News tagged with cancer chemotherapy
High medical bills driving some Americans to extreme measures
(HealthDay)—Insured Americans with serious medical conditions say the financial stress of rising out-of-pocket health care costs is forcing them to juggle household budgets, delay or skimp on care and even ...
Health
Jan 18, 2013 |
not rated yet |
0
Vital children's cancer drug being underdosed
(Medical Xpress)—A study has found that many patients receiving a potentially life-saving drug for the childhood cancer neuroblastoma are potentially being under-dosed. Every year in the UK approximately 100 children aged ...
Cancer
Jan 18, 2013 |
not rated yet |
0
Scientists seek out cancer cells hiding from treatment
Scientists hope to improve leukaemia treatment by investigating how cancer cells use 'hiding places' in the body to avoid chemotherapy drugs.
Cancer
Jan 15, 2013 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
Team finds gene that promotes drug resistance in cancer
Scientists from the University of Iowa and Brigham Young University (BYU) have identified a gene that may be a target for overcoming drug resistance in cancer. The finding could not only improve prognostic and diagnostic ...
Cancer
Jan 14, 2013 |
4.8 / 5 (4) |
0
|
Helping patients navigate new cancer drugs
As cancer treatment in pill form transforms how care is delivered, a new Michigan State University study underscores the challenges patients face in administering their own chemotherapy outside the supervised ...
Cancer
Jan 10, 2013 |
not rated yet |
0
Sickle cells show potential to attack aggressive cancer tumors
By harnessing the very qualities that make sickle cell disease a lethal blood disorder, a research team led by Duke Medicine and Jenomic, a private cancer research company in Carmel, Calif., has developed ...
Cancer
Jan 09, 2013 |
5 / 5 (4) |
0
|
New pill holds promise for fewer side effects in treating leukemia
(Medical Xpress)—An international team of researchers has developed a new anti-cancer drug that holds promise as a therapy that fights cancer while causing fewer side effects than current medicines. The ...
Cancer
Jan 07, 2013 |
5 / 5 (3) |
0
|
E-mail prompts improve code status documentation
(HealthDay)—For patients with advanced lung cancer, prompting oncologists via e-mail successfully improved both the rate and timing of outpatient code status documentation in patients' electronic health ...
Cancer
Jan 05, 2013 |
not rated yet |
0
Administering chemo ups income for non-salaried oncologists
(HealthDay)—Non-salaried oncologists report the potential for increased salaries with the administration of chemotherapy or growth factors for lung or colorectal cancer patients, according to a study published ...
Cancer
Jan 02, 2013 |
not rated yet |
0
Fak inhibitor proves effective against brain tumors in preclinical studies, study shows
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers from Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) have published findings from a preclinical study assessing the effectiveness of a small-molecule inhibitor, CFAK-Y15, in treating some brain cancers. ...
Cancer
Dec 24, 2012 |
not rated yet |
0
Scientists shed new light on mechanisms of T-ALL, a form of leukemia that primarily affects children
Acute lymphatic leukemia (ALL) is the most common cancer in children under the age of 14 years. With optimum treatment, approximately 75 % of children are currently cured, but the treatment consists of severe chemotherapy ...
Cancer
Dec 23, 2012 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
|
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
Dec 20, 2012 |
not rated yet |
0
Study finds new targets for drugs to defeat aggressive brain tumor
University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) researchers have identified over 125 genetic components in a chemotherapy-resistant, brain tumor-derived cell line, which could offer new hope for drug treatment to destroy ...
Cancer
Dec 14, 2012 |
not rated yet |
0
|
Survivors of breast cancer more likely to develop diabetes, and should be screened more closely
A major new study shows that post-menopausal survivors of breast cancer are more likely to develop diabetes than controls without breast cancer. Furthermore, the relationship between breast cancer and diabetes varies depending ...
Diabetes
Dec 12, 2012 |
not rated yet |
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
Dec 12, 2012 |
not rated yet |
0
