ESTRO: Survival in Pancreatic Ca Rises with RT Dose Also: cartoons during RT, brachytherapy for penile cancer May 08, 2017
ESTRO: Tumor-Adapted RT Lowers Pneumonitis in Lung Cancer Selected presentations from the European RT meeting May 07, 2017
Negative Urine Culture + Symptoms = UTI in Most Women Can't count on culture findings to rule out infection Apr 28, 2017
Wise Buy? Focused Ultrasound Therapies Exciting technology, but now sold to patients on slim supporting evidence Apr 28, 2017
NCCN: Checkpoint Inhibitors an Option for Bladder Cancer Results from phase II studies strong enough in advanced disease Mar 27, 2017
MSK Cancer Alliance: Mainly About Medicine Bi-directional relationship strengthens regional cancer care Mar 11, 2017
Study: Erectile Dysfunction Drugs Safe After MI Outcomes actually better among users in Swedish database Mar 09, 2017
A Patient's Journey: The First That Was Almost Forgotten Invited to tell his story to a gathering of prostate cancer specialists, Howard Wolinsky had to elbow his way to the mic Feb 19, 2017
Gene Therapy Moves Ahead in Urothelial Cancer Complete response in 35% of BCG-treated patients at 12 months Feb 18, 2017
'Jurassic' Clinical Trial Yields Prostate Cancer Guidance Negative trial informs new studies of adjuvant therapy Feb 17, 2017
Cancer Drugs' Benefit Continues After Drug Stopped Response for as long as 20 months after PD-1/PD-L1 stopped Feb 15, 2017
Antibiotics May Damper Effect of PD-1/PD-L1 Blockade Worse PFS in metastatic renal cell carcinoma Feb 14, 2017
ECC Roundup: Breast Conservation Benefit Varies by Age And other reports from the European Cancer Congress Jan 31, 2017
New Drug Combo Succeeds in Tx-Resistant UTI, Kidney Infection Carbavance outperforms Zosyn in phase III trial Oct 31, 2016
FDA Warns of Testosterone Abuse Adverse events tied to abuse include heart attack, heart failure, and stroke Oct 25, 2016
A Patient's Journey: Celebrity Revelation Stirs the Pot Ben Stiller says PSA testing saved his life. Did it really? Oct 12, 2016
MedPAC Looks at Ways to Adjust Misvalued Services Commission debates grouping CPT codes into families Sep 09, 2016
A Patient's Journey: Can High-Grade PIN Be 'Great News'? Biopsy vacation ends, worry index jumps Sep 04, 2016
Lowering the Bar: Love Potion Number 9 Million? Is the history of "low T" and "hypoactive sexual desire disorder" a tale of profit trumping science? Jul 06, 2016
Prostate Cancer: Informed Decisions or Information Overload? To biopsy, or not to biopsy -- a Shakespearean dilemma Jul 05, 2016
301 People Charged With $900 Million in False Medicare Billings Largest sweep since government fraud team began in 2007 Jun 22, 2016
How to Avoid Misdiagnosis How a patient makes you feel may affect your diagnostic acumen May 13, 2016
'Cautious Optimism' for HIFU in Prostate Cancer Radical treatment avoided for 2 years in 90% of patients May 13, 2016
No Evidence of TRT Link to Prostate Cancer Observational studies back testosterone safety May 13, 2016
Landmark Trial Not a Measure of PSA Value High rate of 'contamination' in control arm of PLCO trial May 12, 2016
Novel Options Appear Effective for Nocturia Low-dose desmospressin nasal spray passes phase III trial May 11, 2016
Seeking Meaning in Ca Survival Risk Estimates Most estimates from unselected adults not in the 'ballpark' May 08, 2016
AUA: Striving to Reach All in Urology Controversy, science, drama, and Mother's Day at annual meeting May 06, 2016
Podcast: 10th Anniversary for HealthNewsReview.org Gary Schwitzer reflects on high points, low points, lessons learned Apr 14, 2016
10 Questions: Ilona J. Frieden, MD 'The structure of the system itself is the biggest barrier' Apr 09, 2016
Here's Why You Can't Compare Healthcare to the Airline Industry There are big differences between the two, says Suneel Dhand, MD Apr 07, 2016
When "Unremarkable" Is Not Clear Enough Radiology reports need to be held to higher standards, argues Saurabh Jha, MD Mar 10, 2016
Calling a Doctor by His or Her First Name It's different without a longstanding relationship, says James C. Salwitz, MD Feb 23, 2016
Medical Schools Boost Pain Management Education In light of opioid epidemic, more schools focus on thoughtful prescribing Feb 04, 2016
Dedicating a Career to Diversity and Disparities NMA president Edith Mitchell, MD, laments racial gaps in medicine Jan 21, 2016
No DFS Benefit With Chemoradiation in Bladder Cancer Adjuvant combo reduces local recurrence after cystectomy Jan 13, 2016
Adding Hormonal Tx To Salvage RT Ups Prostate Ca Survival Metastasis, cancer-specific survival also reduced in high-risk disease Jan 11, 2016
Lower-Dose RT New Standard for Prostate Cancer? Non-inferiority demonstrated for 60 Gy versus 74 Gy Jan 09, 2016
Aspirin May Lower Risk of Lethal Prostate Cancer But confirmation needed before a firm recommendation can be made Jan 05, 2016
