News tagged with cancer recurrence

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Overweight and obese women at greater risk of breast cancer recurrence

Women who are overweight or obese when they are diagnosed with breast cancer are at higher risk of cancer recurrence or related death than are leaner women, according to a new study to be presented to the 8th European Breast ...

Overweight and Obesity created Mar 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Margin threshold for women with ductal carcinoma in situ

Negative surgical margins should be attained for ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) patients after breast-conserving surgery (BCS) regardless of radiotherapy, and surgeons should attempt to reach wide negative margins in their ...

Cancer created Mar 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Cancer cells in blood predict chances of survival and can help target breast cancer treatment

Detecting the presence of circulating tumour cells (CTCs) in the blood of women with early breast cancer after surgery but before the start of chemotherapy can provide useful information about their chances of surviving the ...

Cancer created Mar 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Radiotherapy for DCIS still protects against recurrence after 15 years

Radiotherapy treatment (RT) after surgery for ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) still has a major protective effect against recurrence more than 15 years later, according to the results of an international trial. Researchers ...

Cancer created Mar 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cancer paradigm shift: Biomarker links clinical outcome with new model of lethal tumor metabolism

Researchers at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson have demonstrated for the first time that the metabolic biomarker MCT4 directly links clinical outcomes with a new model of tumor metabolism that has patients "feeding" ...

Cancer created Mar 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Studies show that CYP2D6 genotype does not predict tamoxifen benefit

Two studies published March 6 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute provide insights about the CYP2D6 genotype in postmenopausal breast cancer patients and represent a major step forward in understanding the us ...

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

Radiation still used despite evidence of little benefit to some older breast cancer patients

Even though a large clinical study demonstrated that radiation has limited benefit in treating breast cancer in some older women, there was little change in the use of radiation among older women in the Medicare program, ...

Cancer created Mar 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Experimental vaccine aimed at improving ovarian cancer survival rates

An experimental vaccine study currently under way at the UC Cancer Institute aims to prevent ovarian cancer recurrence by triggering the body’s natural defense system.

Cancer created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new radiotherapy technique significantly reduces irradiation of healthy tissue

Researchers at the University of Granada and the university hospital Virgen de las Nieves in Granada have developed a new radiotherapy technique that is much less toxic than that traditionally used and only targets cancerous ...

Cancer created Feb 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mammography-detected breast cancer in 40-49 year-olds has better prognosis

Based on a study of nearly 2,000 breast cancer patients, researchers at the Swedish Cancer Institute in Seattle say that, in women between the ages of 40 and 49, breast cancers detected by mammography have a better prognosis. ...

Cancer created Feb 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Vitamin B and omega-3 supplementation and cancer: new data

Researchers from the Nutritional Epidemiology Joint Research Unit have just published a study showing that, in men with a previous history of cardiovascular pathologies, supplementation with B vitamins and omega-3 polyunsaturated ...

Health created Feb 17, 2012 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Radiation treatment transforms breast cancer cells into cancer stem cells

Breast cancer stem cells are thought to be the sole source of tumor recurrence and are known to be resistant to radiation therapy and don't respond well to chemotherapy.

Cancer created Feb 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Therapy targets leukemia stem cells

New research takes aim at stubborn cancer stem cells that are thought to be responsible for treatment resistance and relapse. The study, published by Cell Press in the February 14 issue of the journal Cancer Cell, provid ...

Cancer created Feb 13, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Many lung cancer patients get radiation therapy that may not prolong their lives

A new study has found that many older lung cancer patients get treatments that may not help them live longer. Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the findings suggest that p ...

Cancer created Feb 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Molecular profiling reveals differences between primary and recurrent ovarian cancers

There is a need to analyze tumor specimens at the time of ovarian cancer recurrence, according to a new study published in Molecular Cancer Therapeutics. Researchers used a diagnostic technology called molecular profiling to examine ...

Cancer created Feb 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast