Cancer patients referred for radiotherapy with a psychiatric disorder (PD) receive similar radiotherapy schedules as those without PD but have worse overall survival, according to a study published in the May issue of Clinical ...
Apr 21, 2023
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Hospital inpatients have better prospects of surviving a cardiac arrest in large hospitals and well-resourced wards, and daytime cardiac arrests are also associated with better chances of survival, a University of Gothenburg ...
Apr 18, 2023
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Poverty has long been linked to shorter lives. But just how many deaths in the United States are associated with poverty? The number has been elusive—until now.
Apr 17, 2023
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Diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) is a lethal pediatric brain cancer that often kills within a year of diagnosis. Surgery is almost impossible because of the location of the tumors. Chemotherapy has debilitating side ...
Apr 12, 2023
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In a significant step for the treatment of neuroblastoma, an international group of researchers led by Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University and the New Approaches to Neuroblastoma ...
Apr 3, 2023
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A new drug combination for men with advanced prostate cancer has shown sustained increase in survival rates.
Mar 28, 2023
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When a heart stops beating, blood stops flowing and delivering oxygen to the brain (hypoxia) and other vital organs (ischemia). There is a small window (about 4 minutes) before the lack of blood flow begins to damage the ...
Treatment outcomes for patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma, a rare cancer commonly known as mesothelioma, are often affected by social determinants of health, and overall survival rates could be improved by addressing ...
Mar 23, 2023
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More donated hearts could be suitable for transplantation if they are kept functioning within the body for a short time following the death of the donor, new research has concluded.
Mar 16, 2023
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Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are a diverse group of bone marrow disorders in which immature stem cells do not mature to become red blood cells, white blood cells or platelets. Patients with higher-risk MDS tend to have ...
Mar 9, 2023
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