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Why and How to Use the Photographic Atlases of the American Registry of Pathology

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:43:16 EDT

William A. Gardner, MD, Executive Director, American Registry of Pathology, Silver Spring, Maryland, describes the importance of visual images to medicine.
The Medscape Journal of Medicine

More Targeted Cancer Therapies Set to Become "Blockbusters"

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:04:11 EDT

Targeted cancer therapeutics have become best-selling products and are driving overall growth in the oncology pharmaceutical market.
Medscape Medical News

Political Issues Affect Cancer Care as US Election Looms

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:21:00 EDT

Although the current financial crisis has overshadowed healthcare reform, cancer care remains on the radar of both presidential candidates.
Medscape Medical News

Talc Use in Genital Area Linked to Increased Risk for Ovarian Cancer

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:00:00 EDT

Women should avoid using talc in the genital area, say researchers reporting further evidence supporting an association between such use and an increase in the risk for ovarian cancer.
Medscape Medical News

Overweight, High C-Peptide May Predict Future Mortality From Prostate Cancer

Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:00:00 EDT

Both excess body weight and a high plasma concentration of C-peptide predispose men with a subsequent diagnosis of prostate cancer to an increased likelihood of dying of this disease.
Medscape Medical News

Optimal Chelation Techniques for Transfusion-Related Iron Overload in Patients With Myelodysplastic Syndrome

Thu, 9 Oct 2008 12:00:00 EDT

In this expert column, Dr. Elias Jabbour and Dr. Hagop Kantarjian discuss adverse effects associated with iron overload in patients with MDS and the role of chelation therapy in improving patient outcomes.
Medscape Hematology-Oncology

DNA Stool Tests Show Promise for Colorectal Cancer Screening

Thu, 9 Oct 2008 08:15:00 EDT

A second-generation stool DNA test proved to be more sensitive in detecting malignant and premalignant lesions than widely used fecal occult blood tests.
Medscape Medical News

Assisted-Suicide Law May Not Adequately Protect Depressed Patients

Thu, 9 Oct 2008 12:59:00 EDT

New research is raising concerns that assisted-suicide laws may not adequately protect terminally ill individuals who have comorbid clinical depression.
Medscape Medical News

New Recommendations Provide Age for Stopping Colorectal Screening

Thu, 9 Oct 2008 17:00:00 EDT

For the first time, new recommendations from the US Preventive Services Task Force provide an age for stopping colorectal screening; new guidance on the use of fecal occult blood tests is available.
Medscape Medical News

Tamoxifen May Allow Earlier Detection of ER-Negative Breast Cancer

Wed, 8 Oct 2008 15:09:00 EDT

Tamoxifen chemoprevention is already known to reduce ER-positive breast cancer, but a new study suggests it might also speed up the diagnosis of ER-negative tumors.
Medscape Medical News

Talc Use in Genital Area Linked to Increased Risk for Ovarian Cancer

Wed, 8 Oct 2008 15:50:27 EDT

Women should avoid using talc in the genital area, say researchers reporting evidence supporting the association between such use and an increase in the risk for ovarian cancer.
Medscape Medical News

FDA Approvals: Reyataz and Alimta

Wed, 8 Oct 2008 17:00:00 EDT

The FDA has approved expanded indications for atazanavir sulfate capsules (Reyataz) and pemetrexed injection (Alimta).
Medscape Medical News

Advances in the Management of Metastatic Breast Cancer: Hormonal Therapy and Targeted Agents

Tue, 7 Oct 2008 12:00:00 EDT

A review of hormonal therapy options for postmenopausal patients with advanced hormone receptor-positive breast cancer.

Pemetrexed Plus Cisplatin Has "Remarkable" Results in Mesothelioma

Tue, 7 Oct 2008 08:57:03 EDT

Results of 2 phase 3 trials indicate that combination therapy significantly prolongs survival in mesothelioma.
Medscape Medical News

Surgery for Colorectal Metastases to Peritoneum is an Option, Says Study

Tue, 7 Oct 2008 12:00:11 EDT

A surgical approach to peritoneal surface disease, when successful, can have outcomes comparable to the resection of colorectal hepatic metastases.
Medscape Medical News

First-Line Chemo for Small-Cell Lung Cancer is Not Superior to Second-Line

Tue, 7 Oct 2008 18:58:32 EDT

A meta-analysis has found that platinum-based regimens do not offer significant benefit in survival or overall tumor response, compared with second-line nonplatinum-based regimens.
Medscape Medical News

New Finding May Improve Diagnosis of Juvenile Leukemia

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 12:59:56 EDT

An abnormal signaling pathway that appears to be highly specific to juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia could allow for more rapid and accurate diagnosis and targeted therapies.
Medscape Medical News

Scientists Discover Neuroblastoma Gene

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 13:39:00 EDT

The author discusses new findings about a genetic cause of neuroblastoma.
Medscape Genomic Medicine

Black Patients Have Poorer Survival in Head and Neck Cancer

Mon, 6 Oct 2008 14:00:00 EDT

A new analysis shows that race and socioeconomic status have a significant affect on patient survival in head and neck cancer, even after adjustment for other factors
Medscape Medical News

Let's Not Give Up on Dual Antibodies in Colon Cancer...Yet

Sat, 4 Oct 2008 22:28:35 EDT

In this video blog, Dr. John Marshall observes that despite unexpected negative results in the PACCE and CAIRO2 trials, dual antibody therapy may yet play a role in colorectal cancer.
Medscape Hematology-Oncology