University of Miami doctors have developed a new method of catching and killing tumor cells floating through the human bloodstream they say could be a potent new weapon against most kinds of cancer within a decade.
The International Journal of Epidemiology today published a combined data analysis from a multi national population-based case-control study of glioma and meningioma, the most common types of brain tumour. This is the first in a series of combined data analyses of head and neck tumours published as part of the internationally coordinated INTERPHONE project.
Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) at Midwestern Regional Medical Center (Midwestern) joins hospitals nationwide in recognizing the 3.1 million registered nurses who save lives and maintain the health of millions.
A new meta-analysis reported at the second European Lung Cancer Conference shows that patients with both non-small-cell lung cancer and small-cell lung cancer benefit in terms of overall survival when treated with hyperfractionated or accelerated radiotherapy.
Heart and liver transplant recipients are at particularly high risk of developing lung cancer after receiving the donated organ, researchers report at the 2nd European Lung Cancer Conference. They are advising doctors to screen for such cancers in these patients to maximize the chance of detecting the malignancy early.
The cost of treating cancer has doubled over the past 20 years, but those costs are in line with overall trends in health spending. And while more people are getting cancer as the U.S. population ages, treatment has shifted away from hospitals to outpatient settings, finds a study in today’s edition of the journal Cancer.
Researchers detail in ‘Weekly docetaxel, cisplatin, and 5-fluorouracil as initial therapy for patients with advanced gastric and esophageal cancer,’ new data in esophageal cancer.
Scientists discuss in ‘Bendamustine for the treatment of indolent non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia’ new findings in leukemia.
Swedish pharma major AstraZeneca announced last Saturday new trial data showing that treatment with its cancer drug Iressa leads to improved life quality and fewer symptoms in patients with non- small cell lung cancer with EGFR mutation compared with chemotherapy.
Scientists for the first time have discovered a way to predict whether women with the most common form of non-invasive breast cancer – ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) are at risk of developing more invasive tumors in later life. The study appears online in The Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
As a sun lover with a fair complexion and a history of blistering sunburns, I’ve spent much of the last decade waiting for skin cancer. So when I noticed that a fleshy pink nodule on the side of my head seemed to be growing exponentially, I headed to the dermatologist for official confirmation.
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A five-minute colon cancer test could reduce the number of deaths from the disease by about 40 per cent, a new study says. British researchers followed more than 170,000 people for about 11 years. Of those, more than 40,000 had a flexi- scope test, an exam that removes polyps, small growths that could become cancerous.
Use of high-tech imaging scans in older cancer patients has climbed substantially in recent years, a U.S. study found, raising concerns about costs and radiation exposure. For example, lung cancer patients diagnosed in 2006 had on average almost six CT scans in the next two years, versus four scans for those diagnosed in 1999.
While everyone knows that getting an adequate daily dose of vitamins and minerals is important in maintaining one’s overall health, many question whether or not the vitamins touted in skin care products work in reducing the signs of sun-damaged skin. Now, a new study reviews the currently published scientific literature to determine what evidence exists to support the use of vitamins in skin care products to slow or reverse the effects of sun damage.
Will indoor tanning be the next Big Tobacco – a product that poses such a public health threat that it prompts federal action and a stronger warning label?