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The FDA has expanded the approval for the androgen receptor inhibitor enzalutamide (Xtandi) to include the treatment of men with chemotherapy-naive mCRPC.

New research suggests that men who aren't well educated about their prostate cancer have a much more difficult time making treatment decisions.

Underscoring the need to raise awareness among oncology nurses of the importance of adhering to safety precautions when administering chemotherapy and other hazardous drugs, the NIOSH has awarded a $2.3 million research grant to identify exposure risks and promote strategies to combat them.

When depression is identified, it often goes untreated.

A new study is shedding light on the need for cancer centers to invest more in palliative care services, adequate rooms for dying patients, staff training in end-of-life care, and advanced care–planning standards.

Women who received the hormone suppressor goserelin (Zoladex) along with their chemotherapy were significantly less likely to develop premature ovarian failure and were more likely to have successful pregnancies, than women who received chemotherapy alone, according to findings from the federally funded phase III S0230/POEMS clinical trial.

About 5% to 10% of breast cancers are thought to be hereditary, caused by abnormal genes passed from parent to child.

The FDA has approved pembrolizumab (Keytruda) for the treatment of advanced melanoma, making it the first PD-1 inhibitor to receive approval in the United States and marking yet another milestone breakthrough for patients who once had little hope of surviving this disease.

Endometrial cancer is the most common gynecologic cancer and the fourth most common cancer.

Cutaneous lymphomas are a distinct subset of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. They are cancers of lymphocytes (white blood cells) that primarily involve the skin.

One of the first studies to prospectively examine women's breast surgery preferences has revealed that newly diagnosed women with breast cancer who decide to undergo contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM) aren't relying on evidence-based information, highlighting the need for interdisciplinary patient education and communication.

With more and more data supporting the association between actress Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy and an increase in the amount of patients seeking genetic testing, the attention is on genetic counselors to improve their intake model to more efficiently handle the increased demand.

The event addresses the management of symptoms and complications of chronic pancreatitis.

A new study has shown that while there was an increase in the percentage of women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer undergoing a double mastectomy, the increase was not associated with a lower risk of death compared to breast-conserving surgery plus radiation.

The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has released a new clinical practice guideline on the treatment of patients with advanced HER2-negative breast cancer.

Helpful eating tips for women who are going through breast cancer treatment

Although lung cancer incidence is decreasing in the United States, the details about this trend are unknown.

The National Pancreas Foundation (NPF), a nonprofit organization that provides hope for those suffering from pancreatitis and pancreatic cancer, has announced that it will build the first-ever national patient registry devoted to all pancreatic diseases, including pancreatic cancer and pancreatitis.

Every year, Cancer Hope Network (CHN) awards a group or individual who has made a difference through their own courageous battle with cancer, or who has helped others through the ordeal of treatment. The Committee evaluates nominees on how they made a difference through a display of courage, spirit, inspiration, or support in the battle with cancer.

Patients starting palliative care for advanced cancer are often already on repeat prescriptions of statins to lower cholesterol and reduce risk of a heart attack or stroke, and many of these patients continue on statin therapy until death.

A randomized multi-center trial examining the efficacy of adding the prohormone dehydroepiandosterone (DHEA) to a vaginal bioadhesive moisturizer in postmenopausal survivors of breast or gynecologic cancer has found that daily rather than as-needed use of such a moisturizer significantly relieves symptoms of vaginal atrophy in these women, and that when DHEA is added, survivors report significant improvements in sexual desire, arousal, pain, and overall sexual function.

The FDA has approved eltrombopag (Promacta) as a treatment for patients with severe aplastic anemia (SAA) following an insufficient response to immunosuppressive therapy, based on data from an open-label, single-arm phase II trial.

The novel agents idelalisib and ABT-199 in combination with rituximab have demonstrated impressive activity with manageable toxicity for patients with relapsed or refractory chronic lymphocytic leukemia

As the clock ticks closer to the January 1, 2015 deadline for the implementation of the new Commission on Cancer (CoC) standards, I've been asking nurses and patient navigators this question: What are you going to focus on come January 2, 2015 and beyond? What's next?

Frontline therapy with bevacizumab or cetuximab combined with either FOLFOX or FOLFIRI yielded a comparable survival benefit of approximately 29 months in patients with KRAS wild-type metastatic colorectal cancer (mCRC), according to results from the phase III CALGB/SWOG 80405 trial.

Men diagnosed with prostate cancer after being diagnosed with depression were less likely to undergo definitive treatment for their cancer and had worse overall survival

New research has found that high risk and minority women receive better cancer care if they are paired with a patient navigator.

We need to either do away with the pink or change the color for inflammatory breast cancer (IBC), because it's not at all pink. It's black and blue, purple, and sometimes just plain red.

Two studies and a commentary published this week suggest that too much of a good thing can actually be a bad thing when cancer screening is involved.

Even though universal coverage for postmastectomy breast reconstruction is mandated, a new study has found that the majority of women are deciding not to undergo breast reconstruction surgery following a mastectomy.