Barrett’s Esophagus
Last week, we discussed the dramatic increase in the incidence of esophageal adenocarcinoma in the United States and the European Union over the past 50
Last week, we discussed the dramatic increase in the incidence of esophageal adenocarcinoma in the United States and the European Union over the past 50
If one looks at the global distribution of cancers, one finds that cancers of the lower gastrointestinal tract, such as colorectal cancer, predominate in the
As the son of Holocaust survivors, I have always had a particular gratitude for our lives here in the U.S., as did my parents. This
Medical science at the beginning of the 20th century was heavily focused on bacteriology and infectious diseases; the study of cancer at that time was
The Early Breast Cancer Trialists’ Collaborative Group (EBCTCG) was established in 1983. The purpose of this group, based primarily at Oxford University in the UK,
Part II In our last article, we discussed the problem of unintentional weight loss in the healthy asymptomatic individual. In this week’s article, we discuss
Part I We are all aware of the importance of obesity in the etiology of many types of cancer. But weight loss is a different
The optimal treatment of solid tumor patients requires good cancer treatments as well as biological tests or markers that can indicate when these treatments should
When I was a fellow back in the 1980s, we had endless lectures and talks about every aspect of testicular cancer. In retrospect, this seems
Judah Folkman (actually Moses Judah Folkman) was one of the more remarkable and innovative individuals to play a role in cancer research over the last
Part II This week we continue our reporting of interesting or important studies from this year’s meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in
Part I Each June, the American Society of Clinical Oncology holds its annual meeting in Chicago, one of only two or three cities in the