News tagged with annals of oncology

Sequential CT screening can identify indolent lung cancers

(HealthDay)—Changes in size on sequential low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) screenings, expressed as volume doubling time (VDT), indicate that about 25 percent of progressive lung cancers are slow growing ...

Cancer Dec 04, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Acupuncture may relieve dry mouth, study finds

Patients diagnosed with cancer of the head and neck are treated with radiation, which damages their salivary glands, and in turn causes xerostomia, what experts call dry mouth. New research from the United ...

Cancer Nov 01, 2012 | not rated yet | 0

Light drinking may relate to increase in risk for certain cancers

The majority of observational studies have shown that alcohol intake, especially heavy drinking, increases a number of upper-aero-digestive tract (UADT) and other cancers, and even moderate drinking is associated with a slight ...

Cancer Sep 18, 2012 | not rated yet | 0

Researchers study childhood melanoma characteristics

Melanoma, newly diagnosed in more than 76,000 Americans in 2011, is the most common and dangerous form of skin cancer. Melanoma is rare in children, accounting for 1 to 4 percent of all melanoma cases and just 3 percent of ...

Cancer Sep 07, 2012 | not rated yet | 0

Pre-test genetic counseling increases cancer knowledge for BRCA patients

(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center have found that when breast cancer patients are offered pre-test genetic counseling before definitive breast cancer surgery, patients exhibited decreases in distress. ...

Cancer Aug 15, 2012 | not rated yet | 0 |

Male cancer patients turn to alternative treatments

(Medical Xpress) -- More than 50% of men diagnosed with cancer in Australia are turning to complementary and alternative medicine to help find a cure, or to improve their health, according to new research from the University ...

Cancer Dec 13, 2011 | not rated yet | 0

Patients' underlying health linked to worse outcomes for melanoma, study finds

It's not how old but how frail patients are that can predict how well they will fare after a melanoma diagnosis. In fact, young patients in poor health may have worse outcomes than older patients in good shape.

Cancer Aug 30, 2011 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |

Radiation after prostate removal is cost-effective, but less likely to be recommended by urologists

Receiving radiation therapy immediately after a radical prostatectomy is a cost-effective treatment for prostate cancer patients when compared with waiting and acting on elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels, according ...

Cancer Jun 09, 2011 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0