Evidence continues to accumulate that a breast cancer patient’s immune system plays a role in the outcome from aggressive disease. According to recently published studies, the presence of...
SAN FRANCISCO – Dr. Eleftherios (Terry) Mamounas reviews the first day of the annual breast cancer symposium sponsored by the American Society of Clinical Oncology.
Key sessions covered the...
The development of vitiligo or alopecia areata is not common in patients with chronic graft-versus-host disease, but it is significantly more likely to occur when the donor was female, especially...
Prediabetes increases cancer risk in adults by 15%, with significantly increased risk for cancer of the stomach, liver, pancreas, breast, and endometrium, in a meta-analysis published Sept. 8 in...
SILVER SPRING, MD. – The widespread and long-term use of sunscreens demands that manufacturers provide more long-term safety data and information on how the active ingredients affect the health of...
Detection of AR-V7 in the peripheral blood appears to be a marker of resistance to both enzalutamide and abiraterone treatment in men who have metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer,...
Approximately 75% of cancer patients with major depression are not receiving treatment for their depression, according to an analysis of data from more than 21,000 patients.
However, a novel...
Patients in Norway who underwent removal of low-risk colorectal adenomas but did not get further colonoscopic surveillance showed a 25% lower risk of death from colorectal cancer 8 years later,...
Open breast biopsy accounted for 34% of breast biopsies in 25,965 U.S. inpatients between 2008 and 2010, a retrospective study found.
The finding suggests that minimally invasive breast biopsy...
Use of statins for any duration of time is associated with a significant reduction in the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in low-risk populations.
A nested case-control study among 94 cases of...
