Paul Engstrom

June 16, 2012

June 11, 2012

Patients often find clinical trial restrictions make it difficult to participate.

March 14, 2012

Tips on finding credible cancer information on the Internet.

December 21, 2011

To benefit research, tissue repositories must be accountable.

December 21, 2011

December 21, 2011

Learn more about donating tumor tissue.

October 03, 2008

Newer and better supportive care days to control side effects are making treatments easier for patients.

October 03, 2008

Innovator Russell Portenoy, MD, helped bring awareness to the importance of palliative care in cancer patients.

October 03, 2008

Improvements in reducing cancer-related bone pain include new drugs, innovative ways to deliver radiation, and surgery to repair bone.

September 08, 2008

Treatment anxiety can be conquered [and besides, it usually turns out to be unfounded].

September 08, 2008

Cancer patients commonly fear the possible side effects of treatment, but here are some ways to conquer that fear.

June 12, 2008

The debate about electronic health care tools and patient privacy shows no sign of ending soon.

December 11, 2007

Proactive strategy has patients taking preventive steps to protect their bones during therapy.

December 11, 2007

Physicians assess bone mineral density (BMD) to monitor the impact of cancer therapy—especially hormone modifying treatments and aromatase inhibitors—on patients’ bones over time, and to diagnose osteoporosis and determine who should be treated for it.

December 11, 2007

New drugs to prevent osteoporosis are being studied and may effectively protect the bones of cancer patients with and without bone metastasis from treatment induced bone loss and osteoporosis.

April 20, 2007

Patients benefit from ease and success of modern breast cancer screening.

April 20, 2007

The mainstays of screening for recurrent breast cancer remains physical exams and mammography, although researchers are looking for better ways to predict and find recurrences.