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Research shows biopsy of recurrent breast cancer can alter treatment
Mar 19, 2009 |
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For women with recurrent breast cancer, the treatment the doctor chooses is usually based on the properties of their original breast cancer. A group from Toronto has recently completed the world's first study that compared ...
Early detection of second breast cancers halves women's risk of death
Mar 17, 2009 |
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A group of international researchers has found the first reliable evidence that early detection of subsequent breast tumours in women who have already had the disease can halve the women's chances of death from breast cancer.
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Adding tools against breast tumors
Oct 27, 2009 |
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At the end of a 10-year, coast-to-coast study of women with an unusual form of breast cancer, Richard J. Barth Jr., M.D., and three fellow researchers are making the case for a particular combination of treatments to stop ...
Cancer drug causes patient to lose fingerprints and be detained by US immigration
May 27, 2009 |
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Immigration officials held a cancer patient for four hours before they allowed him to enter the USA because one of his cancer drugs caused his fingerprints to disappear. His oncologist is now advising all cancer patients ...
Rare pancreatic cancer patients may live longer when treated with radiation therapy
Nov 20, 2009 |
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Radiation therapy is effective in achieving local control and palliation in patients with pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (PNTs), despite such tumors being commonly considered resistant to radiation therapy, according to ...
Capsule can detect early stomach cancer
Nov 10, 2007 |
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Researchers in Italy have developed a small capsule that can be used to detect early stomach cancer.
What killed Mozart? Study suggests strep infection
Aug 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- For more than two centuries, the music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart has endured - as has the speculation about what led to his sudden death at age 35 on Dec. 5, 1791.
Surgical treatment provides new option for some colorectal cancer patients
Sep 30, 2008 |
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Research out of Wake Forest University School of Medicine suggests that a surgical technique not traditionally used in advanced abdominal cancer may be a viable treatment option for some patients previously thought to be ...
Insomnia prevalent among cancer patients who receive chemotherapy
Nov 23, 2009 |
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Three quarters of cancer patients and survivors treated with chemotherapy suffer insomnia or sleep disorders that often become chronic conditions, hindering patients' ability to fully recover, according to scientists at the ...
Stopping a cancer trial early: is it for the benefit of patients or industry?
Apr 09, 2008 |
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New research has identified a growing trend for trials of new cancer treatments to be stopped prematurely before the therapies’ risks and benefits have been properly evaluated.
Doctors' resources for off-label prescribing may be incomplete, unclear
Feb 16, 2009 |
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The resources doctors use to get important information about indications and reimbursement for use of cancer drugs off-label may be out-of-date and incomplete, according to a study led by researchers in the Duke Comprehensive ...
IGRT may improve outcomes for obese prostate cancer patients
Sep 02, 2009 |
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Moderately to severely obese prostate cancer patients may have improved treatment outcomes when treated with image-guided radiation therapy (IGRT) over traditional external beam radiation therapy (EBRT) because IGRT corrects ...
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