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11/19/2009
University College Hospital In London Introduces Treatments Delivering Faster Form Of Radiotherapy
Two female brain tumor patients have become the first people in the south of England to be treated using a faster form of radiotherapy that extends more advanced care to more patients. RapidArc techn...
Source: Varian Medical Systems, Inc. |
11/19/2009
Common Pain Relief Medication May Encourage Cancer Growth
Although morphine has been the gold-standard treatment for postoperative and chronic cancer pain for two centuries, a growing body of evidence is showing that opiate-based painkillers can stimulate th...
Source: University of Chicago Medical Center |
11/18/2009
Mesothelioma News Today Delivers the Latest Asbestos Cancer Treatment and Research News
/EIN News/ EIN News, an online leader in industry news monitoring and press syndication, has today added a new publication to its portfolio of health-related international news sites for industry prof...
Source: EIN News |
11/18/2009
Maurer Foundation for Breast Health Education Statement on USPSTF Guidelines for Mammography
The United States Preventive Services Task Force has announced new guidelines for when a woman should be getting a mammography. The Maurer Foundation's Founder, Breast Surgeon Dr. Virginia Maurer, has...
Source: The Maurer Foundation for Breast Health Education |
11/18/2009
GeneNews partners with Enzo Clinical Labs to market ColonSentry? in the U.S.
- GeneNews licenses exclusive marketing rights for colorectal cancer blood test to Enzo for key states of New York and New Jersey -...
Source: GeneNews Limited |
11/18/2009
Treatment With Folic Acid, Vitamin B12 Associated With Increased Risk Of Cancer, Death
Patients with heart disease in Norway, a country with no fortification of foods with folic acid, had an associated increased risk of cancer and death from any cause if they had received treatment with...
Source: JAMA and Archives Journals |
11/18/2009
News Brief: Adverse Symptom Reporting By Patients Vs. Clinicians
Clinician's and patient's adverse symptom reports may be discrepant from each other, but provide complementary, clinically meaningful information, according to a new study published online November 17...
Source: Journal of the National Cancer Institute |
11/18/2009
Cancer Patients And Doctors Report Drug Side Effects Differently
In clinical trials for cancer, it is standard for clinicians rather than patients to report adverse symptom side effects from treatments, such as nausea and fatigue. At present, patient self-reporting...
Source: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center |
11/18/2009
World's First Delivery Of Intra-Arterial Avastin Directly Into Brain Tumor
Neurosurgeons from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center performed the world's first intra-arterial cerebral infusion of Avastin (bevacizumab) directly into a patient's malignant...
Source: New York- Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center/Weill Cornell Medical College |
11/18/2009
Study Shows Family Caregivers, Simple Touch Techniques Reduce Symptoms in Cancer Patients
Family caregivers can significantly reduce suffering in cancer patients at home through use of simple touch and massage techniques. These findings were recently reported at the 6th International Confe...
Source: Collinge & Associates |
11/18/2009
Morphine May Help Tumors Spread In Cancer Patients
Two new studies add to growing evidence that morphine and other opiate-based painkillers may promote the growth and spread of cancer cells....
Source: HealthDay News |
11/18/2009
Sebelius Statement On New Breast Cancer Recommendations
HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius issued the following statement today on
new breast cancer screening recommendations from the U.S. Preventive
Services Task Force:...
Source: Health and Human Services |
11/18/2009
Unexplained Liver Hemorrhage After Metastasis Radiofrequency Ablation
Colorectal carcinoma is one of the most common cancers in the world. Approximately one in four of these patients have metastases at diagnosis, liver being the most common site involved. Although histo...
Source: World Journal of Gastroenterology |
11/17/2009
Bladder Cancer Risks Increase Over Time For Smokers
Risk of bladder cancer for smokers has increased since the mid-1990s, with a risk progressively increasing to a level five times higher among current smokers in New Hampshire than that among nonsmoker...
Source: Journal of the National Cancer Institute |
11/17/2009
Imaging Techniques May Help Predict Response To Head And Neck Cancer Treatment
A combination of imaging tests conducted six to eight weeks after patients complete chemoradiotherapy for head and neck cancer may help identify patients who will respond to treatment and those who wi...
Source: JAMA and Archives Journals |
11/17/2009
New Combination Therapy Could Deliver Powerful Punch To Breast Cancer
A powerful new breast cancer treatment could result from packaging one of the newer drugs that inhibits cancer's hallmark wild growth with another that blocks a primordial survival technique in which...
Source: Medical College of Georgia |
11/16/2009
Biomodels Scientists Report Development of a Novel Model for Cancer Treatment-Related Fatigue
Scientists at Biomodels have successfully developed the first model that accurately duplicates human cancer treatment-related fatigue (CTRF). The new model shows, that as in human cancer patients, fa...
Source: Biomodels LLC |
11/16/2009
Montefiore Recruits Prominent Woman Breast Cancer Surgeon to Care for Patients in the Tri-State Region
Montefiore Medical Center's Department of Surgery has hired an internationally prominent female surgeon to provide specialized care and treatment for women patients with breast disorders. Leslie L. M...
Source: Montefiore Medical Center |
11/16/2009
Cervical Cancer Vaccine Hope for African Women
So crammed is Tanzania's only cancer treatment center that Rukia Kondogoza, wrapped in bright kanga cloth, has to share her bed with another patient....
Source: Reuters |
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