Lesbians may be at higher risk for HPV because of historical health care barriers that may have caused reluctance to get preventive screenings. Making matters worse, much of the discussion around sexually transmitted infections (STIs) has focused on heterosexual couples. “Providers and patients alike need to realize that the risks of sexually transmitted infections, including…
After many put off their preventive cancer screenings, Norton Cancer Institute is working to screen as many people as possible as early as possible for lung, colon and breast cancers. Adding urgency to the effort, Kentucky’s lung cancer rate is highest in the nation; it is second-highest for colon cancer and 25th for breast cancer,…
Norton Cancer Institute’s clinical research program was developed to ensure that cancer patients in our community and region have access to evolving clinical science. Guided by an experienced cadre of physicians and supported by a team of clinical research nurses and coordinators, Norton Cancer Institute oversees about 200 active clinical trials at any point in…
Norton Cancer Institute Women’s Cancer Center has a beautiful new home in Medical Towers South (234 E. Gray St., on the downtown Louisville medical campus) that reflects our goal of treating the whole person. Clinicians share the remodeled downtown clinic space with the behavioral oncology team. Just outside the clinic door is a resource area…
The patient A 31-year-old otherwise healthy man presented with an enlarging and increasingly symptomatic left posterior ilium tumor. Biopsy revealed high grade osteosarcoma. Additional staging studies demonstrated no distant metastases. He was treated with neoadjuvant MAP chemotherapy (methotrexate, Adriamycin, cisplatin). The challenge Pelvis osteosarcomas have lower overall survival than those of the extremities. Positive surgical…
Specialists at Norton Orthopedic Institute and Norton Cancer Institute work together in a team approach for treatment of bone and soft tissue tumors. As an orthopedic oncologist, I work closely with medical and radiation oncologists, musculoskeletal radiologists, and surgical pathologists to determine the best course of treatment for each patient. Timing of the various treatments…
In its March 2021 revised guidelines for lung cancer screening, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPTF) noted Black men have a higher incidence of lung cancer than white men, and Black women have a lower incidence than white women. Reasons for the disparity were likely prevalence of smoking and other social risk factors, the…
Patients with advanced/unresectable or metastatic breast cancer treated with palbociclib combination therapy experienced low levels of baseline pain and fatigue, a recent study found. The study is apparently one of the first outside a clinical trial to evaluate the day-to-day effects of advanced/unresectable or metastatic breast cancer and its treatment along with the effects of…
Sexual health is important for any adult’s well-being, but patients with cancer face a new set of challenges when it comes to sexuality. Laila S. Agrawal, M.D., breast cancer oncologist with Norton Cancer Institute, is spearheading efforts to develop a sexual health clinic at Norton Healthcare. “The World Health Organization says that sexual health is…
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved Venclexta (venetoclax) as part of a non-chemotherapy treatment of newly diagnosed acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in adults 75 years or older, or who have comorbidities that preclude use of intensive induction chemotherapy. Don A. Stevens, M.D., an oncologist at Norton Cancer Institute, was a pivotal investigator in…
A review of patients with midline tumors suggests shunting may be a more robust treatment for hydrocephalus in pediatric and adult patients with diffuse midline gliomas. Charts of 43 consecutive midline tumor patients were reviewed with approval from the Institutional Review Board (IRB) to determine the rate of hydrocephalus and the appropriate neurosurgical interventions. The…
As a neuro-oncologist with Norton Cancer Institute, Kaylyn Sinicrope, M.D., treats brain tumors and other neurological conditions related to cancer. Dr. Sinicrope said she was attracted to oncology by the deep doctor-patient relationships that are built and the opportunity to improve care for those with brain tumors in particular. “I see so many patients who…