Cancer

Comorbidities should be factor in prostate biopsy choice, study finds

UC Irvine Health urologists and health policy experts report in a new study that two written assessments that identify existing comorbidities – the patient-reported Total Illness Burden Index for Prostate Cancer (TIBI-Cap) ...

Cancer created May 15, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Agent Orange exposure linked to life-threatening prostate cancer

A new analysis has found a link between exposure to Agent Orange and lethal forms of prostate cancer among US Veterans. Published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the findin ...

Cancer created May 13, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Particular DNA changes linked with prostate cancer development and lethality

A new analysis has found that the loss or amplification of particular DNA regions contributes to the development of prostate cancer, and that patients with two of these DNA changes have a high likelihood of dying from the ...

Cancer created Apr 22, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mammogram rate did not decline after controversial USPSTF recommendations

More than three years after the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommended against routine mammogram screening for women between the ages of 40 and 49, a study from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) ...

Cancer created Apr 19, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Multicenter study confirms low testosterone in 84 percent of lung cancer patients taking crizotinib

A previous study by the University of Colorado Cancer Center reported the common side effect of low testosterone in men treated with the recently approved lung cancer agent, crizotinib. A new study published this week in ...

Cancer created Apr 16, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

New kidney cancer subtypes discovered

Researchers with the Institute of Urologic Oncology and the Department of Urology at UCLA have classified kidney cancer into several unique subtypes, a finding that will help physicians tailor treatment to ...

Cancer created Apr 16, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Arrhythmia drug may increase cancer risk

One of the most widely used medications to treat arrhythmias may increase the risk of developing cancer, especially in men and people exposed to high amounts of the drug. That is the conclusion of a new retrospective study ...

Cancer created Apr 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

African Americans experience longer delay between prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment

African American men on average wait a week longer than their Caucasian counterparts between the initial diagnosis of prostate cancer and treatment, according to University of North Carolina researchers.

Cancer created Apr 01, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers analyze HPV vaccination disparities among girls from low-income families

Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues at the University of Florida studied health care providers to determine the factors associated with disparities in Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination among girls, ages ...

Cancer created Mar 27, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hospital infections in cancer patients climbed, deaths declined, study finds

In a nationwide study of patients undergoing surgery for cancer, Henry Ford Hospital researchers have found that while infections during hospital stays increased during a 10-year period, the death rate from those infections ...

Cancer created Mar 26, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Genetic alterations linked with bladder cancer risk, recurrence, progression, and patient survival

A new analysis has found that genetic alterations in a particular cellular pathway are linked with bladder cancer risk, recurrence, disease progression, and patient survival. Published early online in Cancer, a peer- review ...

Cancer created Mar 25, 2013 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Aspirin may lower melanoma risk

A new study has found that women who take aspirin have a reduced risk of developing melanoma—and that the longer they take it, the lower the risk. The findings suggest that aspirin's anti-inflammatory effects may help protect ...

Cancer created Mar 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

'Where you're treated matters' in terms of cancer survival

A study of older patients with advanced head and neck cancers has found that where they were treated significantly influenced their survival. The study, led by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and published ...

Cancer created Mar 01, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Surgery and radiation improve survival for metastatic gastric cancer patients, study shows

Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center studied patients with metastatic gastric cancer and found that those who have both surgery and radiation have better survival than those who receive one or no form of treatment.

Cancer created Feb 27, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Screening could avert 12,000 lung cancer deaths each year in the US

Screening for lung cancer with low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) in all screening-eligible current and former smokers has the potential to avert approximately 12,000 lung cancer deaths each year in the United States. That ...

Cancer created Feb 25, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0