MedGenMed Hematology-Oncology

Risk for Second Nonlymphoid Neoplasms in Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Improvements in selection of chemotherapeutic and/or immunotherapeutic regimens will hopefully reduce long-term complications and will allow their curative potential to be utilized.
Journal Article, November 15, 2007
Muscular Metastasis, A Rare Presentation of Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Skeletal muscle metastasis as a mode of presentation of primary lung cancer is an unusual phenomenon. A brief literature review accompanies this report.
Journal Article, July 25, 2007
Ingestion of Superwarfarin Leading to Coagulopathy This Case Report describes a patient with superwarfarin-induced coagulopathy and reviews previous cases in adults in the literature.
Journal Article, November 28, 2006
Biological Response Modifiers in Cancer This article reviews various monoclonal antibodies and angiogenesis inhibitors in clinical trials, as well as upcoming potential cancer vaccines.
Clinical Case, November 14, 2006
Etiology of Cervical Cancer The author wonders whether there is a link between long-term inhalation of cooking smoke and the development of cervical cancer.
Journal Article, November 30, 2005
Case Report: Granulocytic Sarcoma and Chronic Myeloid Leukemia The authors report a rare case of chronic myeloid leukemia that presented initially with a granulocytic sarcoma.
Journal Article, October 25, 2005
Aromatase Inhibitors as Adjuvant Treatment for Breast Cancer The authors review strategies for the use of aromatase inhibitors in adjuvant therapy of early breast cancer and discuss pros and cons based on results of key clinical trials.
Journal Article, August 23, 2005
Fanconi's Anemia: New Insights Fanconi's anemia is the most common of the rare inherited bone marrow failure syndromes.
Journal Article, April 06, 2005
Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation HSCT is an effective tool in the treatment of acute leukemia, and it plays a major role in the treatment of high-risk and relapsed disease.
Journal Article, March 29, 2005
Myelodysplastic and Myeloproliferative Disorders of Childhood A recent classification addresses specific diagnostic problems and the rarity of specific disease entities in children.
Journal Article, March 10, 2005
ALL and Late Effects in Long-Term Survivors The Children's Oncology Group has developed evidence-based, clinical practice guidelines for screening of late effects in childhood cancer survivors.
Journal Article, March 07, 2005
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia Acute leukemia is the most common childhood malignancy, which accounts for approximately one third of all pediatric cancers. The peak incidence of childhood ALL occurs between ages 3 and 4.
Journal Article, February 28, 2005
Time and the Biology of Aging What determines the length of our lives and why do we age?
Journal Article, February 14, 2005
Phytoestrogens and Antioxidants As many cancers are still challenging our best medical resources, we can only infer that there is plenty of work for all.
Journal Article, January 24, 2005
Brain Metastasis From Cervical Carcinoma Although a rare event, an increase in the incidence of these metastases has been noted in recent years, perhaps related to the improved treatment of the primary lesions.
Journal Article, January 05, 2005
Caloric Restriction and Life Expectancy Tell me what you eat, and I'll tell you how long you'll live.
Journal Article, December 23, 2004
Epigenetics Changes in Cancer Cells Which chemical modifications in the DNA of cancer cells affect expression patterns of oncogenes or tumor suppressor genes?
Journal Article, December 21, 2004
Genes and Autoimmune Diseases -- A Complex Inheritance Some gene associations have been confirmed, others have been proven inconsistent or restricted to a specific population.
Journal Article, December 08, 2004
Progress in Human Genetics MeCP2-transgenic mice appeared for a while to be smarter than their nontransgenic littermates, with enhanced motor skills and better learning ability.
Journal Article, December 08, 2004
Robotic Prostatectomy -- A Review A promising minimally invasive surgical approach for men with prostate cancer
Journal Article, October 26, 2004

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