News tagged with adjuvant chemotherapy

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Heart failure in older breast cancer patients linked to medication

Heart failure is a relatively common complication in older women with breast cancer, but the risk is even higher in those patients treated with adjuvant trastuzumab (Herceptin), Yale School of Medicine researchers report ...

Cardiology created Nov 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Breast cancer surgery patients benefit from adding radiation therapy

Additional radiation treatment improves disease free survival lessening the chance of cancer recurring in women with early breast cancer who have had breast conserving surgery (lumpectomy), interim results of a new study ...

Cancer created Jun 04, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researcher shows diabetes, blood pressure link to colon cancer recurrence, survival

By all accounts, a combination of colon cancer, diabetes and high blood pressure can be a recipe for medical disaster. Now, a new study led by a surgical oncologist and researcher at Temple University School of Medicine and ...

Cancer created Dec 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bevacizumab doesn't prolong survival in stage II-III colon CA

(HealthDay)—For patients with stage 2 to 3 colon cancer, the addition of bevacizumab to modified fluorouracil, leucovorin, and oxaliplatin (FOLFOX6) does not prolong disease-free or overall survival, according ...

Cancer created Dec 12, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study links age, insurance, but not race, to chemo rates

(HealthDay) -- For women with breast cancer, disease characteristics correlate significantly with chemotherapy receipt, with no indication of racial barriers to treatment, according to a study published online ...

Cancer created Aug 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Therapy appears to reduce rate of chemotherapy-induced early menopause for women with breast cancer

Temporarily suppressing ovarian function with use of the hormone analogue triptorelin reduced the occurrence of early menopause induced by chemotherapy among women with breast cancer, according to a study in the July 20 issue ...

Cancer created Jul 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Epigenetic changes play a key role in development of chemo resistance in BCa

At the 28th Annual EAU Congress currently ongoing in Milan until Tuesday, W. Tan and colleagues presented their study on neoadjuvant cisplatin-based chemotherapy which showed that epigenetic changes are potential key drivers ...

Cancer created Mar 18, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Prospective study finds many children with retinoblastoma can safely forego adjuvant chemotherapy

New results from a prospective clinical trial conducted in France show that children with low-risk retinoblastoma do not need postoperative (adjuvant) chemotherapy to prevent disease recurrence or metastasis; the results ...

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Chemo may extend survival after breast cancer's return

(HealthDay)—In women with breast cancer that has recurred but remains confined to in or near the breast, post-surgical chemotherapy appears to boost survival, new research shows.

Cancer created Dec 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Chemo-Linked factors may impact weight in breast cancer

(HealthDay) -- Adjuvant chemotherapy for early-stage breast cancer can induce weight gain and a variety of metabolic changes that may be associated with a poor prognosis for some patients, according to research ...

Cancer created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Complementary meds used by 17 percent of elderly with cancer

(HealthDay) -- The prevalence of older people with cancer using complementary medications as they start a chemotherapy regimen is 17 percent, and is associated with less advanced disease and higher functional ...

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Obesity linked to worse outcomes in early breast cancer treatment

Obesity is associated with worse outcomes overall in early-stage breast cancer, researchers reported at the 2011 CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held Dec. 6-10, 2011.

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