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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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AUG 11, 2019Cell & Molecular Biology
Cancer is most deadly when it metastasizes, which can happen after tumor-removal surgery. It's a serious challenge for m ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 12, 2019Cancer
Photobiomodulation therapy, a form of low-dose light therapy, has now been found to be one of the best ways to treat the ...Written By: Julia TraversJUL 08, 2019Cancer
Niraparib is a drug and a PARP inhibitor that targets cancer cells without harming others. PARP inhibitors keep PARP -- ...Written By: Julia TraversJUN 26, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Around one in nine men will get prostate cancer, which is the second-deadliest cancer for American men after lung cancer ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 23, 2019Cancer
It is well known that exercise benefits cancer survivors. A new study published in the journal Oncology Nursing Forum ex ...Written By: Julia TraversJUN 17, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
What is now known as a "landmark in drug discovery", Harvard chemists have succeeded in synthesizing halichond ...Written By: Nouran AminJUN 11, 2019Genetics & Genomics
Indoor tanning increases the risk of skin cancer, but every year, nearly 8 million adults still use tanning beds.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 10, 2019Cancer
The 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA), AKA “Obamacare”, expanded insurance coverage in several ways. The health ...Written By: Julia TraversJUN 10, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
In patients with non-metastatic breast cancer, treated with aromatase inhibitors, tart cherry was found to reduce the mu ...Written By: Nouran AminJUN 09, 2019Genetics & Genomics
No one wants to be exposed to an atomic blast, but studies has shown that the fear of low doses of radiation may be over ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 05, 2019Cancer
The findings from a new clinical trial were presented this week at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meet ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 03, 2019Cancer
New research to be presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology's annual meeting in Chicago this year by a ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 30, 2019Cancer
A recent study from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) found uterine cancer rates among all women rose about 1 percent ...Written By: Julia TraversMAY 30, 2019Cancer
Palliative radiation is often used to treat the pain that accompanies metastatic bone tumors. How much and how often to ...Written By: Julia TraversMAY 28, 2019Cancer
Young people who survive brain tumors and experience severe hearing loss can struggle with developmental reading skills, ...Written By: Julia TraversMAY 24, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
The approval of the drug Fragmin, an anti-coagulant subcutaneous use, will seek to reduce the recurrence of symptomatic ...Written By: Nouran AminMAY 24, 2019Drug Discovery & Development
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Piqray (alpelisib) tablets, to be used in conjunction with FDA-approv ...Written By: Nouran AminMAY 16, 2019Cancer
Results from an almost thirty-year clinical trial regarding women’s nutritional health and breast cancer were anno ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 13, 2019Cancer
Results from a phase 3 clinical trial show that children with liver cancer may not need as much chemotherapy as has been ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 10, 2019Cancer
Oral mucositis is a condition in which the lining that covers the mouth, the oral mucosa, becomes damaged. It is “ ...Written By: Julia TraversMAY 07, 2019Cancer
In early 2019, the American Society of Breast Surgeons (ASBrS) released new recommendations on genetic testing for peopl ...Written By: Julia TraversAPR 24, 2019Technology
Ovarian cancer is difficult to diagnose and can only be known after reaching an advanced stage where many tumors have sp ...Written By: Nouran AminAPR 23, 2019Health & Medicine
Every year there are an estimated 14.1 million new cases and 8.2 million cancer-related deaths worldwide. Cancer therapi ...Written By: Liat Ben-SeniorMAR 28, 2019Cannabis Sciences
A recent study published in the Journal of Palliative Medicine by Dr. Arum Kim, MD, and colleagues, from the New York Un ...Written By: Amy Loriaux
AUG 11, 2019
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cancer is most deadly when it metastasizes, which can happen after tumor-removal surgery. It's a serious challenge for m
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 12, 2019
Cancer
Photobiomodulation therapy, a form of low-dose light therapy, has now been found to be one of the best ways to treat the
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
JUL 08, 2019
Cancer
Niraparib is a drug and a PARP inhibitor that targets cancer cells without harming others. PARP inhibitors keep PARP --
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
JUN 26, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Around one in nine men will get prostate cancer, which is the second-deadliest cancer for American men after lung cancer
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 23, 2019
Cancer
It is well known that exercise benefits cancer survivors. A new study published in the journal Oncology Nursing Forum ex
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
JUN 17, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
What is now known as a "landmark in drug discovery", Harvard chemists have succeeded in synthesizing halichond
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUN 11, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
Indoor tanning increases the risk of skin cancer, but every year, nearly 8 million adults still use tanning beds.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 10, 2019
Cancer
The 2010 Affordable Care Act (ACA), AKA “Obamacare”, expanded insurance coverage in several ways. The health
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
JUN 10, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
In patients with non-metastatic breast cancer, treated with aromatase inhibitors, tart cherry was found to reduce the mu
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUN 09, 2019
Genetics & Genomics
No one wants to be exposed to an atomic blast, but studies has shown that the fear of low doses of radiation may be over
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 05, 2019
Cancer
The findings from a new clinical trial were presented this week at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meet
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 03, 2019
Cancer
New research to be presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology's annual meeting in Chicago this year by a
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 30, 2019
Cancer
A recent study from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) found uterine cancer rates among all women rose about 1 percent
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
MAY 30, 2019
Cancer
Palliative radiation is often used to treat the pain that accompanies metastatic bone tumors. How much and how often to
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
MAY 28, 2019
Cancer
Young people who survive brain tumors and experience severe hearing loss can struggle with developmental reading skills,
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
MAY 24, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
The approval of the drug Fragmin, an anti-coagulant subcutaneous use, will seek to reduce the recurrence of symptomatic
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAY 24, 2019
Drug Discovery & Development
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Piqray (alpelisib) tablets, to be used in conjunction with FDA-approv
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAY 16, 2019
Cancer
Results from an almost thirty-year clinical trial regarding women’s nutritional health and breast cancer were anno
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 13, 2019
Cancer
Results from a phase 3 clinical trial show that children with liver cancer may not need as much chemotherapy as has been
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 10, 2019
Cancer
Oral mucositis is a condition in which the lining that covers the mouth, the oral mucosa, becomes damaged. It is “
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
MAY 07, 2019
Cancer
In early 2019, the American Society of Breast Surgeons (ASBrS) released new recommendations on genetic testing for peopl
...
Written By:
Julia Travers
APR 24, 2019
Technology
Ovarian cancer is difficult to diagnose and can only be known after reaching an advanced stage where many tumors have sp
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
APR 23, 2019
Health & Medicine
Every year there are an estimated 14.1 million new cases and 8.2 million cancer-related deaths worldwide. Cancer therapi
...
Written By:
Liat Ben-Senior
MAR 28, 2019
Cannabis Sciences
A recent study published in the Journal of Palliative Medicine by Dr. Arum Kim, MD, and colleagues, from the New York Un
...
Written By:
Amy Loriaux