Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
WHEN THERE’S NO RIGHT ANSWER THERE ARE MANY WRONG ANSWERS
Selecting cancer treatment can be challenging and patients with recurrent diseases are particularly challenging. One patient with...
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Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Jul 7, 20222 min read
DNA Signatures and Genomics
Cancer patients have seen enough interesting science. They want answers and at our laboratory, we give them answers that matter
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Jun 28, 20223 min read
BREAKTHROUGH IN RECTAL CANCER: ADVANCING IMMUNE THERAPY
With a 100% response rate in 12 of 12 patients, the PR value was off the charts but what did theses investigators really show?
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Jun 8, 20221 min read
PROGRESS IN CHILDHOOD SARCOMA – HIGH-DOSE IFOSFAMIDE
An ASCO Plenary Session reported that high-dose ifosfamide was superior to the combination of cyclophosphamide plus topotecan in Ewing...
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Jun 8, 20221 min read
NEW STAGE 4 COLON CANCER DATA
Investigators from Japan reported at the American Society for Clinical Oncology that patients with left-sided colon cancer have a better...
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Apr 24, 20222 min read
JUST BECAUSE A DRUG WORKS DOESN’T MEAN THEY’LL PAY FOR IT
Health insurance doesn't care about getting you the right treatment to beat your cancer!
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Apr 4, 20222 min read
IS 8% OF THE GENOME THE MISSING LINK FOR ADVANCED CANCER?
In the modern era, discoveries in human genomics get front-page coverage. Following the 2003 publication of the human genome made up of...
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Mar 20, 20222 min read
STAGE 4 PANCREATIC CANCER - DOING MORE WITH LESS
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,...
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Feb 24, 20222 min read
Let's Talk About “CHEMOTHERAPY”
Raymond Carver’s 1981 collection of short stories, “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love” was featured in the 2014 movie, Birdman....
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Jan 25, 20223 min read
STAGE 4 PANCREATIC CANCER: WHEN SCIENCE FAILS THE PATIENT
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...
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Nov 16, 20213 min read
A NEW TARGET, A NEW DRUG AND A CHILD IN NEED
The problem: Larotrectinib had never been used in South America and was not approved in Brazil.
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Oct 18, 20213 min read
IS STAGE 4 METASTATIC PANCREATIC CANCER CURABLE?
Few cancers strike greater fear into patients than pancreatic cancer. With over 60,000 new cases per year and 48,000 deaths, this disease...
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Sep 20, 20214 min read
NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN: PERSPECTIVES ON OVARIAN CANCER
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...
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Apr 12, 20214 min read
SEVEN WITH ONE BLOW: OVERCOMING THE ODDS IN CANCER
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
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Feb 24, 20213 min read
IN ADVANCED CANCER, QUALITY NOT JUST QUANTITY OF LIFE MATTERS
With the explosion of new cancer drugs, combinations, targeted agents, and immune therapies, one question remains: What is the impact of...
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Feb 15, 20214 min read
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...
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Feb 1, 20215 min read
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...
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Dec 20, 20204 min read
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...
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Sep 14, 20204 min read
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....
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Sep 6, 20205 min read
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...
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