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A study in the journal Oncogene finds that pancreatic cancer may progress as a result of the loss of normal immune response. (source: ...

Despite advances in breast cancer management, we must all recognize that every patient is unique and their treatments should be too.

40-year-old Hispanic female transferred from UCSD after presenting several weeks earlier with widely metastatic Stage IV pancreatic cancer.

A famous medical center recommended a treatment widely used for breast cancer, but not necessarily the best one for Stage 4 Triple-Negative.

Today, patients with newly diagnosed or recurrent cancer are offered chemotherapy. Drugs are administered where possible for cure but far...

Selecting cancer treatment can be challenging and patients with recurrent diseases are particularly challenging. One patient with...

Cancer patients have seen enough interesting science. They want answers and at our laboratory, we give them answers that matter

With a 100% response rate in 12 of 12 patients, the PR value was off the charts but what did theses investigators really show?

An ASCO Plenary Session reported that high-dose ifosfamide was superior to the combination of cyclophosphamide plus topotecan in Ewing...

Investigators from Japan reported at the American Society for Clinical Oncology that patients with left-sided colon cancer have a better...

Health insurance doesn't care about getting you the right treatment to beat your cancer!

In the modern era, discoveries in human genomics get front-page coverage. Following the 2003 publication of the human genome made up of...

There were 60,430 new diagnoses and 48,220 deaths from pancreatic cancer in 2021. With a 5-year survival of 3% for advanced disease,...

Raymond Carver’s 1981 collection of short stories, “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love” was featured in the 2014 movie, Birdman....

Pancreatic cancer is among the most lethal of all human malignancies, with 60,430 new diagnoses and 48,220 deaths in 2021, it is the 3rd...

The problem: Larotrectinib had never been used in South America and was not approved in Brazil.

Few cancers strike greater fear into patients than pancreatic cancer. With over 60,000 new cases per year and 48,000 deaths, this disease...

I gave a Ted Talk entitled "The Future of Cancer Research Lies Behind Us." I was commenting on the fact that many new things are...

Those who have read my blogs know that I apply the EVA/PCD laboratory method to select treatments and combinations. This grants me a higher

With the explosion of new cancer drugs, combinations, targeted agents, and immune therapies, one question remains: What is the impact of...