Munich, Germany, 21 October 2018 - Neoadjuvant erlotinib benefits selected epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR)-mutated patients who undergo complete resection of stage IIIA-N2 stage non-small...
Oncology trial RTOG 0232 comparing a combined treatment of external beam therapy and brachytherapy (EBT+B) to transperineal interstitial permanent brachytherapy (B) alone indicate a significantly...
Data from a validation study of NRG-RTOG 0521 suggests that, while there is no association between an elevated level of C-reactive protein (CRP) and disease-free...
A subset of patients with low-risk breast cancer is highly unlikely to see cancer return following breast conservation surgery but can lower that risk even...
Credit: © European Society for Medical Oncology Munich, Germany, 21 October 2018 - A combination of the immune checkpoint blocker, avelumab, plus the tyrosine kinase...
New research suggests that rising childhood obesity rates are causing more adolescents to develop a debilitating hip disease requiring urgent surgery. Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis...
Credit: © European Society for Medical Oncology Munich, Germany, 21 October 2018 - Radiotherapy to the prostate improves overall survival in men newly diagnosed with...
University of Colorado Boulder engineers have developed a 3D printing technique that allows for localized control of an object's firmness, opening up new biomedical avenues...
Credit: © European Society for Medical Oncology Munich, Germany, 21 October 2018 - Two-year maintenance therapy with olaparib, a PARP (poly ADP ribose polymerase) inhibitor,...
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Oct. 22, 2018) - Biofeedback therapy used at home is about 70 percent effective at helping...
A new study reveals that Hispanic HIV-infected adults in the United States are at a higher risk of developing cancers caused by the human papillomavirus...
Credit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan -- Over 1 billion years ago, a relationship began between the ancestor of all living plants and a type of...
ESMO 2018 abstract LBA21 - "InterAACT: A multicentre open label randomised phase II advanced anal cancer trial of cisplatin (CDDP) plus 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) vs carboplatin...
Credit: Dong-Ha Bhang, Penn Medicine: Nature Communications PHILADELPHIA - Researchers have discovered a way to grow human stem cells destined to become mature sperm in...
Biological medicines are responsible for some of the most promising innovations in cancer treatment, including immunotherapy, targeted drugs and vaccines - but they are also...
