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Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
May 6, 20152 min read
Cancer Research Moves Forward by Fits and Starts
I recently returned from the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) meeting held in Philadelphia. AACR is attended by basic...
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Apr 24, 20152 min read
Victories in Acute Leukemia - Opportunities to Expand the Horizon
The March 29, 2016 Wall Street Journal reported a 23-year-old man with acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Using genomic (DNA) profiling a...
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Apr 12, 20152 min read
Is Cancer a Genetic Disease?
I recently had the opportunity to meet two charming young patients: One, a 32-year-old female with an extremely rare malignancy that...
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Apr 7, 20153 min read
The Emperor of All Maladies’ New Clothes
Ken Burn’s series “The Emperor of All Maladies” from Siddhartha Mukherjee’s book of the same title provides an interesting and...
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Apr 2, 20151 min read
Interview with CCTV on Personalized Cancer Treatment
This Saturday, April 4, my interview on CCTV's program FULL FRAME will be aired. The Mike Walters interview focuses on my study of human...
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Mar 28, 20153 min read
Aggressive Prostate Cancer: A Life-Saving Opportunity Nearly Missed
A 42 year old gentleman presented in 2003 with an aggressive prostate cancer. He underwent surgery, radiation, hormones, chemotherapy,...
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Mar 19, 20153 min read
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
Mar 8, 20153 min read
Investigators in Boston Re-Invent the Wheel
A report published in Cell from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute describes a technique to measure drug induced cell death in cell lines and...
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Mar 3, 20152 min read
Bevacizumab In Colon Cancer – “A Shot Across The Bowel”
An E-Publication article in the February Journal of Clinical Oncology analyzes the cost efficacy of Bevacizumab for colon cancer....
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Feb 26, 20150 min read
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Feb 13, 20152 min read
In Cancer Research: An Awakening?
In 2005, as the Iraq War reached a low point with casualties mounting and public support dwindling, Sunni tribesman in the Anbar Province...
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Jan 30, 20153 min read
In Cancer Care, It Appears that More Is Less
With the interest in “value oncology” and cost containment, a report appeared in the December 2014 Journal of Clinical Oncology that...
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Jan 22, 20153 min read
Rationed or Rational: The Future of Cancer Medicine
Disturbing news from Britain’s Health Service on Monday, January 12, described the National Health Services’ decision to “delist” 25 of...
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Jan 13, 20152 min read
Breakthroughs In Cancer?
Coco Chanel, the icon of 20th century fashion once said, “Only those with no memory insist on their originality.” I am reminded of this...
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Dec 10, 20142 min read
A New Use for One of the Oldest “New” Drugs - Sorafenib
With the profusion of new targeted agents entering the clinical arena, a report from the American Society of Hematology bears...
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Dec 8, 20142 min read
The Case for the Metabolic Basis of Cancer Gains Traction
Researchers from the Huntsman Cancer Institute at the University of Utah reported an interesting finding with far-reaching implications....
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Nov 26, 20143 min read
Genomic Profiling for Lung Cancer: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Genomic profiling has gained popularity in medical oncology. Using NextGen platforms, protein coding regions of human tumors known as...
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Nov 10, 20144 min read
The Cost of Chemotherapy Comes Home to Roost
Medical care in the United States is a $2.7 trillion industry. That translates into almost $8,000 per person per year. One of the most...
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Oct 13, 20143 min read
Future (Cancer) Shock - HSP90 Inhibitors
Two related clinical trials were reported in the last several months describing the use of heat shock protein 90 (HSP90) inhibitors in...
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Oct 2, 20143 min read
A Tribute to Loretta Stamos 1939 – 2014
Dr. Nagourney and Loretta Stamos On Monday, September 22, 2014, we lost a great ally and a better friend. Loretta Stamos lost her own...
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