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Oncology
Oncology: a branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer. A medical professional who practices oncology is an oncologist. It includes medical oncology (the use of chemotherapy, hormone therapy, and other drugs to treat cancer), radiation oncology (the use of radiation therapy to treat cancer), and surgical oncology (the use of surgery and other procedures to treat cancer).
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MAR 04, 2016Cancer
Men who are deficient in vitamin D often have more aggressive prostate cancer at the time of surgery, according to a rec ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)MAR 03, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
When one of the country’s top groups representing the interests of women’s health care physicians puts out a ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 03, 2016Neuroscience
As a result of the war in the Middle East, there are 1,558 American soldiers who have suffered the loss of a limb. Add t ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 29, 2016Neuroscience
The blood brain barrier, or BBB is what protects the brain from harmful substances that enter the bloodstream. It acts a ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimFEB 24, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
On the heels of advances in vaccines that prevent human papillomavirus (HPV) infection—infection with high-risk ty ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 18, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Genetic testing for BRCA1/2 mutations is on the rise in young women diagnosed with breast cancer. Researchers documented ...FEB 17, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
In the fight against childhood leukemia, small variables can have big effects in the successful outcomes for patients&rs ...FEB 16, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) recently revised and updated its recommendations for cerv ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeFEB 14, 2016Cancer
A new study links the use of computer surveys to systematically collect cancer patients’ symptoms to less frequent ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)FEB 10, 2016Videos
Since the completion of the Human Genome Project, extraordinary progress has been made in understanding the reach and im ...Written By: Jennifer EllisFEB 04, 2016Clinical & Molecular DX
Childhood brain cancers may fare better with proton beam therapy than conventional radiotherapies, say researchers from ...JAN 02, 2016Immunology
A vaccine for cancer? The HER2-targeted vaccine could prevent the recurrence of HER2-postive breast cancers by boosting ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 24, 2015Immunology
Some tumor cells in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) express programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) that bind ...Written By: Kara MarkerDEC 12, 2015Clinical & Molecular DX
For the first time in the US, there will be an alternative to hair loss for patients undergoing chemotherapy. The Food a ...DEC 10, 2015Videos
A meta analysis study where thousands of medical records were reviewed suggests that prostate cancer patients who are tr ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimSEP 28, 2015Genetics & Genomics
In spite of the fact that few products have reached the market and captured strong revenues thus far, the gene therapy p ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 17, 2015Cancer
The product pipeline for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL) exhibits a lower degree of innovation than both the industry and onc ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 15, 2015Immunology
Today, a review from Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research brought to ...Written By: Kara MarkerSEP 13, 2015Cancer
A team at the University of Pennsylvania reported that a multiple myeloma patient whose cancer had stopped respondi ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 10, 2015Cancer
Should cost be a concern in cancer testing? Female carriers of mutated BRCA genes have a significantly higher risk for d ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderSEP 03, 2015Cancer
A genetic test can predict whether some women’s breast cancer will recur, and that could influence how chemotherap ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 20, 2015Cancer
Business intelligence provider GBI Research predicts that the global multiple myeloma treatment market value will expand ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 14, 2015Cancer
Getting cancer to go away is only part of the story. Keeping it from coming back may require an entirely different ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderAUG 04, 2015Genetics & Genomics
A gene on a chromosome linked with Down syndrome also has implications for developing childhood leukemia, according to r ...Written By: Ilene Schneider
MAR 04, 2016
Cancer
Men who are deficient in vitamin D often have more aggressive prostate cancer at the time of surgery, according to a rec
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
MAR 03, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
When one of the country’s top groups representing the interests of women’s health care physicians puts out a
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 03, 2016
Neuroscience
As a result of the war in the Middle East, there are 1,558 American soldiers who have suffered the loss of a limb. Add t
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 29, 2016
Neuroscience
The blood brain barrier, or BBB is what protects the brain from harmful substances that enter the bloodstream. It acts a
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
FEB 24, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
On the heels of advances in vaccines that prevent human papillomavirus (HPV) infection—infection with high-risk ty
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 18, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Genetic testing for BRCA1/2 mutations is on the rise in young women diagnosed with breast cancer. Researchers documented
...
FEB 17, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
In the fight against childhood leukemia, small variables can have big effects in the successful outcomes for patients&rs
...
FEB 16, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) recently revised and updated its recommendations for cerv
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
FEB 14, 2016
Cancer
A new study links the use of computer surveys to systematically collect cancer patients’ symptoms to less frequent
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
FEB 10, 2016
Videos
Since the completion of the Human Genome Project, extraordinary progress has been made in understanding the reach and im
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
FEB 04, 2016
Clinical & Molecular DX
Childhood brain cancers may fare better with proton beam therapy than conventional radiotherapies, say researchers from
...
JAN 02, 2016
Immunology
A vaccine for cancer? The HER2-targeted vaccine could prevent the recurrence of HER2-postive breast cancers by boosting
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 24, 2015
Immunology
Some tumor cells in patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) express programmed death ligand 1 (PD-L1) that bind
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
DEC 12, 2015
Clinical & Molecular DX
For the first time in the US, there will be an alternative to hair loss for patients undergoing chemotherapy. The Food a
...
DEC 10, 2015
Videos
A meta analysis study where thousands of medical records were reviewed suggests that prostate cancer patients who are tr
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 28, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
In spite of the fact that few products have reached the market and captured strong revenues thus far, the gene therapy p
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 17, 2015
Cancer
The product pipeline for Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma (NHL) exhibits a lower degree of innovation than both the industry and onc
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 15, 2015
Immunology
Today, a review from Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research brought to
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
SEP 13, 2015
Cancer
A team at the University of Pennsylvania reported that a multiple myeloma patient whose cancer had stopped respondi
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 10, 2015
Cancer
Should cost be a concern in cancer testing? Female carriers of mutated BRCA genes have a significantly higher risk for d
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
SEP 03, 2015
Cancer
A genetic test can predict whether some women’s breast cancer will recur, and that could influence how chemotherap
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 20, 2015
Cancer
Business intelligence provider GBI Research predicts that the global multiple myeloma treatment market value will expand
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 14, 2015
Cancer
Getting cancer to go away is only part of the story. Keeping it from coming back may require an entirely different
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
AUG 04, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
A gene on a chromosome linked with Down syndrome also has implications for developing childhood leukemia, according to r
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider