News tagged with incurable cancer
New score can tell doctors how long cancer patients have left to live
A new scoring system can more reliably predict whether patients with advanced cancer are likely to survive for "days", "weeks" or "months" finds a study published in the British Medical Journal today.
Aug 26, 2011 |
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Many of those living with HIV face a new life-threatening challenge: cancer
As the world marks the 30-year anniversary of the first reporting of HIV/AIDS, now comes the realization of a new challenge for people with the incurable disease. For reasons not yet clear, people with HIV face a higher ...
Medicine & Health / HIV & AIDS
Jun 06, 2011 |
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Researchers confirm gene variants associated with the most common adult leukemia (w/Video)
A national team of researchers led by Mayo Clinic has found that patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) are more likely to have similar DNA changes or variants in up to six genes, compared to people who do not have ...
Apr 20, 2009 |
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Right time for 'end-of-life' talk
The vast majority of patients with incurable lung or colorectal cancer talk with a physician about their options for care at the end of life, but often not until late in the course of their illness, according ...
Feb 09, 2012 |
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Targeting tumors may help stop spread of breast, other cancers
(Medical Xpress) -- Cancer that has spread from the site of an original tumor to other places in the body is often viewed as a death sentence. But if there are just a few of those secondary tumors, called metastases, some ...
Feb 03, 2012 |
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Millions now manage aging parents' care from afar
(AP) -- Kristy Bryner worries her 80-year-old mom might slip and fall when she picks up the newspaper, or that she'll get in an accident when she drives to the grocery store. What if she has a medical emergency and no one's ...
Jan 26, 2012 |
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Cancer studies warn over NHS cost-cutting
A leading cancer researcher has identified very high levels of doctor-patient trust and confidence within the NHS.
Jan 16, 2012 |
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Towards more effective treatment for multiple myeloma
A new study from SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York, shows that MAL3-101, a recently developed inhibitor of the heat shock protein 70 (Hsp70), appears to have potent anti-tumor effects on multiple myeloma, ...
Jan 09, 2012 |
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UK researchers present findings from Kentucky breast cancer patients with disease relapse
The University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center breast oncologist Dr. Suleiman Massarweh and his research team presented findings from their studies on relapse of breast cancer at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium this ...
Dec 23, 2011 |
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Self-affirmation may break down resistance to medical screening
People resist medical screening, or don't call back for the results, because they don't want to know they're sick or at risk for a disease. But many illnesses, such as HIV/AIDS and cancer, have a far a better prognosis if ...
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Dec 21, 2011 |
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New registry will track lymphedema among breast cancer patients
(Medical Xpress) -- More and more woman are surviving breast cancer, but lifesaving surgical and radiation therapies can cause a grave side effect: an incurable chronic condition called lymphedema that involves swelling of ...
Dec 13, 2011 |
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Novel export-inhibitor shows promise for treating chronic lymphocytic leukemia
An experimental drug that works by blocking the export of key control molecules from the nucleus of cancer cells shows promise as a treatment for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) and other incurable B-cell malignancies, ...
Dec 12, 2011 |
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Mistaken identity: New report highlights the global impact of medical misdiagnosis
Researchers have discovered that over a million people worldwide diagnosed with TB go on to develop an incurable but manageable fungal infection which is usually left untreated because it is mistaken for a recurrence of the ...
Dec 01, 2011 |
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