News tagged with survival rates
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Fat cells prolong survival of human stem cells grown in vitro
One of the main obstacles that stands in the way of using human hematopoietic stem cells (hHSCs) to treat a variety of diseases is the difficulty growing them in culture—they quickly die or differentiate ...
Medical research
Apr 09, 2013 |
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First genetic factor in prostate cancer prognosis identified
Patients with prostate cancer and hereditary mutations in the BRCA2 gene have a worse prognosis and lower survival rates than do the rest of the patients with the disease. This is the main conclusion to come out of a study ...
Cancer
Apr 09, 2013 |
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K9 osteosarcoma samples identify drivers of metastasis in pediatric bone cancer
Human osteosarcoma samples are hard to come by, making the disease difficult to study. However, K9 bone cancer is genetically indistinguishable from the human form of the disease, and over 10,000 canine patients develop the ...
Cancer
Apr 09, 2013 |
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Patients with BRCA1 mutations, but not BRCA2 mutations, had poorer prognosis compared with noncarriers
Patients with breast cancer who had a BRCA1 mutation had significantly worse overall and recurrence-free survival rates compared with patients without BRCA mutations, but no evidence for a difference in survival was found ...
Cancer
Apr 09, 2013 |
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Men's bowel cancer rates up by more than a quarter in last 35 years
(Medical Xpress)—Bowel cancer rates among men have risen by nearly 30 per cent in the last 35 years, while women have seen an increase of only six per cent, according to a new report from Cancer Research UK.
Cancer
Apr 02, 2013 |
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African Americans experience longer delay between prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment
African American men on average wait a week longer than their Caucasian counterparts between the initial diagnosis of prostate cancer and treatment, according to University of North Carolina researchers.
Cancer
Apr 01, 2013 |
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Beaumont doctors call for training to reduce sudden cardiac arrest fatalities in schools
One of the leading causes of death in the United States is sudden cardiac arrest, which claims the lives of more than 325,000 people each year. In a study published in the April issue of the journal Resuscitation, Beaumo ...
Cardiology
Mar 28, 2013 |
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Better long-term outcomes with low hep C viral load
(HealthDay)—In patients with hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), low HCV viral load predicts better long-term surgical outcomes, regardless of the serologic eradication of HCV, ...
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 25, 2013 |
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Current and past smokers face greater risk for hip replacement failure
Smoking has been linked to prolonged healing time and greater risk for complications in orthopaedic and other surgeries, according to a new study presented today at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic ...
Surgery
Mar 20, 2013 |
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Lithium shows no benefit to MND patients
(Medical Xpress)—Results from a clinical trial into amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), led by King's College London's Institute of Psychiatry show that lithium carbonate is ineffective at treating the ...
Neuroscience
Mar 19, 2013 |
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Grieving husband pushes bill for unproven remedies
(AP)—After the best-selling Irish novelist Josephine Hart died from ovarian cancer in 2011, her husband was so devastated he often went to her grave to have breakfast.
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Mar 13, 2013 |
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New study finds length of DNA strands can predict life expectancy
Can the length of strands of DNA in patients with heart disease predict their life expectancy? Researchers from the Intermountain Heart Institute at Intermountain Medical Center in Salt Lake City, who studied the DNA of more ...
Medical research
Mar 10, 2013 |
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New clinical tool assesses health risks for older adults
A UC San Francisco team has developed a tool that can help determine – and perhaps influence – senior citizens' 10-year survivability rates.
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Mar 05, 2013 |
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Surgery and radiation improve survival for metastatic gastric cancer patients, study shows
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center studied patients with metastatic gastric cancer and found that those who have both surgery and radiation have better survival than those who receive one or no form of treatment.
Cancer
Feb 27, 2013 |
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First study ever to analyze 25 years of data after radiation therapy for prostate cancer patients
The March 2013 issue of The Journal of Urology, the official journal of The American Urological Association, includes a study conducted by four physicians from Radiotherapy Clinics of Georgia (RCOG), a Vantage Oncology affili ...
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