Panelists discuss how testing for specific changes in cancer cells, like ESR1 mutations, can help guide treatment choices for patients with hormone receptor-positive metastatic breast cancer. ESR1 ...

Cancer patients frequently experience metabolic dysfunction, leading to severe weight loss correlating with a poor prognosis. Causes for this dysfunction include malnutrition and cachexia, a systemic ...

Early menopause is more than just an end to menstruation before the age of 45—it could be a genetic signpost for heightened breast cancer risks. Kirtly Jones, MD, talks to endocrinologist Corinne Welt ...

In any fight, knowing your enemy is critical to staging a defense. The fight to stop cancer or to accelerate wound healing is no exception. The research teams at Virginia Tech and the Weizmann ...

Marla Anderson, MD, FACS, is a board-certified surgeon who specializes in the surgical treatment of breast disease. Breast cancer is a type of cancer that starts growing in the breast tissue.

Molecular profiling looks for genetic changes driving a lung tumour and can help doctors match treatment to the cancer's biology. Here's how the test works, who may benefit from it and why testing ...

Genetic testing identifies germline mutations, while genomic testing analyzes somatic mutations in tumors, influencing treatment options. Broader testing criteria are expanding access to genetic ...

In modern medicine, few diseases are as steeped in emotive and metaphorical language as cancer. It's often spoken about as a battle pitched against a cunning enemy. A foe to be beaten. These phrases ...

Colorectal cancer can develop slowly over several years, often without symptoms in its early stages.

Available in electronic full text to members of the University via the Library web catalogue. ELEC copy purchased with funds from the S. Dillon Ripley Endowment A fundamental and groundbreaking ...

Lung cancer has been widely perceived as a disease that predominantly affects men. However, recent epidemiological data indicate that it is increasingly being diagnosed in women. In fact, a large ...