News tagged with aggressive treatments


New research shows lower educational outcomes for survivors of childhood cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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 ...





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Study finds significantly worse outcomes in cancer patients with cognitive impairment

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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A new study published by researchers from the University of Georgia and the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., has found that cancer patients with dementia have a dramatically lower survival rate than patients with cancer ...


Small addition to cancer drug may make big difference

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

University of Florida researchers have found a way to use just a fraction of the normal dosage of a highly toxic, debilitating chemotherapy drug to achieve even better results against colon cancer cells.


New hope for diagnosis and treatment of intractable pediatric brain tumors

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created Dec 07, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists have discovered oncogenes capable of driving growth of normal human brain stem cells in a highly malignant pediatric brain tumor. The research, published by Cell Press in the December issue of the journal Cancer Ce ...


Potential new 'twist' in breast cancer detection

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created Dec 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Working with mice, scientists at Johns Hopkins publishing in the December issue of Neoplasia have shown that a protein made by a gene called "Twist" may be the proverbial red flag that can accurately distinguish stem cells ...


Scientists identify possible therapy target for aggressive cancer

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created Dec 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have found that a naturally occurring protein -- transforming growth factor beta1 (TGF-ß1) -- which normally suppresses the growth of cancer cells, causes a rebound effect after ...


Clinical trials launched for treating most aggressive brain tumor with personalized cell vaccines

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created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The University of Navarra Hospital (Spain) has launched a series of clinical trials in order to assess the efficacy of an immunotherapy treatment. This approach involves the application of personalised vaccines —produced ...


Diabetes cases to double and costs to triple by 2034

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In the next 25 years, the number of Americans living with diabetes will nearly double, increasing from 23.7 million in 2009 to 44.1 million in 2034. Over the same period, spending on diabetes will almost triple, rising from ...


Unexplained liver hemorrhage after metastasis radiofrequency ablation

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created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Colorectal carcinoma is one of the most common cancers in the world. Approximately one in four of these patients have metastases at diagnosis, liver being the most common site involved. Although historically it was considered ...


Resuscitation and survival rates from out-of-hospital cardiac arrest nearly double (w/ Video)

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created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center and the Richmond Ambulance Authority have improved resuscitation and survival rates dramatically for cardiac arrest patients by training and equipping paramedics to begin lowering ...


More pain means real gain in complex regional pain syndrome treatment

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created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The saying "more pain, more gain" may be true for those already in terrible pain due to a chronic and debilitating condition, contrary to received wisdom. For those with Type I Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), working ...



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