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Clinical Oncology
Clinical oncology consists of three primary disciplines: medical oncology (the treatment of cancer with medicine, eg. chemotherapy), surgical oncology (the surgical aspects of cancer including biopsy, staging, and surgical resection of tumors), and radiation oncology (the treatment of cancer with therapeutic radiation).
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JAN 18, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Brief overview of Ewing sarcoma therapeuticsWritten By: Courtney SchaalJAN 08, 2018Cancer
Andy Lindsay, a 61-year-old from Massachusetts, achieved his goal of climbing the Mera Peak in Nepal in October 2017.Written By: Julia TraversJAN 01, 2018Cancer
Ned Sharpless thinks AI, machine learning and big data can aid cancer researchers and caregivers.Written By: Julia TraversDEC 26, 2017Cancer
These families give rave reviews of Animal Assisted Interaction in hospitals.Written By: Julia TraversDEC 03, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Doctors want to improve leukemia treatment for kids, which causes devastating side effects.Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 19, 2017Cancer
Cancer patients participating in clinical trials may have their expectations set too high, say researchers. In particula ...NOV 11, 2017Cancer
Seemingly innocent sips of alcohol on the daily may be increasing a person’s overall risk for several types of can ...NOV 09, 2017Neuroscience
Glioblastoma is an aggressive form cancer that has a meager survival rate. Sadly, despite hundreds of research studies, ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimOCT 19, 2017Chemistry & Physics
If there are only two things to be said about proton therapy, the first is that it is superior in treatment quality for ...Written By: Daniel DuanOCT 17, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Before chemotherapy can be injected into a cancer-ridden eye, doctors must first release some of the eye fluid, also kno ...OCT 08, 2017Microbiology
Bacteria live on and in us and have been found to exert a major influence on our health. Researchers want to know about ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 06, 2017Cancer
For months, the Zika virus dominated headlines for causing terrible birth defects in unborn babies. But there’s an ...AUG 14, 2017Neuroscience
Surviving cancer is a major win for anyone, but when a child survives pediatric cancer, it's an especially sweet vic ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimAUG 03, 2017Cancer
In surveying the blood for signs of cancer DNA, researchers found that liquid biopsies can also reveal clues about why s ...JUL 25, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
For the first time in almost two decades, patients with sickle cell disease will have access to a new drug thanks to a r ...JUL 22, 2017Cancer
A cutting-edge therapy that uses a person’s own immune cells to kill cancer just received a historic vote of confi ...JUL 13, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
In a first for the US, a committee of experts appointed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an experi ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 08, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
It’s not clear why, but researchers from the Mayo Clinic have confirmed that people with Parkinson’s disease ...JUN 08, 2017Cancer
Marijuana has been a popular drug long before it was legalized across several states in the US. This plant shows up in t ...JUN 06, 2017Videos
It's the largest gathering of cancer researchers and medical professionals during the year and the expertise being broug ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAY 26, 2017Cancer
For the first time, the US FDA approved a cancer drug for patients based on presence of genetic biomarkers. Whereas canc ...MAY 18, 2017Cancer
Earlier this week, scientists in Italy extolled the potential anticancer properties of whole tomatoes. Today, scientists ...MAR 18, 2017Cancer
There could be some good news for patients dealing with recurrent lung cancer. One type of radiation treatment, called i ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 17, 2017Cancer
A new clinical practice guideline has been issued by The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) for human pap ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JAN 18, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Brief overview of Ewing sarcoma therapeutics
Written By:
Courtney Schaal
JAN 08, 2018
Cancer
Andy Lindsay, a 61-year-old from Massachusetts, achieved his goal of climbing the Mera Peak in Nepal in October 2017.
Written By:
Julia Travers
JAN 01, 2018
Cancer
Ned Sharpless thinks AI, machine learning and big data can aid cancer researchers and caregivers.
Written By:
Julia Travers
DEC 26, 2017
Cancer
These families give rave reviews of Animal Assisted Interaction in hospitals.
Written By:
Julia Travers
DEC 03, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Doctors want to improve leukemia treatment for kids, which causes devastating side effects.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 19, 2017
Cancer
Cancer patients participating in clinical trials may have their expectations set too high, say researchers. In particula
...
NOV 11, 2017
Cancer
Seemingly innocent sips of alcohol on the daily may be increasing a person’s overall risk for several types of can
...
NOV 09, 2017
Neuroscience
Glioblastoma is an aggressive form cancer that has a meager survival rate. Sadly, despite hundreds of research studies,
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 19, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
If there are only two things to be said about proton therapy, the first is that it is superior in treatment quality for
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
OCT 17, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Before chemotherapy can be injected into a cancer-ridden eye, doctors must first release some of the eye fluid, also kno
...
OCT 08, 2017
Microbiology
Bacteria live on and in us and have been found to exert a major influence on our health. Researchers want to know about
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 06, 2017
Cancer
For months, the Zika virus dominated headlines for causing terrible birth defects in unborn babies. But there’s an
...
AUG 14, 2017
Neuroscience
Surviving cancer is a major win for anyone, but when a child survives pediatric cancer, it's an especially sweet vic
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 03, 2017
Cancer
In surveying the blood for signs of cancer DNA, researchers found that liquid biopsies can also reveal clues about why s
...
JUL 25, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
For the first time in almost two decades, patients with sickle cell disease will have access to a new drug thanks to a r
...
JUL 22, 2017
Cancer
A cutting-edge therapy that uses a person’s own immune cells to kill cancer just received a historic vote of confi
...
JUL 13, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
In a first for the US, a committee of experts appointed by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved an experi
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 08, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
It’s not clear why, but researchers from the Mayo Clinic have confirmed that people with Parkinson’s disease
...
JUN 08, 2017
Cancer
Marijuana has been a popular drug long before it was legalized across several states in the US. This plant shows up in t
...
JUN 06, 2017
Videos
It's the largest gathering of cancer researchers and medical professionals during the year and the expertise being broug
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 26, 2017
Cancer
For the first time, the US FDA approved a cancer drug for patients based on presence of genetic biomarkers. Whereas canc
...
MAY 18, 2017
Cancer
Earlier this week, scientists in Italy extolled the potential anticancer properties of whole tomatoes. Today, scientists
...
MAR 18, 2017
Cancer
There could be some good news for patients dealing with recurrent lung cancer. One type of radiation treatment, called i
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 17, 2017
Cancer
A new clinical practice guideline has been issued by The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) for human pap
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch