A "watch and wait" surveillance approach may allow certain patients with rectal cancer to achieve excellent outcomes without immediate surgery, according to a retrospective review of clinical data presented at the 2015 Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium.
Researchers from the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center have discovered new gene mutations that are unique to colon cancer in African American patients, who have the highest incidence and death rate from the disease.
Patients with newly diagnosed metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC) who had higher levels of vitamin D in their blood lived a median of 8 months longer and experienced greater disease-free survival after their cancer treatment
Focus is often on physical, and not psychosocial, concerns.
Results of a phase II study showed that women with small, stage I HER2-positive tumors who received a combination of lower-intensity chemotherapy and the targeted drug trastuzumab following surgery were highly unlikely to have the cancer recur within 3 years
Part 2 of an overview and explanation of current cutaneous lymphoma treatments.
The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) and the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) have collaborated on an outline that would help policymakers regulate electronic cigarettes and other electronic nicotine devices (ENDS) without undermining their potential as a smoking cessation tool, the two cancer organizations announced.
Two recent studies outline the importance of nutrition in preventing obesity-related cancers as well as the potential benefits of a nutrition education intervention in preventing breast cancer recurrence.
Rowan Chlebowski, MD, PhD, discusses how losing 5 pounds, as seen in the Women's Intervention Nutrition Study, had a positive impact for breast cancer patients, especially whose disease was triple-negative.
Results of a large retrospective study of more than 20,000 women treated for early-stage breast cancer are shedding light on how much treatment may be too much for these early-stage cancers.
While managing cancer risk is a priority, BRCA mutation carriers are often concerned about their risk of heart disease-the leading cause of death for American women-and how their mutation or risk-management choices may impact their cardiovascular health.
Decline seen for older adults but rates are rising for young adults.
The addition of the GM-CSF agent sargramostim to the CTLA-4 inhibitor ipilimumab (Yervoy) prolonged overall survival (OS) and lowered toxicity for patients with unresectable stage III or IV melanoma.
The Bonnie J. Addario Lung Cancer Foundation (ALCF), in collaboration with Open Health Network (OHN), announced the launch of Lung Cancer Foundation, the first of its kind mobile application designed to empower lung cancer patients and their families.
A third of patients die within a week of initiating hospice care.
The FDA has approved the PARP inhibitor olaparib (Lynparza) for the treatment of women with BRCA-positive advanced ovarian cancer. The approval was based on results from a single-arm phase II study of patients with deleterious or suspected deleterious germline BRCA-mutated advanced cancers
There's another type of toxicity that physicians and nurses should watch out for. But this one is harder to spot and can affect the patient even after treatment has stopped.
Women Against Prostate Cancer provide tips to encourage men to be healthier and signs of prostate cancer to be aware of
New research has found that the overall survival of male patients with breast cancer has improved over time, but the improvement is not as good as it has been for female patients with breast cancer
A third of patients in a large study reported distress within the prior month
New research presented at the 2014 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium has shown that women with triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) are more likely to seek out information about their specific subtype and experience more fear, anxiety, and worry than women with other subtypes of breast cancer,
Findings from a long-term analysis of the Women's Intervention Nutrition Study (WINS) show that the deaths of women with hormone receptor–negative breast cancers were reduced by up to 54% when they followed a program to reduce their dietary fat intake, which could provide benefit for patients with triple-negative breast cancer.
Five years of tamoxifen continues to offer protection against breast cancer, reducing the risk of breast cancer by 29% in otherwise healthy women at high risk of the disease who have been followed now for 16 to 22 years.
For individuals living in rural areas, getting a genetic test can impose its own set of barriers, like multiple long trips for counseling, testing, and follow-up. However, findings of a new study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute have shown that telephone counseling was just as effective as in-person counseling in many respects.
Survival for patients with head and neck cancer squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) was better if they used a proton-pump inhibitor and/or a histamine receptor-2 antagonist to control acid reflux.
Considering participation in a clinical trial is often a very difficult decision for patients, especially those dealing with a rare disease.
Despite research findings that toxicities outweigh benefits when women over the age of 70 are treated with radiation for their early-stage breast cancer, the treatment remains commonplace 10 years later, a new study has found.
The FDA has granted an accelerated approval to the anti-CD19 immunotherapy blinatumomab as a treatment for patients with Philadelphia chromosome-negative relapsed/refractory B-precursor acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
Two studies suggest that treatment during pregnancy does not appear to negatively impact neurologic or cardiac fetal development.
The FDA has approved ruxolitinib (Jakafi) as a treatment for patients with polycythemia vera (PV) who are resistant or intolerant to hydroxyurea, marking the first treatment specifically approved for patients with PV.
