Cancer Blog
- Dr. Robert Nagourney -

Treatments should really be given more selectively, i.e. “give this chemotherapy only to those people who will benefit from it,” She said.

One of the critical advantages of Functional Profiling over traditional genomic testing is its focus on the actual response of cancer cells.

Cancer patients approach their diagnosis with a sense of terror. One day they are fine and feeling well and the next, a terminal diagnosis.

Rising corporate influence and focus on reimbursement in medicine now discourage doctors from straying from strict treatment guidelines.

Although she showed some response, her disease persisted and she was being considered for surgery to remove the residual tumor...

This patient had recurrent breast cancer that upon biopsy proved to be triple negative.

However, a new dilemma has arisen; the failure of surgeons to comply with Pancreatic Cancer patient’s wishes to have tissue submitted.

Here in 2023, we suddenly discover that TIL cells are highly active against cancer, but it was Steven Rosenberg who first described it.

There has been talk of improved survival in cancer, most progress has reflected screening, early diagnosis, improved staging, and support.

One noteworthy case was a 78-year-old patient successfully treated without surgery.

At the 2023 American Association for Cancer Research meeting in Orlando, we reported results of ex vivo analysis of programmed cell death.

2022 Reflection. Among our most important accomplishments in 2022 was the installation of a world-class Mass Spectrometry research program.

I recently had an interesting conversation with a physician regarding her patient with an aggressive breast cancer. A portion of tumor...

The 2013 American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting, held May 31 – June 1, in Chicago, afforded the opportunity to report three...

The New York Yankees catcher Yogi Berra famous quote, “Déjà vu all over again,” reminds me of the growing focus on the concept of “N-...

The American Association for Cancer Research meeting held April 6 - 10 in Washington DC, provided a scientific perspective on oncologic...

I received an inquiry via Twitter “Has anyone thought about using a sugar medium (similar to PET scans) to deliver chemo drugs?” Although...