News tagged with treatment of cancer

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Younger breast cancer patients have more adverse quality-of-life issues

Younger women with breast cancer experience a decrease in their health-related quality of life (QOL), associated with increased psychological distress, weight gain, a decline in their physical activity, infertility and early ...

Cancer created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Novel treatment for skin lymphoma

Promising findings on a novel combination treatment approach for a chronic type of skin lymphoma are being published today (embargoed for 4 pm) in JAMA's Archives of Dermatology by clinical researchers from Seidman Cancer ...

Cancer created Jan 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Impaired quality of life: A warning signal after oesophageal cancer surgery

A new study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology shows that most patients who survive for at least five years after oesophageal cancer surgery recover an average quality of life. However, quality of life deteriorates signif ...

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Male cancer patients turn to alternative treatments

(Medical Xpress) -- More than 50% of men diagnosed with cancer in Australia are turning to complementary and alternative medicine to help find a cure, or to improve their health, according to new research from the University ...

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Suppression of protein critical to cell division stops cancer cells from dividing, kills them

Suppressing a newly identified and characterized protein involved in regulating cell division could be a novel strategy to fight certain cancers because it stops the malignant cells from dividing and causes them to die quickly, ...

Cancer created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Future prostate cancer treatments might be guided by math

Scientists have designed a first draft of a mathematical model that someday could guide treatment decisions for advanced prostate cancer, in part by helping doctors predict how individual patients will respond to therapy ...

Cancer created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Folate receptors may serve as a front door to ovarian cancer treatment

A new strategy that takes advantage of ovarian cancer's reliance on folate appears to give relapse patients extra months of life with few side effects, researchers say.

Cancer created Oct 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Bedside assessment may provide better outcomes for older cancer patients

In geriatric medicine, the adage that age is just a number holds true. New research from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center uses a simple assessment tool to determine how well older adults diagnosed with acute myelogenous ...

Cancer created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New anti-inflammatory drugs might help avoid side effects of steroids

A new class of anti-inflammatory drugs may one day serve as an alternative to steroid medications and possibly help avoid the serious side effects of steroids, based on research findings at the Salk Institute for Biological ...

Inflammatory disorders created Oct 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Preventing cancer development inside the cell cycle

Researchers from the NYU Cancer Institute, an NCI-designated cancer center at NYU Langone Medical Center, have identified a cell cycle-regulated mechanism behind the transformation of normal cells into cancerous cells. The ...

Cancer created Oct 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Lung cancer patients with diabetes show prolonged survival

Lung cancer patients with diabetes tend to live longer than patients without diabetes, according to a Norwegian study published in the November issue of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology, the official publication of the International ...

Cancer created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bone marrow cells migrate to tumors and can slow their growth

Bone marrow-derived cells (BMDCs) participate in the growth and spread of tumors of the breast, brain, lung, and stomach. To examine the role of BMDCs, researchers developed a mouse model that could be used to track the migration ...

Cancer created Oct 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Combination therapy beneficial for head and neck skin carcinomas, study shows

Patients who have high-risk non-melanoma skin carcinomas of the head and neck may benefit from concomitant radiotherapy and chemotherapy, according to a UNC-led study. Their study is the first to report on multiple patients ...

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Elderly patients may be undertreated for prostate cancer

It's an ongoing debate: Should men over a certain age be treated for prostate cancer? Should these patients be submitted to treatments that may result in significant side effects if they may not live very much longer?

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Another step toward resisting breast cancer

Medical researchers at the University of Leeds have come a step closer to understanding how to stop breast cancers from coming back.

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