'Quality of life' therapy improves health during cancer treatment, study finds
(Medical Xpress)—Therapy to ease stress, fatigue and other quality of life issues significantly improves patients' sense of well-being during cancer treatment, new Mayo Clinic research shows. Patients who kept to their ...
Cancer
Feb 19, 2013 |
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Risk of leukemia after cancer chemotherapy persists
While advancements in cancer treatment over the last several decades have improved patient survival rates for certain cancers, some patients remain at risk of developing treatment-related leukemia, according to results of ...
Cancer
Feb 14, 2013 |
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Scientists develop a pioneering technique to effectively treat mucositis
Investigators at the University of Granada have patented a melatonin gel that is 100% effective against this inflammatory reaction.
Cancer
Feb 14, 2013 |
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Post-chemo woman pregnant after ovary tissue transplant
For the first time ever in Australia, a woman whose chemotherapy rendered her infertile has fallen pregnant using ovarian tissue taken from her body before her cancer treatment, a new study reports.
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Feb 11, 2013 |
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First-in-man study demonstrates the therapeutic effect of RNAi gene silencing in cancer treatment
A study led by Dr Josep Tabernero, the Director of Clinical Research at the Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO) and Head of the Medical Oncology Department at the Vall d'Hebron University Hospital, shows for the first ...
Cancer
Feb 11, 2013 |
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Genetically engineered virus kills liver cancer
A genetically-engineered virus tested in 30 terminally-ill liver cancer patients significantly prolonged their lives, killing tumours and inhibiting the growth of new ones, scientists reported on Sunday.
Cancer
Feb 10, 2013 |
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People perceive medicine to be more vital when it's low-cost, study finds
(Medical Xpress)—People may think it's more vital to take their medicine, if that medicine is cheap. A new study from the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University shows consumers believe prices for lifesaving ...
Medications
Feb 01, 2013 |
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Prostate cancer study tracks long-term urinary, sexual and bowel function side effects
A new study comparing outcomes among prostate cancer patients treated with surgery versus radiotherapy found differences in urinary, bowel and sexual function after short-term follow-up, but those differences were no longer ...
Cancer
Jan 30, 2013 |
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Early palliative care in lung CA focuses on coping, symptoms
(HealthDay)—Early palliative care (PC) clinic visits, integrated with standard oncologic care for patients with metastatic lung cancer, emphasize symptom management, coping, and psychosocial aspects of ...
Health
Jan 30, 2013 |
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UK study shows abuse may affect cancer-related well-being in female patients
A new study by University of Kentucky researchers shows evidence that certain forms of abuse negatively influence women cancer patients' quality of life.
Cancer
Jan 25, 2013 |
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'Microbeads' may boost survival in advanced colon cancer patients
(HealthDay News) —For advanced colon cancer patients who have developed liver tumors, so-called "radioactive beads" implanted near these tumors may extend survival nearly a year longer than among patients ...
Cancer
Jan 21, 2013 |
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Potential new treatment for gastrointestinal cancers discovered
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers have identified a complex of proteins that promotes the growth of some types of colon and gastric cancers, and shown that medications that block the function of this complex ...
Cancer
Jan 17, 2013 |
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Income affects oncology clinical trial participation
(HealthDay)—Oncology patients with lower income, even older patients with access to Medicare, are significantly less likely to participate in clinical trials, according to research published online Jan. ...
Cancer
Jan 16, 2013 |
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Radiation therapy use low in end-stage cancer
(HealthDay)—Although the overall use of radiation treatment among elderly end-stage cancer patients is low during their final month of life, many receive more than 10 days of treatment, according to a study ...
Cancer
Jan 13, 2013 |
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Project to capture and interrogate single cancer cells wins innovator award
From a single cell gone bad, cancer evolves into an increasingly complex tumor built of a variety of normal cells and diverse malignant cells, some of which escape to create dangerous colonies in other organs, further jumbling ...
Medical research
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