Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Pancreatic Cancer Surgery: Know What You Have Consented To!
However, a new dilemma has arisen; the failure of surgeons to comply with Pancreatic Cancer patient’s wishes to have tissue submitted.
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Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
- Jul 24
- 2 min
Stage 4 Cancer Patient Survivals: The Data Is In and It’s Not Good
There has been talk of improved survival in cancer, most progress has reflected screening, early diagnosis, improved staging, and support.
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
- Jun 26
- 3 min
Challenging Paradigms: The Management of Rectal Cancer
One noteworthy case was a 78-year-old patient successfully treated without surgery.
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
- Aug 30, 2022
- 2 min
IN HER2 (+) BREAST CANCER, THE MOST WIDELY USED TREATMENT MAY NOT BE THE RIGHT ONE FOR YOU
Despite advances in breast cancer management, we must all recognize that every patient is unique and their treatments should be too.
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
- Aug 11, 2022
- 3 min
Stage 4 Triple-Negative Breast Cancer: The Right Treatment May Be At Hand.
A famous medical center recommended a treatment widely used for breast cancer, but not necessarily the best one for Stage 4 Triple-Negative.
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
- Feb 15, 2021
- 4 min
IN LUNG AND BREAST CANCER COMBINED CHEMO-IMMUNOTHERAPY LOOKS BEST, BUT WHICH DRUGS?
With the explosion of immunotherapy in oncology, the checkpoint inhibitors (Pembrolizumab, Nivolumab, Ipililumab, etc.) are being used in...
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
- Sep 7, 2020
- 5 min
Stage IV HER2 Positive Breast Cancer: The Art of Oncology
Among Michelangelo's most famous sculptures are the 'Prisoners” that depict human forms awakening from their marble entrapment. The...
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
- Aug 2, 2019
- 3 min
Interstate Oncology: Breast Cancer Patient On the Run
Of the one million new breast cancer patients diagnosed each year worldwide, approximately 170,000 of these cases are triple negative....
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
- Jan 12, 2019
- 5 min
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 2008, the...
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
- Nov 20, 2018
- 5 min
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 breast cancer....
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
- Feb 9, 2018
- 4 min
In Advanced Breast Cancer, Sometimes the Patient Knows Best
She had been diagnosed in December 2012 with estrogen receptor positive breast cancer and received appropriate and aggressive therapy.
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
- Jun 14, 2016
- 3 min
Complete Response in Triple Negative Breast Cancer Treatment
Triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) represents a distinct form of breast cancer that does not express estrogen receptors (ER),...
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
- Jul 15, 2015
- 2 min
For Advanced Breast Cancer, Taxol is Still Best of its Class
An important trial result was reported for patients with advanced breast cancer. A total of 783 patients with stage IIIC/IV disease,...
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
- Mar 20, 2015
- 3 min
Is There a Role for PI3k Inhibitors in Breast Cancer? Maybe.
Over the past decades oncologists have learned that cancer is driven by circuits known as signal transduction pathways. The first...
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
- Apr 9, 2014
- 2 min
Breast Cancer-Same Age, Same Diagnosis, Different Functional Profiles
A day in the life of advanced breast cancer. Two different 37-year-old breast cancer patients, both mothers of young children, were seen...
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
- Mar 11, 2014
- 3 min
Triple Negative Breast Cancer - Worse or Just Different?
The term “triple negative breast cancer” (TNBC) is applied to a subtype of breast cancers that do not express the estrogen or...
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
- Mar 7, 2013
- 2 min
HER2 in Stomach Cancer and Breast Cancer
I met a charming patient in my office this week. A gentleman with advanced gastric (stomach) cancer. Upon further examination of his...
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