_ Cancer Center Prostate cancerTaking a Standard Prostate Cancer Drug with Food Boosts Impact and Lowers Cost By Sondra Forsyth articleAbiraterone acetate, marketed as Zytiga®, is the standard medicine used to treat metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer. Patients taking Zytiga are … Read More→
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_ Cancer CenterPediatric Cancer Drug Shows 93 Percent Response Rate By Sondra Forsyth articleA first-of-its-kind drug targeting a fused gene found in many types of cancer was effective in 93 percent of pediatric … Read More→
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_ Breast Cancer Breast Cancer Treatment OptionsPrepectoral Breast Implants: New Options to Save the Muscle By Sondra Forsyth articleIn the United States, only 30% of women who undergo mastectomy also undergo breast reconstruction. Of those women who undergo … Read More→
_ Breast Cancer Cancer Center Metastatic Breast Cancer“Liquid Biopsy” Can Help Predict Outcomes in Metastatic Triple-Negative Breast Cancer By Sondra Forsyth articleA clinically relevant “liquid biopsy” test can be used to profile cancer genomes from blood and predict survival outcomes for … Read More→
_ Breast Cancer Cancer CenterMRI Technique Differentiates Benign Breast Lesions from Malignancies By Sondra Forsyth articleAn MRI breast imaging technique that requires no contrast agent, combined with sophisticated data analysis, could reduce the number of … Read More→
_ Breast CancerWeighing Screening Options for Older Women with a Family History of Breast Cancer By Sondra Forsyth articleFamily history of breast cancer continues to significantly increase chances of developing invasive breast tumors in aging women — those … Read More→
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_ Colon and rectal cancerAn Enhanced Recovery Program Reduced Costs and Improved Outcomes for Colorectal Surgery By Sondra Forsyth articleA standardized protocol for managing patients immediately before, during, and after colorectal operations not only improved clinical outcomes, it also … Read More→
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_ Cancer OverviewWhen Cancer Comes Back By Jane Farrell articleFrom the National Cancer Institute, information every cancer survivor should know: When cancer comes back after treatment, doctors call it … Read More→
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Prostate cancerGenetic counseling and Testing for Hereditary Prostate Cancer By Sondra Forsyth articleThere have been few recommendations to guide physicians about when to offer men genetic consultation for prostate cancer risk. Now, … Read More→