http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Scientists have discovered that a simple blood test could lead to better diagnosis and treatment for early-stage breast cancer patients, according to an Article published Online First in The Lancet Oncology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-blood-diagnosis-treatment-breast-cancer.html Cancer Tue, 05 Jun 2012 18:30:01 EST news258114912 Survivors of childhood cancers are at an increased risk of another battle with cancer later in life, according to new research published online June 4 by the Annals of Internal Medicine. In the largest study to date of risk for gastrointestinal (GI) cancers among people first diagnosed with cancer before the age of 21, researchers found that childhood cancer survivors develop these malignancies at a rate nearly five times that of the general population. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-high-gastrointestinal-cancers-childhood-cancer.html Cancer Mon, 04 Jun 2012 17:00:01 EST news258044746 (HealthDay) -- Breast cancer survivors who participate in competitive sports can reduce their risk of relapse and improve their heart function, a new study suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-competitive-sports-boost-heart-function.html Cancer Fri, 01 Jun 2012 15:40:01 EST news257780020 A team of researchers led by Dr. Goutham Narla at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine in collaboration with scientists at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, have discovered a previously unrecognized signaling network disrupted in lung cancer that can be turned back on by a novel combination of two previously approved FDA drugs. The drug combination targets a pathway to treat advanced/late stage lung cancer. The work highlights how understanding the basic mechanisms regulating cancer development and progression can lead to new uses for existing FDA approved drugs in the treatment of cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-combination-previously-fda-drugs-lung.html Cancer Fri, 01 Jun 2012 13:02:03 EST news257774514 There are significant gaps in the information women receive about their future fertility following cancer diagnosis, suggests a new paper published today (30 May) in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-men-women-fertility-advice-cancer.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Wed, 30 May 2012 00:00:01 EST news257531442 Women receiving care for breast cancer have significantly impaired cardio-pulmonary function that can persist for years after they have completed treatment, according to a study led by scientists at Duke University Medical Center. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-cardio-breast-cancer-patients-affect.html Cancer Wed, 23 May 2012 11:49:48 EST news256992578 (HealthDay) -- New research confirms that sigmoidoscopies -- less-invasive alternatives to colonoscopies that don't require sedation -- are effective in lowering the risk of colon cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-sigmoidoscopy-alternative-colonoscopy.html Cancer Mon, 21 May 2012 13:03:10 EST news256824138 A collaborative expedition into the deep genetics of prostate cancer has uncovered a distinct subtype of the disease, one that appears to account for up to 15 percent of all cases, say researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College, the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-distinct-molecular-subtype-prostate-cancer.html Genetics Sun, 20 May 2012 13:00:16 EST news256711568 (HealthDay) -- Most people know what lifestyle choices will keep the chances of a cancer diagnosis low: Don't smoke, eat healthy, exercise and get the recommended screenings. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-healthy-lifestyle-choices-cancer.html Cancer Thu, 19 Apr 2012 14:50:02 EST news254065047 Caring for a wife with breast cancer can have a measurable negative effect on men's health, even years after the cancer diagnosis and completion of treatment, according to recent research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-stress-wife-breast-cancer-health.html Health Mon, 16 Apr 2012 12:26:35 EST news253797988 One in eight women will be diagnosed with breast cancer during her lifetime. The earlier cancer is detected, the better the chance of successful treatment and long-term survival. However, early cancer diagnosis is still challenging as testing by mammography remains cumbersome, costly, and in many cases, cancer can only be detected at an advanced stage. A team based in the Dept. of Biomedical Engineering at McGill University's Faculty of Medicine has developed a new microfluidics-based microarray that could one day radically change how and when cancer is diagnosed. Their findings are published in the April issue of the journal Molecular & Cellular Proteomics. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-breast-cancer-fingerprint-droplet-blood.html Cancer Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:07:39 EST news252850049 (Medical Xpress) -- People who are diagnosed with cancer have a markedly increased risk of suicide and cardiovascular death during the period immediately after being given the diagnosis. This has been shown in a new study from Karolinska Institutet, published in the prestigious scientific journal The New England Journal of Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-suicide-fatal-heart-immediately-cancer.html Cancer Thu, 05 Apr 2012 05:50:22 EST news252823810 Although cancer recurrence may be the overriding fear for many survivors, nearly half of survivors from a recently presented study died from other conditions. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-cancer-survivors-died-conditions.html Cancer Tue, 03 Apr 2012 15:20:01 EST news252684211 Pancreatic cancer kills more than 40,000 people every year, and among cancers it's particularly insidious. For 80 percent of patients, the disease is already so advanced at the time of diagnosis that treatment is unlikely to provide significantly life-extending benefits. For patients diagnosed with localized pancreatic cancer, the five-year survival rate remains barely above 20 percent, according to the National Cancer Institute. New research from scientists at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, which will be presented at the AACR Annual Meeting 2012 on Sunday, April 1, shows that a protein called survivin could be a useful tool in understanding pancreatic cancer—particularly for identifying which subsets of patients will most likely respond to treatment. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-protein-survivin-biomarker-pancreatic-cancer.html Cancer Sun, 01 Apr 2012 14:40:45 EST news252510034 (HealthDay) -- Women with ovarian cancer who are black, either uninsured or Medicare recipients, or who have annual incomes of less than $35,000 are more likely to receive poorer-quality care, a new study shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-black-women-uninsured-worse-ovarian.html Cancer Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:31:48 EST news252081099 Research from Queen Mary, University of London has uncovered the mechanism which causes normal cells to develop into cancer, giving hope in the fight against one of the UK's biggest killers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-cancer-early-stages.html Cancer Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:37:33 EST news252002236 (HealthDay) -- There may be a link between low levels of "bad" low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol and increased cancer risk, according to new research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-bad-cholesterol-linked-cancer.html Cardiology Mon, 26 Mar 2012 08:10:02 EST news251957292 (HealthDay) -- Early-stage breast cancer survivors who gain at least 10 percent of their pre-diagnosis weight are significantly more likely to report hot flashes than those who remain weight stable, according to a study published online March 19 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-weight-gain-linked-hot-breast.html Cancer Wed, 21 Mar 2012 16:16:03 EST news251565353 New research has shown for the first time that it is safe for women who have been diagnosed with oestrogen receptor positive breast cancer to become pregnant, despite doctors' previous fears that pregnancy could boost levels of oestrogen in the body and cause the cancer to return. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-pregnancy-safe-women-estrogen-receptor.html Cancer Wed, 21 Mar 2012 05:16:57 EST news251525781 (Medical Xpress) -- Parents and adult caregivers of pediatric cancer patients prefer personal consultations with trusted health care providers over online sources for information about their child's illness, according to a University at Buffalo research study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-parents-children-cancer-distrust-online.html Health Tue, 20 Mar 2012 06:41:27 EST news251444470 (HealthDay) -- Screening for Lynch syndrome, the most common form of inherited colorectal cancer, after a colorectal cancer diagnosis is common at comprehensive cancer centers but not community hospitals, according to a study published online Feb. 21 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-prevalence-screening-lynch-syndrome-varies.html Cancer Fri, 24 Feb 2012 12:00:02 EST news249303075 Jay Allen used to love having what he thought was a healthy tan -- so much so that he would regularly expose his body to the lights of a sunbed to ensure he maintained his overall colour. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-sunburnt-australia-sunbed-tans.html Health Sun, 19 Feb 2012 09:12:49 EST news248865011 A new analysis has found that a substantial number of lung and colorectal cancer patients continue to smoke after being diagnosed. Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study provides valuable information on which cancer patients might need help to quit smoking. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-people-cancer.html Cancer Mon, 23 Jan 2012 00:00:01 EST news246460581 A blood screening result that suggests prostate cancer is bound to provoke high anxiety - even though up to 80 percent of those findings turn out to be false positives. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-panels-gearing-prostate-cancer-screenings-cancer.html Cancer Wed, 28 Dec 2011 05:50:01 EST news244266628 Men with prostate cancer are twice as likely to commit suicide, but a method where they put intrusive thoughts into words may reduce this risk, reveals research at the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-suicide-men-prostate-cancer.html Cancer Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:38:04 EST news239290673 Forty-five per cent of cancer survivors in Northern Ireland suffer from physical and mental health problems years after their treatment has finished, according to new research from Macmillan Cancer Support and Queen's University Belfast. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-cancer-survivors-ill-health-years.html Cancer Tue, 11 Oct 2011 11:47:57 EST news237552469 According to new Dutch research featured in the September issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine, a peptide receptor radiolabeled therapy (PRRT), [177Lu-DOTA0,Tyr3]Octreotate (177Lu-octreotate) , is effective not only in decreasing tumor size but also in reducing the severity of side effects that often accompany a cancer diagnosis. While many neuroendocrine cancers are incurable, they grow relatively slowly, and life expectancy is relatively long, making quality of life an important factor in treatment. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-benefits-radionuclide-therapy-neuroendocrine-tumors.html Cancer Tue, 20 Sep 2011 14:27:17 EST news235747604 (AP) -- It took seven years of annual mammograms and a cancer diagnosis for Amy Colton to learn something her doctors had realized from the beginning: Her breast tissue is so dense that it could have masked tumors on earlier exams. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-calif-bill-aimed-breast-cancer.html Cancer Thu, 15 Sep 2011 17:46:50 EST news235327596 In a paper to be presented at the upcoming HFES 55th Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, human factors/ergonomics researchers will describe WISE, a Web-based tool for breast cancer survivors designed to reduce work disabilities and improve employment outcomes. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-web-tool-aims-workplace-breast.html Cancer Tue, 13 Sep 2011 11:22:27 EST news235131732 Dr. Paul Weinberger wants to make thyroid cancer diagnosis as simple and accurate as checking for high cholesterol. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-proteins-women-thyroid-surgery.html Cancer Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:08:22 EST news235048067