Oncology News

Well ahead of schedule, the US Food and Drug Administration today expanded the approved use of Imbruvica to treat patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia who carry a deletion in chromosome 17 , associated with poor responses to standard treatment for CLL.

One of the main measures of the French national cancer plan is to encourage physicians to work collectively, and to minimize territorial inequities in access to care by rethinking the geographical distribution of oncologists.

A new study, published in the July, 2014, issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute by Northwestern Medicine- researchers, sheds new light on the risks associated with the growing popularity of endoscopic resection in the treatment of localized, early-stage esophageal cancer .

FullScale deployments take advantage of virtualization and cloud technologies to deploy Varian software -- both the ARIA oncology information system and Eclipse treatment planning -- centrally, in a way that is flexible, scalable, and widely accessible.

A large donation of warm hats is heading to cancer patients, thanks to knitters and crocheters based at the United Church of Clinton.

Often they left their Dunmore home at about 4:30 a.m., with Kelcey in the back seat and enough clothes for the weeklong hotel stay.

Hematolgist/oncologist Manish Dhawan's Medicare payments totaled slightly more than $5 million that year, according to data the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid released earlier this year.

The cancer drugs, radiation therapy and cancer surgery available today help millions of people survive their cancer.

Dr. Nikhil Joshi says the creative process of writing the book The End of Suffering saved him.

You know how people toss around the phrase "the cure is worse than the disease"? They should meet Jim Olson.

Research scientists at Purdue University have developed what they're describing as a reliable and affordable way for pharmacies to dispense medicine in personalized amounts.

Faith Brown poses for a portrait next to a photograph of herself in her room in Brooksville, Fla., Wednesday, July 16, 2014.

Cone Health Cancer Center has been named to the Becker's Hospital Review list of 100 Hospitals and Health Systems With Great Oncology Programs, Cone Health said Friday.

RURAL TRAINING: Oncologist Dr Rob Zielinski has returned to work at Orange hospital after a rural training placement here during his degree studies.

A pioneering breast cancer treatment developed by noted Indian-origin expert Jayant Vaidya is to be adopted and offered to patients by Britain's National Health Service , providing relief to thousands of patients from gruelling post-operation radiotherapy.

Lauren Bendesky, a 17-year-old rising high school senior, will be traveling from her home state of Florida to Houston to participate in an internship with pediatric oncology researchers at MD Anderson.

When most scientists discuss string theory , they aren't referring to the physics behind the distinctive lead guitar techniques of Eric Clapton or Jimi Hendrix, but that's exactly what one Oxford University researcher examines in a new PLOS ONE study.

Four young boys sit at a table inside of a cabin discussing the best way to inject medication into their arm.

The routine use of a molecular testing panel developed at UPMC greatly increases the likelihood of performing the correct initial surgery for patients with thyroid nodules and cancer , report researchers from the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute , partner with UPMC CancerCenter.

What wouldn't you do to save your K-9's life? For one valley pet owner, she says she will do anything.