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Print E-mail The addition of the cancer-fighting medication Avastin to chemotherapy prior to breast cancer surgery increases the chance that all of ...

Combining two drugs that target an aggressive type of breast cancer known as HER2-positive appears to work better than using either drug alone ...

Tweet The experimental cancer drug regorafenib appears to extend survival slightly in patients with metastatic colorectal cancer, a new trial...

Many patients with incurable cancer are still being screened for common cancers, although these tests are unlikely to provide any benefit, researchers from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City have found.. "For patients living with advanced cancer, cancer screening should ...

Women who have gene mutations that increase the risk of breast and ovarian cancer can substantially reduce their chances of developing-and dying from-those cancers if they have their breasts or ovaries removed preemptively, according to a new study.. The findings confirm "an ...

Fewer cycles of chemotherapy and lower dosages of radiation may work just as well as more intensive treatment for early-stage Hodgkin's lymphoma, a new study suggests.. Researchers in Germany randomly assigned 1,370 patients with early-stage Hodgkin's lymphoma into four ...

D.J. Soviero wanted the least treatment that would beat back her small, early-stage breast cancer, but her first doctor insisted she had only one option: tumor removal followed by radiation and chemotherapy.. Then she found a novel program at the University ...

Overdiagnosed: Some cancers found too early are posing a dilemma in choosing best treatmentD.J. Soviero wanted the least treatment that would beat back her small, early-stage breast cancer, but her first doctor insisted she had only one option: tumor removal followed ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Adding the drug cetuximab (Erbitux) to standard treatments does not help patients with early stage colon cancer even though it does help patients with advanced disease, a perplexing finding that is causing doctors to question some basic assumptions about cancer ...

Topic: Len Lichtenfeld

Avastin May Be Helpful Before Breast Cancer Surgery

Drug Duo May Help Fight Aggressive Form of Breast Cancer

Experimental Drug Might Help Some a Bit With Colon Cancer

Many With Terminal Cancer Still Getting Routine Screens

Breast, Ovary Removal Cuts Cancer Risk in High-Risk Women

Less May Be More When Treating Early Hodgkin’s

Less May Be More When Treating Early Hodgkin's

Some Early Stage Cancers Are Being Overtreated; But Which Ones?

Overtreating earliest cancers _ but which ones?

Time to rethink colon cancer therapy?

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