cancer

Every three minutes someone in the United States is diagnosed with leukemia, lymphoma, or myeloma (cancer of the blood, bone marrow, and lymph nodes). Treating blood cancers often requires stem …

Lexington, Kentucky (June 21, 2024) – In 2018, Bobbi Jo Allen discovered a lump in her pectoral muscle while working out. Three days later, she got a call from her …

MONROE, La. (KNOE) – It's estimated that more than 18 million people in the United States are cancer survivors. In this week's Health Minute, sponsored by Saint Francis Health, experts …

René Adam, MD, PhD, Head of the Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Cancer and Transplantation, Paul Bruss Hospital, Villejuif, France, will discuss the efficacy of chemotherapy with liver transplantation for patients …

New tools to monitor recurrence An essential new tool being incorporated into this process is a test called a liquid biopsy, which differs from a tissue biopsy in that it …

A groundbreaking multi-organ transplant saved a man’s life and could change the way rare cancer is treated. Reporting for …

In this procedure, patients start with chemotherapy that destroys cancer cells in the bloodstream and also removes other blood-forming cells. Blood and bone marrow stem cells are then collected from …

Northwestern surgeons have successfully performed a combined lung and liver transplant on a patient with advanced lung cancer. This is a first for the hospital, and possibly a first in …

CHICAGO (CBS) — A California doctor battling advanced stage lung cancer is now cancer-free after surgeons at Northwestern Memorial Hospital completed the first-ever lung and liver transplant on a cancer …

Chicago — It’s an unconventional medical story. Northwestern surgeons have successfully performed a combined lung and liver transplant on a patient with advanced lung cancer. And the patient himself is …