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Study finds mutations linked to relapse of childhood leukemia

After an intensive three-year hunt through the genome, medical researchers have pinpointed mutations that leads to drug resistance and relapse in the most common type of childhood cancer—the first time anyone has linked ...

Genetics created Feb 03, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Toxicity differences inform decision on conditioning for neuroblastoma transplants

MIAMI—The stem cell transplant regimen that was commonly used in the United States to treat advanced neuroblastoma in children appears to be more toxic than the equally effective regimen employed in Europe and Egypt, according ...

Cancer created Apr 24, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Delays in diagnosis worsen outlook for minority, uninsured pediatric retinoblastoma patients

When the eye cancer retinoblastoma is diagnosed in racial and ethnic minority children whose families don't have private health insurance, it often takes a more invasive, potentially life-threatening course than in other ...

Cancer created Apr 24, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Studies help clarify the role of lapatinib and trastuzumab in treating HER2 positive breast cancer

In patients with HER2-positive breast cancer, Tykerb (lapatinib) has been used both in combination with herceptin (trastuzumab) and as an alternative single-agent therapy for pre-surgery (neo-adjuvant) chemotherapy treatment. ...

Cancer created Jan 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Drug trial offers hope to patients with advanced colorectal cancer

A new drug treatment could offer hope to patients with advanced colorectal cancer who were intolerant of or did not respond to standard treatments, according to an article published in the Lancet Oncology.

Cancer created Aug 27, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Intervention helps mothers of children diagnosed with cancer

(HealthDay)—Compared with a nondirective support intervention, mothers of children recently diagnosed with cancer who participate in the Bright IDEAS problem-solving skills training (PSST) intervention ...

Cancer created Jan 31, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Inherited risk factors for childhood leukemia are more common in Hispanic patients

Hispanic children are more likely than those from other racial and ethnic backgrounds to be diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and are more likely to die of their disease. Work led by St. Jude Children's Research ...

Cancer created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Interventions helpful for breast cancer-induced menopause

(HealthDay)—Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and physical exercise improve endocrine and urinary symptoms as well as physical functioning in patients with breast cancer treatment-induced menopause, according ...

Cancer created Oct 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Leukemia deadlier for teens, young adults than younger kids: study

(HealthDay) -- Teenagers and young adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, a cancer of the blood and bone marrow, are more likely to relapse and less likely to survive than younger children with the disease, ...

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

Guidelines updated for young CA survivors' fertility follow-up

(HealthDay)—Current recommendations for the assessment and management of female reproductive complications following treatment of cancers in childhood, adolescence, and young adulthood have been updated, ...

Cancer created Feb 05, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study reports steady increases in long-term survival among children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia

A study by the Children's Oncology Group (COG) reported that five-year survival for acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL, the most common type of pediatric cancer) among children treated through COG clinical trials increased ...

Cancer created Mar 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Triptorelin doesn't avert early ovarian failure in lymphoma

(HealthDay)—Treatment of lymphoma patients with the gonadotropin-releasing hormone agonist (GnRHa) triptorelin plus norethisterone does not reduce the rate of chemotherapy-induced premature ovarian failure ...

Cancer created Nov 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study supports longer scope intervals post-polypectomy

(HealthDay) -- People who have had a colonoscopy during which a high-risk potentially cancerous polyp was removed may not need another colonoscopy for five years, German researchers report.

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

Drug might protect hearts of childhood leukemia survivors

About 75 percent of children with leukemia who take chemotherapy face life-threatening heart problems as they age, but an international study led by a University of Rochester Medical Center investigator shows that giving ...

Cancer created Jun 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Adjuvant radiochemotherapy has lasting benefit in gastric cancer

(HealthDay) -- Ten-year data from the Southwestern Oncology Group-directed Intergroup Study 0116 confirm the benefits of adjuvant radiochemotherapy after gastric cancer resection in terms of overall survival ...

Cancer created May 18, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0