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IN LUNG AND BREAST CANCER COMBINED CHEMO-IMMUNOTHERAPY LOOKS BEST, BUT WHICH DRUGS?

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...

FOR STAGE 4 PANCREATIC CANCER, WHAT IS THE BEST TREATMENT?

Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD

Feb 1, 2021
5 min

FOR STAGE 4 PANCREATIC CANCER, WHAT IS THE BEST TREATMENT?

The incidence of pancreatic cancer in the United States is increasing at an alarming rate. With 57,600 new diagnoses and 47,050 deaths in...

For Stage 4 Pancreatic Cancer, Is Anyone Too Old to Treat?

Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD

Dec 20, 2020
4 min

For Stage 4 Pancreatic Cancer, Is Anyone Too Old to Treat?

Our success in the management of complicated cancer patients has engendered a loyal following. I am always pleased to receive referrals...

Treating Stage IV Lung Cancer: “You can’t get there from here.”

Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD

Sep 14, 2020
4 min

Treating Stage IV Lung Cancer: “You can’t get there from here.”

There is a joke about a traveling salesman who finds himself lost in the countryside and stops a farmer to ask directions to the highway....

Stage IV HER2 Positive Breast Cancer: The Art of Oncology

Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD

Sep 6, 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...

Stage 4 Gastroesophageal Cancer Patient Responds to 2nd Novel Cocktail

Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD

Aug 23, 2020
4 min

Stage 4 Gastroesophageal Cancer Patient Responds to 2nd Novel Cocktail

This is the first blog I have penned since COVID-19 swept through the country. So troubling were the consequences of the pandemic that I...

Stage 4 Gastroesophageal Cancer Patient Responds to Novel Cocktail

Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD

Feb 2, 2020
4 min

Stage 4 Gastroesophageal Cancer Patient Responds to Novel Cocktail

On June 5, 2019, I received a telephone call from Des Moines, Iowa from a 60-year-old gentleman who had presented to medical attention...

Are All Colon Cancers Created Equal? Absolutely Not!

Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD

Nov 17, 2019
3 min

Are All Colon Cancers Created Equal? Absolutely Not!

I was recently asked by a surgical colleague to meet a patient. This 58-year-old woman had presented two years earlier with sigmoid colon...

Overcoming Stage IV Ovarian Cancer: A Life Well-Lived

Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD

Oct 13, 2019
4 min

Overcoming Stage IV Ovarian Cancer: A Life Well-Lived

In 2008, I met a delightful 88-year-old patient accompanied by her daughter. The patient had been successfully treated for advanced...

Interstate Oncology: Breast Cancer Patient On the Run

Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD

Aug 1, 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....

There's Something Sweet About Evolutionary Biology

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Jun 23, 2019
3 min

There's Something Sweet About Evolutionary Biology

Humans evolved around their food supply. The foods we eat, the herbs we consume, our sources of nutrition, indeed everything that makes...

Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD

Jun 23, 2019
3 min

There's Something Sweet About Evolutionary Biology

Humans evolved around their food supply. The foods we eat, the herbs we consume, our sources of nutrition, indeed everything that makes...

For Mantle Zone Lymphoma: What Goes Around Comes Around

Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD

May 15, 2019
4 min

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...

Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD

May 14, 2019
4 min

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...

Confronting Colorectal Cancer: A No-Holds-Barred Approach

Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD

Mar 19, 2019
3 min

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 with...

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

Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD

Feb 14, 2019
3 min

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, January 24,...

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

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...

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

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Dec 18, 2018
5 min

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 the Four...

Serendipity Saves a Life for a Patient with Advanced Breast Cancer

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....

For Some Cancers Are There Immunotherapy Hazards?

Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD

Oct 24, 2018
3 min

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...

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