Gynecologic Cancer Patients Should Consider Clinical Trials

For the estimated 83,000 women who will be diagnosed with a gynecologic cancer in 2010, participation in clinical trials offers an opportunity both to ensure that future patients benefit from the most up-to-date treatments and increased survival rates and to potentially improve the health of current patients…

Newer Drug Shows Better Survival Rates Than Tamoxifen For Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Patients

Postmenopausal women with breast cancer who are treated with the drug letrozole show increased survival rates after surgery compared with those treated with the drug tamoxifen, which is more widely used, according to a study published Thursday in the New England Journal of Medicine,