Dr. Nagourney's Blog

For Mantle Zone Lymphoma: What Goes Around Comes Around

Mantle zone lymphoma represents approximately 6% of all non-Hodgkin lymphomas diagnosed in the US each year. It is named for the region in the lymph node where the malignant cell population arises. The cells characteristically express a cell...

Confronting Colorectal Cancer: A No-Holds-Barred Approach

March is colorectal cancer awareness month. Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer for both men and women in the US...

Treating an 83-yr-old With Neuroendocrine Cancer: All in Good Measure

A recent editorial entitled "More Proof That Less Chemo is Best in Elderly Colorectal Cancer Patients" (David Kerr, Medscape,...

Woman with Both Breast and Pancreatic Cancer: Finding an Achilles Heel

With the rapid rise of cancer, medical oncologists sometimes find themselves treating family members, friends or neighbors. In...

For a 26-year-old Stage 4 Adrenal Cancer: It's Knowing Where (and How) to Look

“When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth” Sherlock Holmes The Sign of...

Serendipity Saves a Life for a Patient with Advanced Breast Cancer

In early September of 2018, I consulted with a 51-year-old patient with heavily pre-treated, extremely advanced metastatic...

For Some Cancers Are There Immunotherapy Hazards?

A report by French investigators has raised concern regarding the broad application of immunotherapy in lung cancer. Checkpoint...