cancer surgery reduces the size of breast tumors more effectively than che

Zometa (zoledronic acid) shown to enhance chemotherapy in reducing breast tumor size

New data released demonstrates that the addition of Zometa (zoledronic acid) injection to standard chemotherapy before breast cancer surgery reduces the size of breast tumors more effectively than che