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Women with breast cancer who consume soy food have lower risk of cancer recurrence

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Although there is a concern regarding the safety of soy food consumption among breast cancer survivors, researchers have found that women in China who had breast cancer and a higher intake of soy food had an associated lower ...


Detecting the Undetectable in Prostate Cancer Testing

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Nov 18, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of Northwestern University researchers, using an extremely sensitive nanotechnology-based tool known as the biobarcode system, has detected previously undetectable levels of prostate-specific antigen ...


Researchers say breast cancer survival improves Herceptin used with chemotherapy

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Using Herceptin with chemotherapy, instead of after, clearly improves treatment of women with HER2+ breast cancer, and should be the new standard of care, says a Mayo Clinic researcher who led what is regarded to be a key ...


Disease-free, overall survival inferior for black women with HR-positive breast cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Black women with hormone receptor (HR)-positive breast cancer had worse disease-free and overall survival, according to data presented at the CTRC-AACR Annual San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held Dec. 9-13, 2009.


Detecting the undetectable in prostate cancer screening

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

A team of Northwestern University researchers, using an extremely sensitive tool based on nanotechnology, has detected previously undetectable levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in patients who have undergone radical ...


Alcohol consumption increases risk of breast cancer recurrence

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Dec 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Moderate to heavy consumption of alcoholic beverages (at least three to four drinks per week) is associated with a 1.3-fold increased risk of breast cancer recurrence. Women who are post-menopausal or overweight may be most ...


New gene may provide breast cancer diagnostic marker

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In a research article published in this week's PLoS Medicine, Ann Killary (from the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) and colleagues describe a new gene called DEAR1 that is genetically altered by mutation and de ...


Test may help predict colon cancer recurrence risk

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new gene test may help predict which colon cancer patients are at higher or lower risk of having their cancer return after surgery, doctors report, but whether it is useful enough to justify its likely high price remains ...


Obesity increases risk of prostate cancer recurrence for both blacks and whites

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Aug 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new look at a large database of prostate cancer patients shows that obesity plays no favorites when it comes to increasing the risk of recurrence after surgery: Being way overweight is equally bad for blacks and whites, ...


Forecasting cancer recurrence

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 28, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Two people with the same kind of cancer who receive the exact same treatment may nevertheless have different chances of their tumors coming back years later. Now a team of scientists has developed a computer model that predicts ...


Long-term study shows low oxygen levels in prostate tumors can predict recurrence

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created May 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers have discovered that low-oxygen regions in prostate tumors can be used to predict a rise in prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels, a marker of tumor recurrence in prostate cancer. The ...


Biomarker predicts disease recurrence in colorectal cancer

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created Feb 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Findings published in the Journal of the American Medical Association by researchers at Thomas Jefferson University show that the presence of a biomarker in regional lymph nodes is an independent predictor of disease recurr ...


Researchers identify genetic markers for aggressive head and neck cancer

Medicine & Health / Cancer

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

Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have identified genetic markers that signal poor outcomes for patients with head and neck cancer. These findings could one day lead to a genetic test ...


Prediction model superior to traditional criteria in bladder treatment decision

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A statistical model can accurately predict which patients will have poor outcomes after bladder surgery and can determine the need for chemotherapy. The analysis, to be published in the December 1, 2009 issue of CANCER, a peer ...


Study examines mastectomy and breast-conserving surgery rates

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created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

There is concern that mastectomy is over-utilized in the United States, which raises questions about the role of surgeons and patient preference in treatment selection for breast cancer. New data from an observational study ...