Diagnosis and Treatment

COVID-19 accelerates telemedicine use in oncology practices

As coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) challenges health care systems across the United States, it poses an extra challenge for physicians in the field of oncology. "Patients ...

Mayo Clinic researchers study blood test to detect multiple cancers

Researchers from Mayo Clinic Cancer Center who co-led a clinical trial of a new blood test designed to detect more than 50 types of cancer ...

New inhibitor may work against pancreatic adenocarcinoma

Mayo Clinic researchers have opened up a promising front in their search for new ways to increase the effectiveness of chemotherapy against pancreatic adenocarcinoma, one ...

Mayo Clinic plans first carbon ion therapy facility in North America

Mayo Clinic is expanding its innovative cancer treatment options with plans to build the first carbon ion therapy facility in North America under an agreement ...

Florida campus opens new building for cancer, neurology

Mayo Clinic has opened a new 190,000-square-foot medical building on its Florida campus for patients seeking cancer, neurology and neurosurgical care. Named in honor of benefactors ...

Treatment of smoldering myeloma delays progression, study finds

Results of a study on smoldering multiple myeloma presented at the 2019 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting suggest that the cancer drug lenalidomide ...

3 factors may extend survival in advanced pancreatic cancer

A new Mayo Clinic study suggests that some patients with pancreatic cancer could increase survival with adjustments to their chemotherapy regimen before surgery. Historically, most patients ...