Study finds MDs not always honest with patients
(AP) -- Trust your doctor? A survey finds that some doctors aren't always completely honest with their patients.
Feb 8, 2012
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(AP) -- Trust your doctor? A survey finds that some doctors aren't always completely honest with their patients.
Feb 8, 2012
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The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has developed a guideline on the radiotherapeutic and surgical management for newly diagnosed brain metastases. It has been published in Practical Radiation Oncology (PRO), ...
Feb 8, 2012
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Obesity doubles the risk of cancer recurrence and cancer-related death in patients with esophageal cancer who have been treated with surgery, researchers at Mayo Clinic found. Their 778-patient study, which appeared in the ...
Dec 20, 2011
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Dr. Alexander K. Smith hopes to provoke a national discussion about being frank with the very elderly about their individual medical prognosis.
Dec 16, 2011
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The findings of Almac scientists' research have been published in the online version of the Journal of Clinical Oncology (JCO) ahead of the print edition of the journal. The JCO is the peer-reviewed publication of the American ...
Nov 8, 2011
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Sudden cardiac arrest is the leading cause of death in the United States, and just 7 percent of victims survive that initial collapse. In addition, fewer than half of the small percentage of people whose hearts are restarted ...
Oct 19, 2011
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People with HIV have a 15 years longer life expectancy thanks to improved treatments over the past 13 years, according to a new study published in the British Medical Journal today.
Oct 12, 2011
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More than three-quarters of cancer patients have insufficient levels of vitamin D (25-hydroxy-vitamin D) and the lowest levels are associated with more advanced cancer, according to a study presented on October 2, 2011, at ...
Oct 3, 2011
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Identifying the cellular origins of breast cancer might lead to earlier diagnosis and more efficient management of the disease. New research led by Charlotte Kuperwasser of Tufts University School of Medicine (TUSM) has determined ...
Sep 22, 2011
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Ovarian cancer is one of the most frequent forms of cancer that affect women. As tumors can initially grow unchecked in the abdomen without causing any major symptoms, patients are usually diagnosed at an advanced stage and ...
Sep 19, 2011
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