Medical Xpress: PHYSorg news tagged with: recurrence risk http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Study identifies possible new acute leukemia marker, treatment target A study has identified microRNA-155 as a new independent prognostic marker and treatment target in patients with acute myeloid leukemia that has normal-looking chromosomes under the microscope (that is, cytogenetically normal acute myeloid leukemia, or CN-AML). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-acute-leukemia-marker-treatment.html Cancer Mon, 13 May 2013 16:49:07 EST news287682539 Cell-cycle progression panel identifies prostate cancer risk (HealthDay)—The cell-cycle progression (CCP) gene panel is useful to improve the risk stratification for men with even low-risk, clinically localized prostate cancer, according to research published online March 4 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-cell-cycle-panel-prostate-cancer.html Cancer Thu, 28 Mar 2013 14:40:01 EST news283698128 Better long-term outcomes with low hep C viral load (HealthDay)—In patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), low HCV viral load predicts better long-term surgical outcomes, regardless of the serologic eradication of HCV, according to research published in the Feb. 20 issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-long-term-outcomes-hep-viral.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:50:01 EST news283430105 Unexplained intellectual disability explained by state-of-the-art genetic analysis A research team reported that next generation sequencing of the exome, the 1 to 2% of the DNA containing the genes that code for proteins, enabled the identification of the genetic causes of unexplained intellectual disability in over 50% of patients in a study conducted at Radboud University Medical Centre in Nijmegen, The Netherlands. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-unexplained-intellectual-disability-state-of-the-art-genetic.html Genetics Thu, 08 Nov 2012 13:30:07 EST news271583182 Adding drug to chemotherapy following colon cancer surgery does not improve disease-free survival Adding the drug cetuximab to a regimen of drugs used for the treatment of patients following surgery for stage III colon cancer did not result in improved disease-free survival, according to a study in the April 4 issue of JAMA. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-adding-drug-chemotherapy-colon-cancer.html Cancer Tue, 03 Apr 2012 16:02:50 EST news252687759 Excess body weight associated with increased risk for prostate cancer recurrence Researchers have found an association between excess body weight and an increased risk for cancer recurrence in men with clinically localized prostate cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-04-excess-body-weight-prostate-cancer.html Cancer Tue, 03 Apr 2012 14:40:58 EST news252682852 Risk of autism among younger siblings of a child with autism much greater than previously reported Autism Speaks, the world's largest autism science and advocacy organization, joined in announcing significant findings from the largest known study of younger siblings of children who had a verified diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This study, based on data from the Autism Speaks High Risk Baby Siblings Research Consortium (BSRC) and led by investigators from the UC Davis MIND Institute, was published online today in the journal Pediatrics and will appear in the September issue. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-08-autism-younger-siblings-child-greater.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 15 Aug 2011 03:49:04 EST news232598931