Archive: 31/05/2018
For patients with prostate cancer, dysfunction due to treatment side effects results in increased emotional distress
A new study published in the Journal of Urology reports that men with prostate cancer who had worse urinary, bowel, and sexual function after surgery or radiotherapy than others experienced more emotional distress. Interestingly, ...
May 31, 2018
Beyond BRCA: Links between breast, second primary cancer and inherited mutations
Rates of inherited mutations in genes other than BRCA1/2 are twice as high in breast cancer patients who have had a second primary cancer—including, in some cases, different types of breast cancer—compared to patients ...
May 31, 2018
Abnormal lipid metabolism in fat cells predicts future weight gain and diabetes in women
The inefficient breakdown of fats predicts later weight gain and metabolic complications such as type 2 diabetes in women, researchers report May 31 in the journal Cell Metabolism. Low levels of hormone-stimulated lipolysis—a ...
May 31, 2018