http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. The surgical management of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) in U.S. hospitals varies widely depending on the race of the patient, according to a new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-racial-disparities-surgical-non-small-cell.html Cancer Tue, 21 May 2013 09:50:01 EST news288347131 The American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS) today announced its strong support of the "Breast Cancer Patient Education Act" (S. 931). This bipartisan legislation is being introduced today, coinciding with National Women's Health Week, in the U.S. House of Representatives by Reps. Leonard Lance (R-NJ) and Donna Christensen, M.D. (D-VI) and in the United States Senate by Sens. Roy Blunt (R-MO), Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and David Vitter (R-LA). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-asps-legislation-women-aware-breast.html Cancer Tue, 14 May 2013 17:00:24 EST news287769610 A team of researchers at the IRCM, led by Dr. Jean-François Côté, made an important discovery in breast cancer, which will published online this week by the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The Montréal scientists identified the DOCK1 protein as a potential target to reduce the progression of metastases in patients suffering from breast cancer, the most common type of cancer in women. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-scientists-potential-metastases.html Cancer Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:06:46 EST news285260796 What to fear most if faced by a cancer diagnosis is the spread of the cancer to other parts of the body. This process called metastasis accounts for over 90% of cancer patient deaths and therefore is a strong focus for cancer researchers. Researchers at BRIC, University of Copenhagen have shown that the enzyme Lysyl Oxidase (LOX) can create a "scarred" microenvironment that enhances cancer spreading. By blocking activity of the LOX enzyme, the researchers succeeded in significantly decreasing metastasis in a model of breast cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-cancer-blocking-tissue-scarring.html Cancer Thu, 24 Jan 2013 11:14:30 EST news278248461 The critical question shortly after a brain cancer patient starts treatment: how well is it working? But there hasn't been a good way to gauge that. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-method-brain-cancer-outcome-quickly.html Cancer Wed, 23 Jan 2013 17:27:56 EST news278184468 (HealthDay)—A simple blood test might help predict a pancreatic cancer patient's chances of benefiting from chemotherapy, a small study suggests. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-blood-pancreatic-cancer-treatment.html Cancer Wed, 23 Jan 2013 16:20:01 EST news278177531 (Medical Xpress)—At just 28 percent, the five-year survival rate for women diagnosed with ovarian cancer is much lower than in other cancer cases. And, the disease can easily go unnoticed, making it difficult to find effective treatments. "There are very few symptoms associated with ovarian cancer," says Biomedical Engineering Associate Professor Paul Campagnola. "When it gets detected, it's usually too late." http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-ovarian-cancer-late.html Cancer Wed, 19 Dec 2012 09:59:03 EST news275133537 Researchers have discovered an immune system 'kill switch' that destroys blood stem cells when the body is under severe stress, such as that induced by chemotherapy and systemic infections. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-immune-chemotherapy-infection-recovery.html Immunology Thu, 06 Dec 2012 12:00:37 EST news274005038 (HealthDay)—An experimental cancer drug may delay the progression of some advanced breast cancers, while a double dose of an existing cancer drug could help women live longer, according to separate studies reported Wednesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-drug-regimens-advanced-breast-cancer.html Cancer Wed, 05 Dec 2012 18:20:02 EST news273946612 Researchers at St. Michael's hospital have identified 29 proteins that are likely to be involved in the spread of kidney cancer. The discovery will help physicians recognize which tumours are going to behave more aggressively and provide those patients with more intensive treatment and closer followup. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-proteins-kidney-tumors.html Cancer Wed, 05 Dec 2012 14:24:50 EST news273939881 A society's narrative of cancer often evolves based on the technologies of its time—a truism the medical historian Siddhartha Mukherjee detailed to Pulitzer Prize–winning effect in his book, "The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer." http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-narrative-cancer-medical-historian-discusses.html Cancer Thu, 18 Oct 2012 09:40:02 EST news269768029 More effective treatments for one of the deadliest forms of cancer are one step closer thanks to groundbreaking research from an international collaborative study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-breakthrough-lung-cancer-vulnerabilities-therapy.html Cancer Mon, 01 Oct 2012 15:00:37 EST news268315602 (Medical Xpress)—In a series of a half-dozen operations spanning 20 months, surgeons at Johns Hopkins have successfully reconstructed the entire ear and part of the skull of a 42-year-old woman from Bel Air, Md. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-surgeons-woman-tissue-rebuild-ear.html Surgery Thu, 27 Sep 2012 08:36:14 EST news267953758 Monitoring the effectiveness of the HPV vaccine in Canada requires that data from multiple registries and other data sources be combined. Linking registries can be problematic, however, since they are often managed by unrelated organizations. Privacy legislation may also restrict the sharing of data for such linkages. To address these challenges, Dr. Khaled El-Emam and his team at the CHEO Research Institute have developed a secure protocol that allows the linking of individual patient records without revealing personal information, which has been published in PLoS ONE. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-protocol-linking-registries-hpv-surveillance.html Medical research Tue, 10 Jul 2012 07:46:25 EST news261125166 (AP) -- Cancer patient Kathy Watson voted Republican in 2008 and believes the government has no right telling Americans to get health insurance. Nonetheless, she says she'd be dead if it weren't for President Barack Obama's health care law. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-fate-frail-patients-hinges-supreme.html Health Thu, 17 May 2012 12:22:45 EST news256476158 Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center have placed new emphasis on gathering data on cancer patient quality of life during both treatment and survivorship. Their focus is on gathering and using that data to develop interventions to improve the quality of life for patients in treatment and for cancer survivors. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-quality-life-important-quantity.html Cancer Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:16:12 EST news254765752 A new method of delivering cancer drugs that could cut down on chemotherapy's side effects and boost the strength of the tumor-fighting medicine has shown promise, US researchers said Wednesday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-cancer-drug-delivery.html Cancer Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:14:04 EST news252767637 Based on a study of nearly 2,000 breast cancer patients, researchers at the Swedish Cancer Institute in Seattle say that, in women between the ages of 40 and 49, breast cancers detected by mammography have a better prognosis. The study appears in the March issue of Radiology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-mammography-detected-breast-cancer-year-olds.html Cancer Wed, 22 Feb 2012 05:30:03 EST news249109380 Routine use of positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) scans in head and neck cancer patient follow-up can detect local recurrences before they become clinically apparent and may improve the outcome of subsequent salvage therapy, according to a study presented at the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-routine-follow-up-scans-neck-cancer.html Cancer Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:50:01 EST news246795648 Slight temperature increases of the oral mucus membranes early in a head and neck cancer patient's chemotherapy and radiation therapy (chemoradiotherapy) treatment is a predictor of severe mucositis later in treatment, according to a study presented at the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-oral-temperature-neck-cancer-patients.html Cancer Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:40:01 EST news246795476 Stage III colon cancer patients in the general population who receive adjuvant treatment for the disease have an improved rate of survival when oxaliplatin is added to 5-fluorouracil (5FU), according to a study published Jan. 20 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-oxaliplatin-colon-cancer-patient-survival.html Cancer Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:53:32 EST news246304402 In a major step that could revolutionize biomedical research, scientists have discovered a way to keep normal cells as well as tumor cells taken from an individual cancer patient alive in the laboratory — which previously had not been possible. Normal cells usually die in the lab after dividing only a few times, and many common cancers will not grow, unaltered, outside of the body. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-discovery-significantly-biomedical.html Cancer Mon, 19 Dec 2011 04:49:24 EST news243492543 Researchers from UCLA's cancer and stem cell centers have demonstrated for the first time that blood stem cells can be engineered to create cancer-killing T-cells that seek out and attack a human melanoma. The researchers believe this approach could be useful in 40 percent of Caucasians with this malignancy. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-blood-stem-cells-melanoma.html Cancer Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:00:09 EST news241714283 Employers need to be more aware of the capabilities of women affected by breast cancer and provide them with better support, backed by employment directives and occupational health policies, according to a paper in the November issue of the European Journal of Cancer Care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-employers-tackle-culture-breast-cancer.html Cancer Mon, 07 Nov 2011 10:58:16 EST news239885883 US President Barack Obama signed an executive order Monday directing action to head off shortages in life-saving prescription drugs, in his latest bid to bypass gridlock in Congress. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-obama-prescription-drugs-shortages.html Medications Mon, 31 Oct 2011 14:09:02 EST news239288933 (AP) -- An independent British medical watchdog says the first treatment proven to help people with the deadliest form of skin cancer is too expensive to be used by the U.K.'s health care system, a recommendation critics called a potential death sentence. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-uk-medical-group-skin-cancer.html Cancer Sat, 15 Oct 2011 06:08:07 EST news237877679 The first fluorescence-guided surgery on an ovarian cancer patient was performed using a cancer cell "homing device" and imaging agent created by a Purdue University researcher. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-technology-fluorescence-guided-ovarian-cancer-surgery.html Cancer Sun, 18 Sep 2011 13:09:01 EST news235570124 Screening every new colon cancer patient for a particular familial disorder extends lives at a reasonable cost, say Stanford University School of Medicine researchers. The team hopes the results will encourage more medical centers to adopt widespread screening policies. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-screening-colon-cancer-patients-lynch.html Cancer Mon, 18 Jul 2011 17:00:08 EST news230221843 As the use of oral chemotherapy continues to rise, researchers from Michigan State University have discovered many patients fail to properly take the cancer-fighting medication, a significant clinical problem that can result in complications and premature death. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-patients-properly-oral-chemo-complications.html Cancer Wed, 25 May 2011 14:52:23 EST news225553924 Researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center say the number of circulating tumor cells (CTCs) in the blood is a "powerful predictor" to help physicians more reliably assess treatment benefit for patients with metastatic breast cancer. The findings from a large analysis using pooled data from international cancer centers will be presented during a poster session on Monday, June 6th, at the 2011 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Chicago. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-blood-powerful-predictor-metastatic-breast.html Cancer Wed, 18 May 2011 19:00:01 EST news224961973