Laurie Barclay, MD NEW YORK (MedscapeWire) May 01 Four studies presented April 29-30 at the American Roentgen Ray Society annual meeting in Atlanta, Georgia,
Xeloda combination extends breast cancer survival and becomes a new standard of care LONDON, ENGLAND — May 1, 2002 — Roche announced that the European
CHAPEL HILL, NC — April 26, 2002 — Long-term survival results from a breast cancer treatment study begun in 1992 at the University of North
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Apr 25 – Tumor metastasis takes place by way of lymphatic vessels at the tumor margins, without the need for functional
New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) 04/11/2002 By Anne MacLennan Male circumcision is linked with a reduced risk of both penile human papillomavirus infection and
GENEVA (Reuters) Apr 25 – A top World Health Organization official said on Thursday that findings by Swedish scientists that many carbohydrate-rich foods contain a
'Faslodex' (fulvestrant) – First of A New Type of Breast Cancer Treatments LONDON, ENGLAND — April 26, 2002 — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration
from Abstracts in Hematology & OncologyTM Huang WY, Newman B, Millikan RC, et al. Am J Epidemiol. 2000;151:703-714. We examined risk factors for subgroups of
NEW YORK (MedscapeWire) Apr 25 Adding positron emission tomography (PET) scanning to conventional preoperative workup would reduce the rate of futile operations by about
from Nutrition and Cancer Aaron T. Fleischauer, Sara H. Olson, Laura Mignone, Neal Simonsen, Thomas A. Caputo, and Susan Harlap Abstract and Introduction Abstract Several
Gynecologic Oncology 04/17/2002 By Elda Hauschildt Oral administration of 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) allows fluorescence of the cervix in patients with abnormal Pap smears and is
HOUSTON, TX and PHILADELPHIA, PA — April 9, 2002 — Texas Biotechnology Corporation and GlaxoSmithKline announced that the U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Apr 18 – The addition of positron emission tomography (PET) to the routine workup of patients with suspected non-small-cell lung cancer
NEW YORK (MedscapeWire) Apr 16 More than one-third of patients given brachytherapy for prostate cancer have migration of the radioactive seeds to their lungs,
LONDON (Reuters Health) Apr 15 – Colorectal cancer is associated with an increased risk for developing primary cancers at other sites, particularly in the small
By Ed Susman Special to DG News SAN FRANCISCO, CA — April 10, 2002 — Researchers said they were encouraged with early results from Phase
Laurie Barclay, MD NEW YORK (MedscapeWire) Apr 15 Oncologists are sometimes remiss when it comes to discussing sperm banking before chemotherapy, according to 2
Cancer 04/10/2002 By David Loshak Patients with fludarabine-refractory chronic lymphocytic leukaemia and small cell lymphocytic lymphoma often suffer serious infections which could make a significant
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Apr 15 – When breast cancer is diagnosed more than 20 weeks after initial visualization on a screening mammogram, the risk
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters Health) Apr 10 – PC-SPES, an over-the-counter supplement promoted as an herbal treatment for prostate cancer, contains indomethacin and diethylstilbestrol (DES), which