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The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) is again participating in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Choosing Wisely campaign designed to streamline healthcare delivery. Read More ›

Immunotherapy with ipilimumab improved progression-free survival (PFS) and prostate-specific antigen response compared with placebo, but improvement in overall survival (OS) failed to reach statistical significance in postdocetaxel metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer (mCRPC)... Read More ›

Men with prostate cancer are often treated with hormone therapy (androgen deprivation therapy [ADT]), but this treatment can have unpleasant and even harmful side effects, including metabolic abnormalities that lead to diabetes mellitus (DM) and cardiovascular disease (CVD). Read More ›

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About 7500 participants from more than 90 countries attended the breast cancer symposium. The following are selected brief highlights from these meetings. Read More ›

Clinical trials are a vital component of the continued search for safe and effective treatments. Along with the researchers, the patients and healthy volunteers who participate in testing devices, diagnostic procedures, new drugs, and new uses for established therapies contribute to the advancement of knowledge and patient care. Read More ›

Malnutrition impacts many patients with cancer, yet the clinical consequences of malnutrition are often overlooked. Read More ›

Hair loss was one of the biggest emotional struggles I faced as a young woman with cancer. When I think back about losing my hair to chemo almost 10 years ago, I am struck by how both the cultural norms and headwear options have changed since then. Read More ›

Via Christi is the largest provider of healthcare services in Kansas, with its doctors, hospitals, senior villages, and other medical services. Read More ›

Clinicians want to provide excellent patient care without having to appraise every new study in their field, but producing the “authoritative, instructive resource for most clinical scenarios” is not as straightforward as it would seem, according to David Garcia, MD, Professor of Medicine at the University of Washington in Seattle. Read More ›