News tagged with journal of clinical oncology

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Inherited gene fault influences breast cancer survival

Researchers have shown that an inherited gene fault influences the chances of some women surviving breast cancer. It also increases the risk of women developing a second breast cancer. The research is publishe ...

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Educational video helps terminal cancer patients decide whether to receive CPR

Patients with terminal cancer who viewed a three-minute video demonstrating cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) were less likely to indicate a preference for receiving CPR in the event of an in-hospital cardiac arrest than ...

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Socioeconomic status affects cancer trial referrals

(HealthDay)—Patients of lower socioeconomic status are less likely to be referred to participate in early-phase cancer trials compared with patients of higher socioeconomic status, according to research ...

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Strict ovarian CA screening adherence called for in high-risk

(HealthDay)—For women at higher risk for ovarian and/or fallopian tube cancer (OC/FTC), annual screening offers high sensitivity for detection of incident cancers, but few of these cancers are stage I or ...

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Cabozantinib active in castration-resistant prostate cancer

(HealthDay)—The orally bioavailable tyrosine kinase inhibitor cabozantinib (XL184) has clinical activity in men with castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC), according to a study published online Nov. ...

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Parenteral hydration no benefit for cancer care in hospices

(HealthDay)—For patients with advanced cancer in hospices, providing parenteral saline (1 liter per day) does not improve symptoms associated with dehydration, quality of life, or overall survival compared ...

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Delaying treatment for advanced breast cancer more than 60 days has 'profound effect', researchers find

(Medical Xpress)—Results from a new study conducted by researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC-James) show ...

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Pathway identified in human lymphoma points way to new blood cancer treatments

A pathway called the "Unfolded Protein Response," or UPR, a cell's way of responding to unfolded and misfolded proteins, helps tumor cells escape programmed cell death during the development of lymphoma.

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Ovarian cancer patients have lower mortality rates at high-volume hospitals

Women who have surgery for ovarian cancer have better outcomes if they are treated at high-volume hospitals, according to researchers at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University ...

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Researchers find that most Medicare patients wait weeks before breast cancer surgery

Although patients may feel anxious waiting weeks from the time of their first doctor visit to evaluate their breast until they have breast cancer surgery, new findings from Fox Chase Cancer Center show that these waits are ...

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Venous thromboembolism risk up with cisplatin-based chemo

(HealthDay)—Patients with advanced solid tumors receiving cisplatin-based chemotherapy regimens have a significantly higher risk of having a venous thromboembolic event (VTE) compared with those who do ...

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Bone marrow biopsy adds little to PET/CT staging of Hodgkin's

(HealthDay)—For patients with treatment-naive Hodgkin's lymphoma (HL) staged using [18F]fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT), routine bone marrow biopsy (BMB) has little or no ther ...

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Can the addition of radiolabeled treatments improve outcomes in advanced metastatic disease?

Radiolabeled agents are powerful tools for targeting and killing cancer cells and may help improve outcomes and lengthen survival times of patients with advanced disease that has spread beyond the initial ...

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Study demonstrates that earlier end of life care discussions are linked to less aggressive care in final days of life

A large population- and health systems-based prospective study reports earlier discussions about end of life (EOL) care preferences are strongly associated with less aggressive care in the last days of life and increased ...

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Ovarian cancer patients have lower mortality rates when treated at high-volume hospitals

A study by researchers at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center (HICCC) at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center, recently e-published ahead of print by the Journal of Clinical Oncology, sugges ...

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