News tagged with lymph glands

Penicillin prevents return of leg infection called cellulitis

(HealthDay)—For people who have suffered from cellulitis of the leg, a long course of low-dose penicillin prevents the painful infection from returning, British researchers report.

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes May 02, 2013 | not rated yet | 0 |

Drug combination acts against aggressive chronic lymphocytic leukemia

A two-prong approach combining ibrutinib and rituximab (Rituxin®) to treat aggressive chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) produced profound responses with minor side effects in a Phase 2 clinical trial at the University of ...

Cancer Dec 10, 2012 | 5 / 5 (2) | 0

Women respond better to the treatment of lymph gland cancer with antibodies than men

(Medical Xpress)—Women respond much better than men to the treatment of chronic follicular lymphoma with a monoclonal antibody that targets CD20 (rituximab). These are the findings of a multi-centre, Austria-wide ...

Cancer Oct 10, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Prognostic factors identified in mucoepidermoid carcinoma

(HealthDay) -- Diagnosis of low- or intermediate-grade tumors is associated with significantly better overall survival and disease-free survival in patients with mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) of the salivary ...

Cancer Aug 10, 2012 | not rated yet | 0

Kidney cancer subtype study finds low recurrence and cancer death rates

Patients with papillary renal cell carcinoma, the second most common kidney cancer subtype, face a low risk of tumour recurrence and cancer-related death after surgery. Those are the key findings of a multi-centre study of ...

Cancer Mar 29, 2012 | not rated yet | 0

Endosonography followed by surgical staging improves quality of life, according to ASTER study

Patients who underwent endoscopic testing prior to surgery for lung cancer had significantly better quality of life at the end of the staging process, with no significant difference in costs between the two strategies, according ...

Cancer Jul 07, 2011 | not rated yet | 0

New research provides breakthrough in understanding common cancer

Researchers from the University of Sheffield have discovered valuable insight into how people develop B-cell lymphoma, one of the most common cancers in the UK.

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