Dr. Sharyn N. Lewin, MD

THURSDAY, June 13 (HealthDay News) -- If you hear that a friend's beloved family member has joined a clinical trial for cancer treatment, don't assume the patient is human.

Cancer is the leading cause of death in older dogs and cats, and clinical trials offer ho...Full Article

THURSDAY, June 13 (HealthDay News) -- Xgeva (denosumab) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat giant cell tumor of the bone (GCTB), a rare tumor that's most often non-cancerous.

The tumor usually affects adults between ages 20 and 40, although it may also deve...Full Article

THURSDAY, June 13 (HealthDay News) -- Xgeva (denosumab) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat giant cell tumor of the bone (GCTB), a rare tumor that's most often non-cancerous.

The tumor usually affects adults between ages 20 and 40, although it may also deve...Full Article

THURSDAY, June 13 (HealthDay News) -- Newly identified genetic variations may help predict which women will respond to breast cancer prevention therapy, a new study suggests.

By determining who would and would not receive possible benefit from two preventive dru...Full Article

WEDNESDAY, June 12 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers have found a gene they say can help identify patients facing aggressive liver cancer, and may prove key to their future treatment.

This is good news in a field "that has not had big advances before this and has not been the beneficiary of...Full Article

TUESDAY, June 11 (HealthDay News) -- While the number of women dying from breast cancer is decreasing, mammography screening can't take the credit, according to a new study from England that looked at 40 years of data.

"We find no effect of mammographic screening on population-based breas...Full Article

TUESDAY, June 11 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. government has dropped its effort to block a court order that would make the morning-after contraceptive pill available over-the-counter to all women and girls.

After fighting for an age threshold on the nonprescription use of the Plan B One-...Full Article

FRIDAY, June 7 (HealthDay News) -- As you head to the beach or pool, here are some sun-sense tips to keep in mind: Skin that tans is not invulnerable to cancer, and one application of sunscreen daily is not enough protection against the sun's harmful ultra-violet rays, according to skin cancer ex...Full Article

THURSDAY, June 6 (HealthDay News) -- Cancer is often lamented as a modern-day scourge, but researchers have discovered a type of bone cancer in a 120,000-year-old Neanderthal rib.

Before this discovery was made in Krapina, Croatia, the earliest evidence of this type of bone tumor, known a...Full Article

WEDNESDAY, June 5 (HealthDay News) -- In the latest chapter of the legal wrangle over the non-prescription sale of "morning-after" pills, a New York appeals court on Wednesday ruled that some forms of the emergency contraception could be sold over-the-counter while the issue winds its way through...Full Article

WEDNESDAY, June 5 (HealthDay News) -- Most cancer doctors are satisfied with their career, but nearly half say they have experienced at least one symptom of work-related burnout, a new study finds.

Researchers surveyed 3,000 U.S. oncologists between October 2012 and January 2013, and foun...Full Article