Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Cancer Chemotherapy Costs Continue to Rise
The skyrocketing cost of cancer therapy has become a popular topic of discussion as a recent article in the Wall Street Journal made...
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Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Apr 3, 20183 min read
Cancer Patients Need More Than "Me Too" Drugs
Cancer drug developments follow a rather predictable course. A new breakthrough is followed by a flurry of interest as the large...
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Mar 27, 20183 min read
For Lung Cancer, We've Got the Answer, Now We're Waiting For the Question
As I finished a recent Thursday afternoon clinic, I received a call. The voice was familiar and I recognized it to belong to the husband...
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Mar 10, 20187 min read
For Advanced Cancer Patients: The Clinical Trial Dilemma
Patients confronting advanced cancer are encouraged to participate in clinical trials. Clinical trials are employed to develop new drugs...
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Feb 9, 20184 min read
In Advanced Breast Cancer, Sometimes the Patient Knows Best
She had been diagnosed in December 2012 with estrogen receptor positive breast cancer and received appropriate and aggressive therapy.
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Jan 4, 20184 min read
Wisdom Imparted From A Cancer Patient To His Physician: Lessons Learned
The practice of medicine offers physicians the opportunity to meet people from many walks of life. In medical oncology, the relationships...
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Dec 11, 20173 min read
Do Doctors Have Egg on Their Faces?
Few of us have escaped the medical community's admonition that eggs are a hazard to our health. Based on the cholesterol found in egg...
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Nov 21, 20174 min read
Drug Resistant Acute Myeloid Leukemia Meets Its Match
Among the diseases that hematologist-oncologists regularly treat, acute myelogenous leukemia (AML) can be viewed as a qualified success....
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Oct 25, 20173 min read
In Sarcoma, Does The Absence Of Mutations Mean There Is No Cancer?
I was recently approached by the father of a young patient with recurrent sarcoma. After several surgeries and multiple courses of...
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Oct 11, 20174 min read
In Cancer Medicine, the Most Dangerous People Are Often the "Experts"
Many people may be aware of the controversies surrounding micro-nutrition, diet and lifestyle, vitamin supplementation and other...
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Sep 7, 20173 min read
Choosing Therapy For Stage 4 Pancreatic Cancer: What Are The Criteria?
Pancreatic cancer afflicts 53,000 patients each year in the U.S. and has overtaken breast cancer as the third leading cause of cancer...
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Aug 29, 20173 min read
Recurrent BRCA Positive Ovarian Cancer: An Unexpected Opportunity
For the over 22,000 women in the United States diagnosed each year with ovarian cancer outcomes have improved slowly, yet the majority of...
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Aug 1, 20174 min read
Is 19 Years Old Too Young for Stage 4 Colon Cancer or Hospice?
COLORECTAL CANCER is among the most common malignancies in the US with 95,000 colon and 39,000 rectal cancer cases estimated to occur in...
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Jul 5, 20173 min read
The Cost of Care for Stage 4 Colon Cancer: How Much is Too Much?
Among the most important topics of discussion at cancer meetings today is the cost of cancer care. Terms like “financial toxicity” are...
team9425
Jun 20, 20173 min read
Mesothelioma Stages and the Importance of Early Detection
This blog article is written by Daniel King who is a content writer for The Mesothelioma Center at Asbestos.com, an informational source...
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
May 9, 20173 min read
Are Genomic Screening Tests for Cancer "Over Promoted"?
Patients with a new diagnosis of cancer generally react with a myriad of questions. Is the diagnosis correct? How far advanced? Did I do...
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Apr 19, 20173 min read
For Cancer Patients: Inoperable Does Not Mean Incurable
Patients, newly diagnosed with cancer confront the news with dread. For many, the worst possible news is that “the cancer is inoperable.”...
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Apr 12, 20174 min read
For Stage 4 Stomach Cancer Old Drugs May Be Better
The accelerating pace of scientific discovery, profusion of genetic advances and explosion of big data has led to a sense that the cure...
Dr. Robert A. Nagourney, MD
Apr 12, 20174 min read
For Stage 4 Stomach Cancer Old Drugs May Be Better
The accelerating pace of scientific discovery, profusion of genetic advances and explosion of big data has led to a sense that the cure...
team9425
Feb 9, 20173 min read
Genomic vs functional analyses: Lesson from recurrent colon cancer
With the growing interest in personalized medicine, many physicians and patients have come to equate personalized medicine with genomic...
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