Top Highlights From the 2015 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium
January 23rd 2015This slide show includes some of the highlights from the 2015 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, including a study that linked vitamin D levels to colorectal cancer outcomes, positive results in pancreatic cancer with a new targeted agent, and more.
Top 8 Highlights From SABCS 2014
December 19th 2014This slide show features some of the top highlights from the 2014 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, including ovarian suppression in ER-positive breast tumors, tamoxifen for disease prevention, and immunotherapies for triple-negative breast cancer.
The Surgeon General vs the Marlboro Man: Who Really Won?
November 7th 2014The images in this slide set are from an exhibition curated by Alan Blum, MD, at the University of Alabama Gorgas Library (November to December 2013) to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health, released on January 11, 1964 by Dr. Luther Terry.
Top 6 Highlights From the 2014 ASCO Breast Cancer Symposium
September 12th 2014This slide show includes some of the highlights from the 2014 ASCO Breast Cancer Symposium, including an increase in BRCA testing, the Angelina Jolie effect, how to boost screening rates, a link between BRCA mutations and triple-negative disease, and more.
Slide Show: 2014 Society of Gynecologic Oncology Annual Meeting
April 18th 2014This slide show includes highlights from the 2014 Society of Gynecologic Oncology annual meeting, including one study showing bariatric surgery could lower the risk of uterine cancer, and another that found a PARP inhibitor active in BRCA-positive ovarian cancer.
Slide Show: 2014 ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Symposium
March 10th 2014This slide show includes some of the highlights from the 2014 ASCO Genitourinary Symposium, including a study looking at anti-HER2 agents and radiation therapy (RT) for bladder cancer, RT for prostate cancer, and novel therapies in RCC.
Slide Show: 2014 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium
February 14th 2014This slide show features highlights from the 2014 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium, including a trial testing a vaccine combo for the treatment of pancreatic cancer, the use of anti-angiogenesis therapy in gastric cancer, and more.
Slide Show: 2013 ASCO Breast Cancer Symposium
December 22nd 2013This slide show includes some of the highlights from the 2013 ASCO Breast Cancer Symposium, including a study looking at how many women know their breast cancer risk, a study on cardiovascular risk in DCIS patients treated with radiation, and more.