News tagged with cancer rates

Lifestyle changes can help prevent 30% of cancers: WHO

More than 30 percent of cancers can be prevented by lifestyle changes, the World Health Organization said Friday, on the eve of World Cancer Day.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

New drug extends survival in patients with drug-resistant prostate cancer

A new drug, MDV3100, is improving the survival rate in men with advanced prostate cancer, results of a large, phase III clinical trial show. The drug is designed to block a type of cellular receptor that drives progression ...

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created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New method to manage stress responses for more successful tumor removal

The week before and two weeks after surgery are a critical period for the long-term survival rate of cancer patients. Physiological and psychological stresses caused by the surgery itself can inhibit the body's immune responses, ...

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Standard treatments for head and neck cancer less effective in HIV-positive patients

Radiation therapy with or without chemotherapy is less effective for patients with HIV when compared to the recurrence and overall survival rates in patients who do not have HIV, according to a study presented at the Multidisciplinary ...

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created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Mutated Kras spins a molecular loop that launches pancreatic cancer

Scientists have connected two signature characteristics of pancreatic cancer, identifying a self-perpetuating "vicious cycle" of molecular activity and a new potential target for drugs to treat one of the most lehal forms ...

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created Jan 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Brachytherapy reduced death rates in high-risk prostate cancer patients, study finds

Brachytherapy for high-risk prostate cancers patients has historically been considered a less effective modality, but a new study from radiation oncologists at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson suggests otherwise. A population-based ...

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created Jan 25, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Younger breast cancer patients have more adverse quality-of-life issues

Younger women with breast cancer experience a decrease in their health-related quality of life (QOL), associated with increased psychological distress, weight gain, a decline in their physical activity, infertility and early ...

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created Jan 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

High risk oesophageal cancer gene discovered

New research from Queen Mary, University of London has uncovered a gene which plays a key role in the development of oesophageal cancer (cancer of the gullet).

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Aspirin merits testing for prevention of cervical cancer in HIV-infected women

Research conducted by NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center global health investigators and cancer specialists in New York, Qatar and Haiti suggests that aspirin should be evaluated for its ability to ...

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created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Solving the mystery of an old diabetes drug that may reduce cancer risk

In 2005, news first broke that researchers in Scotland found unexpectedly low rates of cancer among diabetics taking metformin, a drug commonly prescribed to patients with Type II diabetes. Many follow-up studies reported ...

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created Jan 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Declines in melanoma deaths limited to the most educated

A new study from the American Cancer Society finds recent declines in melanoma mortality rates in non-Hispanic Whites in the U.S. mainly reflect declines in those with the highest level of education, and reveals a widening ...

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Researchers identify possible receptor for key breast cancer regulator

A key protein potentially involved in regulating breast cancer progression has been identified by researchers at Clarkson University in Potsdam, N.Y. Led by professor Costel Darie, the team worked to identify the binding ...

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Prostate cancer screenings at VA hospitals don't follow guidelines for elderly, study says

(Medical Xpress) -- Veterans Affairs hospitals screen elderly men with limited life expectancies for prostate cancer at surprisingly high rates, even though guidelines recommend against such screening, according ...

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created Jan 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Lower risk of breast cancer occurrence but higher mortality amongst low-educated and immigrant women

(Medical Xpress) -- Low-educated and immigrant women run a lower risk of breast cancer occurrence than highly educated women and women born in Sweden. However, the risk of dying from breast cancer is higher for those low-educated ...

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created Jan 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Breakthrough in early cancer detection

Cape Cod-TV correspondent Melissa Chartrand went into the hospital three years ago to undergo a hysterectomy, a common procedure that was supposed to eliminate her abdominal pains. But for Melissa, a far more serious pain ...

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