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Transcendental meditation reduces stress, improves mental health
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 08, 2009 |
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Women with breast cancer reduced stress and improved their mental health and emotional well being through the Transcendental Meditation technique, according to a new study published in the current issue of the peer-reviewed ...
Androgen deprivation therapy for localized prostate cancer not associated with improved survival
Jul 08, 2008 |
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A therapy that involves depriving the prostate gland the male hormone androgen is not associated with improved survival for elderly men with localized prostate cancer, compared to conservative management of the disease, according ...
Cost-savings of colorectal cancer screening as treatment costs increase
Sep 24, 2009 |
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Investing in some colorectal cancer screening programs could cut future, more expensive treatment costs in half, according to a new study published online September 24 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The on ...
Newly revised guidelines for managing thyroid cancer published in Thyroid journal
Nov 05, 2009 |
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The American Thyroid Association has released new, revised Management Guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of patients with thyroid nodules and thyroid cancer. The new guidelines are published in Thyroid, a peer-reviewed journa ...
Diet may reduce risk of prostate cancer
Jun 03, 2009 |
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A new review published in the Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics assessed whether certain modifications in diet have a beneficial effect on the prevention of prostate cancer. Results suggest that a diet low in fat an ...
Variability in pancreatic cancer care found with newly developed quality indicators
Jun 10, 2009 |
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A set of expert consensus-based, quality-of-care indicators identified considerable variability in the quality of pancreatic cancer care among hospitals and may be used to evaluate and identify areas for improvement, according ...
End-of-life care at hospitals varies for children with cancer
Feb 05, 2009 |
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Though treatment of pain and attention to end-of-life care for pediatric cancer patients has improved over the last few decades, there is still work to be done. Additionally, opioid prescriptions for pediatric cancer patients ...
Study finds pre-surgical stress management improves mood, quality of life
Apr 06, 2009 |
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Brief stress management sessions prior to and immediately after surgery may have both short- and long-term benefit for men undergoing a radical prostatectomy for early-stage prostate cancer, according to research from The ...
Nationwide study confirms PET as the most powerful imaging tool in cancer management
Dec 01, 2008 |
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With the most recent release of data from the National Oncologic PET Registry (NOPR), researchers may have reached the moment of critical mass by confirming the effectiveness of positron emission tomography (PET) in the monitoring ...
Blood 'fingerprints' for cancer
Sep 03, 2008 |
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Serum microRNAs (miRNAs) can serve as biomarkers for the detection of diseases including cancer and diabetes, according to research published online this week in Cell Research. The findings pave the way for a revolutionary ...
New research shows lower educational outcomes for survivors of childhood cancer
Apr 01, 2009 |
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New research funded by the Canadian Cancer Society has discovered poor educational achievement and learning difficulties for some childhood cancer survivors, especially those diagnosed with brain tumours. This first-of-its-kind ...
Outcomes appear to be improving for conservative management of localized prostate cancer
Sep 15, 2009 |
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A comparison of outcomes of different eras of conservative treatment for localized prostate cancer indicates that overall and prostate cancer-specific survival rates are higher for men diagnosed from 1992 through 2002 compared ...
Study identifies patient strategies for managing symptoms of lymphedema
Oct 29, 2008 |
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An estimated 2 million women in the United States are at risk of developing lymphedema, a condition that involves the chronic and abnormal swelling of the arm, chest, neck and/or back, as a complication of breast cancer treatment. ...
PET scans lead to treatment changes in majority of colorectal cancer patients
Sep 02, 2008 |
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In the largest multi-institutional study to date examining the impact of positron emission tomography (PET) in changing disease management of individuals with suspected recurrent colorectal cancer, researchers found that ...
Ovarian cancer subtypes are different diseases: Implications for biomarker studies
Dec 02, 2008 |
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In a new analysis of tissue biomarkers expressed in ovarian cancer samples, published by PLoS Medicine, David Huntsman and his colleagues from Vancouver General Hospital suggest that substantial differences exist between ovaria ...
