The use of contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM), the surgical removal of a breast unaffected by cancer as part of the course of treatment for breast cancer, has more than tripled from 2002 to 2012 despite evidence ...
Mar 11, 2016
0
3
A study published online ahead of print in the journal Medical Care shows that over a recent 10-year period, the rate of metastatic colorectal cancer patients older than age 75 receiving three or more treatments increased ...
Feb 25, 2016
0
20
Head and neck cancer patients who receive chemotherapy prior to radiation therapy (induction chemotherapy or IC) rather than the standard treatment that combines chemotherapy with radiation (chemoradiation or CRT) show no ...
Feb 18, 2016
0
0
Approximately 60,000 patients in the United States will receive a diagnosis of ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) in 2016. DCIS is not an invasive form of cancer and the 10-year survival rate for women with DCIS is greater than ...
Feb 1, 2016
0
4
(HealthDay)—Chemoradiotherapy (CRT) is associated with survival benefit over chemotherapy (CT) alone for elderly patients with limited-stage small-cell lung cancer, according to a study published online Oct. 19 in the Journal ...
Oct 22, 2015
0
10
Queen's University researcher Timothy Hanna has co-authored a Lancet Oncology study that suggests as many as 90 per cent of people in low-income countries lack access to radiotherapy treatment. The lack of access to radiotherapy ...
Oct 7, 2015
0
8
(HealthDay)—Surgery that removes all visible cancer significantly improves the chances of survival for children with aggressive brain tumors, especially girls.
Sep 15, 2015
0
8
For children with aggressive brain cancers called high-grade gliomas (HGG), the chances of survival are improved when surgery is successful in eliminating all visible cancer, reports a study in the September issue of Neurosurgery, ...
Aug 18, 2015
0
11
A doctors group is proposing a formula to help cancer patients decide if a drug is worth it—what it will cost them and how much good it is likely to do.
Jun 22, 2015
0
9
Researchers report that low levels of sodium in the blood, known as hyponatremia, increase the risk of dying for patients on the liver transplant waiting list. The study published in Liver Transplantation, a journal of the ...
Jan 27, 2015
0
3
