Surgery prompted by automobile accidents, combat wounds, cancer treatment and other conditions can lead to bone infections that are difficult to treat and can delay healing until they are resolved. Now, researchers have a developed a double-duty...
Related topics: Bone Cancer, Cancer, Medical Research
Dr. Eugene P. Frenkel, an internationally recognized cancer researcher and admired clinician and educator who pioneered UT Southwestern Medical Center's Division of Hematology and Oncology, died June 21, 2019. He was 89.
Related topics: Hematology, Cancer, Medical Research
Anh Hoang Le, a PhD student at the Cancer Research UK Beatson Institute in Glasgow, studies two proteins that we know curiously little about: CYRI-A and CYRI-B.
“We have some hints that they might be involved in cancer, and it’s my teams’ job...
Related topics: Proteins, Cancer, Medical Research
Chernobyl has become a byword for catastrophe. The 1986 nuclear disaster, recently brought back into the public eye by the hugely popular TV show of the same name, caused thousands of cancers, turned a once populous area into a ghost city, and...
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Duane “Dog the Bounty Hunter” Chapman’s wife, Beth Chapman, has been placed in a medically induced coma amid her ongoing cancer battle.Read more...
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Words have meaning. And when it comes to cancer, especially advanced cancer, there aren’t many words that have more meaning than the word “cure.” It is that very word and concept that is top of mind for some of us these days. We clinicians are...
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"Dog the Bounty Hunter" star Duane Chapman asked fans to pray for wife Beth, who's fighting cancer, after a report she's in a medically induced coma.
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(MedPage Today) -- Findings highlight importance of early screening for digestive cancers in HIV-infected individuals, researchers say
Related topics: Liver Cancer, Cancer, HIV, Virus, Medical Research
(MedPage Today) -- Grace Dy explains the different biomarkers that factor into her treatment decisions
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(MedPage Today) -- Cumulative incidence of 6%, major bleeding in 5.7% in international cohort study
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Test your medicine knowledge with the MKSAP challenge, in partnership with the American College of Physicians. A 62-year-old woman is evaluated during a follow-up visit for recently diagnosed stage IIIA high-grade serous ovarian cancer. She...
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(MedPage Today) -- Study finds link to childhood cancers, but absolute risk still very low
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(MedPage Today) -- Large observational studies show fewer polyps in frequent consumers -- but only for men
Related topics: Colon Cancer, Colorectal Cancer, Cancer
(MedPage Today) -- News, features, and commentary about cancer-related issues
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FRIDAY, June 21, 2019 -- Self-reported poor oral health is not associated with gastrointestinal cancer risk, although it may be associated with hepatobiliary cancer, specifically hepatocellular carcinoma, according to a study published online June...
Related topics: Oral Cancer, Cancer, Hepatocellular Carcinoma, Medical Research
FRIDAY, June 21, 2019 -- Older individuals who develop cancer have better memory and slower memory decline than those who remain cancer-free, according to a study published online June 21 in JAMA Network Open.
Monica Ospina-Romero, M.D., from the...
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FRIDAY, June 21, 2019 -- Postmenopausal women who survive breast cancer may have a higher risk for developing heart disease, a new study says.
Heart problems can appear more than five years after radiation treatment for breast cancer, and the...
Related topics: Cardiovascular Disease, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Medical Research
A patient walks into the doctor’s office and says: I hate feeling this way. Yes, I know it’s not cancer and it won’t kill me, but this shaking has made me a different person. I can’t sign my name. I drop and spill things all the time....
Related topics: Cancer
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Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) announced that the New York State Department of Health has issued an approval for a new molecular assay called Analysis of Circulating cfDNA to Evaluate Somatic Status (MSK-ACCESS).
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