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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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MAR 16, 2017Cancer
When researchers used the drug temozolomid in combination with short regimen of radiation therapy in older patients with ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 14, 2017Cancer
A drug, Cabozantinib, has demonstrated efficacy against invasive prostate cancer in mice.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 06, 2017Cancer
Scientists at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center have investigated the relationship between soy consumption ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 06, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
New findings about cervical cancer could be great news for women all over the world. It seems that only a small cell sam ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 27, 2017Cancer
Immunotherapy, the technique of using the immune system to fight off disease, is one of the most promising avenues for a ...FEB 20, 2017Clinical & Molecular DX
Although the scalp-cooling cap has been available in Europe for a number of years, the device was only approved in the U ...FEB 03, 2017Cancer
Scientists on the quest to offer more hope for glioblastoma patients may have found a way to stop the growth of the dead ...JAN 10, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
It was proposed as long ago as 1930 that vitamin C could be used to combat cancer, but that has remained a controversial ...Written By: Carmen LeitchNOV 28, 2016Cancer
Image Credit: Getty Images An experimental drug appears to pack a one-two punch against some prostate cancers, significa ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)OCT 24, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
The blood-brain barrier is a formidable defense for the protection of one of the most critical organs in the body &ndash ...OCT 24, 2016Cancer
In the world of drug development, finding new uses for old drugs seems like the ideal situation. But the road to repurpo ...OCT 19, 2016Cancer
Head and neck cancers that are metastatic or resistant to cisplatin are notoriously aggressive. The prognosis for patien ...OCT 04, 2016Cancer
Robotic surgery sounds like the stuff of science fiction, but reality is quickly catching up. In particular, a system ca ...SEP 19, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
In the past year, biomedical engineers have created lab-grown heart cells, retinal nerve cells, and even vocal cords tha ...SEP 18, 2016Cancer
For men with early stage prostate cancer, opting for active surveillance may result in the same survival benefits as inv ...JUL 26, 2016Cancer
Colon cancer is the third most common non-skin cancer type in the U.S. Now researchers say they have gained a huge advan ...JUN 16, 2016Videos
Deciding when to stop cancer treatment is an agonizing decision and one every patient makes in their own way. While the ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimJUN 07, 2016Immunology
There’s a newfound hope in immunotherapies for cancer, and it’s a drug called nivolumab. On the market under ...Written By: Kara MarkerJUN 07, 2016Microbiology
There’s no such thing as sterile. That’s my opinion, at least. Researchers from the University of North Caro ...Written By: Kerry EvansMAY 21, 2016Cancer
For the first time in 30 years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new drug for the treatment of the most ...MAY 20, 2016Cancer
Location, location, location! Researchers have found that colorectal patients whose tumor is located on the left side of ...MAY 02, 2016Cancer
For women diagnosed with breast cancer, is it more beneficial to undergo mastectomy or breast conserving therapy (BCT)? ...APR 20, 2016Cancer
Immunotherapy, the technique of using the immune system to fight off disease, is one of the most promising avenues for a ...APR 04, 2016Videos
Molecular diagnostics is growing rapidly as tools to help analyze biological markers become more advanced. Molecular dia ...Written By: Jennifer Ellis
MAR 16, 2017
Cancer
When researchers used the drug temozolomid in combination with short regimen of radiation therapy in older patients with
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 14, 2017
Cancer
A drug, Cabozantinib, has demonstrated efficacy against invasive prostate cancer in mice.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 06, 2017
Cancer
Scientists at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center have investigated the relationship between soy consumption
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 06, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
New findings about cervical cancer could be great news for women all over the world. It seems that only a small cell sam
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 27, 2017
Cancer
Immunotherapy, the technique of using the immune system to fight off disease, is one of the most promising avenues for a
...
FEB 20, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Although the scalp-cooling cap has been available in Europe for a number of years, the device was only approved in the U
...
FEB 03, 2017
Cancer
Scientists on the quest to offer more hope for glioblastoma patients may have found a way to stop the growth of the dead
...
JAN 10, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
It was proposed as long ago as 1930 that vitamin C could be used to combat cancer, but that has remained a controversial
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
NOV 28, 2016
Cancer
Image Credit: Getty Images An experimental drug appears to pack a one-two punch against some prostate cancers, significa
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
OCT 24, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
The blood-brain barrier is a formidable defense for the protection of one of the most critical organs in the body &ndash
...
OCT 24, 2016
Cancer
In the world of drug development, finding new uses for old drugs seems like the ideal situation. But the road to repurpo
...
OCT 19, 2016
Cancer
Head and neck cancers that are metastatic or resistant to cisplatin are notoriously aggressive. The prognosis for patien
...
OCT 04, 2016
Cancer
Robotic surgery sounds like the stuff of science fiction, but reality is quickly catching up. In particular, a system ca
...
SEP 19, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
In the past year, biomedical engineers have created lab-grown heart cells, retinal nerve cells, and even vocal cords tha
...
SEP 18, 2016
Cancer
For men with early stage prostate cancer, opting for active surveillance may result in the same survival benefits as inv
...
JUL 26, 2016
Cancer
Colon cancer is the third most common non-skin cancer type in the U.S. Now researchers say they have gained a huge advan
...
JUN 16, 2016
Videos
Deciding when to stop cancer treatment is an agonizing decision and one every patient makes in their own way. While the
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 07, 2016
Immunology
There’s a newfound hope in immunotherapies for cancer, and it’s a drug called nivolumab. On the market under
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
JUN 07, 2016
Microbiology
There’s no such thing as sterile. That’s my opinion, at least. Researchers from the University of North Caro
...
Written By:
Kerry Evans
MAY 21, 2016
Cancer
For the first time in 30 years, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new drug for the treatment of the most
...
MAY 20, 2016
Cancer
Location, location, location! Researchers have found that colorectal patients whose tumor is located on the left side of
...
MAY 02, 2016
Cancer
For women diagnosed with breast cancer, is it more beneficial to undergo mastectomy or breast conserving therapy (BCT)?
...
APR 20, 2016
Cancer
Immunotherapy, the technique of using the immune system to fight off disease, is one of the most promising avenues for a
...
APR 04, 2016
Videos
Molecular diagnostics is growing rapidly as tools to help analyze biological markers become more advanced. Molecular dia
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis