The FDA approved yttrium-90 resin microspheres (SIR-Spheres Y-90; Sirtex Medical), also known as radioembolization or selective internal radiation therapy, for inoperable hepatocellular carcinoma. The ...

In 1775, English surgeon Percivall Pott discovered that exposure to soot in chimneys caused scrotal cancer in chimney sweeps, the first time an agent found in the workplace was directly connected to ...