News tagged with recurrence
Early stage, HER2-positive breast cancer patients at increased risk of recurrence
Dec 12, 2008 |
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Early-stage breast cancer patients with HER2 positive tumors one centimeter or smaller are at significant risk of recurrence of their disease, compared to those with early-stage disease who do not express the aggressive protein, ...
Meta-analyses of global trials finds in favor of aromatase inhibitors
Dec 11, 2008 |
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Two separate meta-analyses of clinical trials from around the world that tested tamoxifen against aromatase inhibitor drugs in postmenopausal women with early breast cancer have each reached the same conclusion: aromatase ...
Protein levels indicate risk of death in some colorectal cancer patients
Dec 09, 2008 |
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A pair of proteins may help explain why people with surgically removed colorectal cancer and who are overweight, physically inactive, and follow a Western-pattern diet may have an increased risk of dying of the disease or ...
Restless nights put older adults at risk for depression recurrence
Sep 30, 2008 |
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Nearly 60 percent of the nation's elderly have trouble sleeping, whether it's a lot of tossing and turning or outright bouts of insomnia. While for most people sleeplessness can be annoying at best or unhealthy at worst, ...
Young women w/ early form of breast cancer no more likely to experience recurrence than older women
Sep 24, 2008 |
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Young women with DCIS, a common form of early breast cancer that arises in and is confined to the mammary ducts, are presumed more likely to have recurrences than older women with the same diagnosis. But a new study from ...
Risk assessment plays key role in long-term treatment of breast cancer
Aug 12, 2008 |
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Breast cancer patients and their physicians may make more informed, long-term treatment decisions using risk assessment strategies to help determine probability of recurrence, a research team led by scientists at The University ...
Treating rare breast cancer with radiation therapy may lower recurrence rate
Jul 11, 2008 |
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Patients with a rare type of breast cancer may benefit from receiving radiation therapy in addition to surgery to prevent recurrence, according to a study in the July issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, the of ...
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