http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. 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 A new study has gone some way to answering the question about whether or not a technique called lipofilling is safe for women who are having their breasts reconstructed after surgery for breast cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-lipofilling-safe-treatment-breast-cancer.html Cancer Wed, 25 May 2011 04:11:24 EST news225515006 Men with prostate cancer can improve their outcomes if they walk briskly for at least three hours a week following their diagnosis, according to a recent study in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-brisk-prostate-cancer-outcomes.html Cancer Tue, 24 May 2011 13:14:18 EST news225461637 Colorectal cancer patients with defects in mismatch repair--one of the body's systems for repairing DNA damage--have lower recurrence rates and better survival rates than patients without such defects, according to a study published online May 19th in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-dna-affects-colon-cancer-recurrence.html Cancer Thu, 19 May 2011 16:23:38 EST news225040984 When women with a history of breast cancer learn they have breast cancer again, one of the first questions they and their doctors ask is: Has my cancer come back, or is this a new case? Now, new data from Fox Chase Cancer Center suggest that both new and recurring cancers will differ significantly from the original tumors, regardless of how many months or years women spent cancer-free, and doctors should tailor treatment to the specific qualities of the second tumor, regardless of whether it's old or new. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-recurring-cancers-women-history-breast.html Cancer Wed, 18 May 2011 18:25:15 EST news224961900 Researchers from Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center have discovered a new biomarker related to the body's immune system that can predict a breast cancer patients' risk of cancer recurrence. This breakthrough may lead to new genetic testing that further personalizes breast cancer care. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-biomarker-breast-cancer-relapse.html Cancer Mon, 16 May 2011 12:43:11 EST news224768571 Oncolytic viruses quickly infect and kill cancer stem cells, which may provide a treatment for tumors that are resistant to conventional chemotherapy and radiation, particularly pancreatic cancer, according to new research from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. The findings are especially important since pancreatic cancer has a poor prognosis and is difficult to detect and treat at early stages. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-oncolytic-viruses-effectively-pancreatic-cancer.html Cancer Mon, 09 May 2011 11:36:12 EST news224159739 Two multi-gene tests designed to predict the risk of disease progression and response to chemotherapy in breast cancer produce broadly similar results for high- and low-risk patients, but do not always agree in their predictions for those at intermediate risk, a new analysis shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-breast-cancer-multi-gene.html Cancer Thu, 05 May 2011 09:56:03 EST news223808141 A pelvic MRI scan with IV contrast and rectal balloon is highly effective in identifying local recurrence even at low PSA values in prostate cancer patients with a rising or persistently elevated PSA after prostatectomy, according to a study presented April 29, 2011, at the Cancer Imaging and Radiation Therapy Symposium in Atlanta. The symposium is co-sponsored by the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) and the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-mri-prostate-cancer-recurrence-extremely.html Cancer Fri, 29 Apr 2011 08:23:21 EST news223284188 ACE inhibitors, commonly used to control high blood pressure and heart failure in women, may be associated with an increased risk of recurrence in women who have had breast cancer, according to a study by researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-ace-inhibitors-recurrence-breast-cancer.html Cancer Wed, 20 Apr 2011 09:04:00 EST news222509025