News tagged with cancer patients

Pancreatectomy OK without downstaging from therapy

(HealthDay) -- Pancreatectomy improves median survival in pancreatic cancer patients even when presurgical neoadjuvant therapy does not lead to radiographic downstaging of tumors, according to a study published ...

Cancer May 25, 2012 | not rated yet | 0

Cancer patients share web info with docs for insight, advice

(HealthDay) -- Cancer patients' primary goal in talking with their doctors about information they've found on the Internet is to get more insight and advice on the online information, new research indicates.

Health May 25, 2012 | not rated yet | 0

Implantable pain disk may help those with cancer

An estimated 3.5 million cancer patients around the globe are in severe pain from their disease, but many get no relief.

Medical research May 25, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |

Whole genome sequencing of rare olfactory neuroblastoma

The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and the Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center at Scottsdale Healthcare have conducted whole genome sequencing (WGS) of a rare nasal tract cancer called olfactory neuroblastoma ...

Genetics May 23, 2012 | not rated yet | 0 |

Robotic-assisted prostate cancer surgery drives up costs

In one of the most comprehensive analyses to date of the cost of robotic-assisted, laparoscopic surgery for prostate cancer, researchers at UPMC found that this now-dominant surgical approach is significantly more costly ...

Cancer May 23, 2012 | not rated yet | 0

Cardio fitness levels of breast cancer patients may affect survival

Women receiving care for breast cancer have significantly impaired cardio-pulmonary function that can persist for years after they have completed treatment, according to a study led by scientists at Duke University Medical ...

Cancer May 23, 2012 | not rated yet | 0 |

Colonoscopy may detect curable cancer in elderly: study

(HealthDay) -- Colonoscopies helped doctors detect a high rate of curable cancer in elderly people who had the screening for the first time, a new study indicates.

Cancer May 22, 2012 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

Researchers create new anti-cancer drug

A team of University of Hawaii Cancer Center scientists led by James Turkson, Ph.D. have created a new type of anti-cancer drug named BP-1-102. The drug, which can be orally administered, targets a key protein that triggers ...

Cancer May 22, 2012 | 5 / 5 (3) | 0

New protein signature of breast cancer progression identified

A protein signature that predicts overall survival in breast cancer patients has been uncovered in the most comprehensive survey of protein expression patterns in breast cancer progression to date.

Cancer May 22, 2012 | not rated yet | 0

Chemotherapy and radiation given together could help elderly patients with lung cancer live longer

Despite more than two-thirds of lung cancer cases being diagnosed in people 65 years or older, there have been few trials of treatments in this age group, and it is not known if the standard treatment for patients with inoperable ...