News tagged with recurrence
Detecting the undetectable in prostate cancer screening
Oct 19, 2009 |
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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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Cottonseed-based drug shows promise in treating severe brain cancer
May 28, 2009 |
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An experimental drug derived from cottonseed shows promise in treating the recurrence of glioblastoma multiforme, widely considered the most lethal brain cancer, said researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham ...
Chemotherapy combination outcomes differ for aged, younger colon cancer patients
May 29, 2009 |
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ORLANDO, Fla.--The combination of chemotherapies 5FU and oxaliplatin compared to 5FU alone after surgery for colon cancer decreases colon cancer recurrence and promotes longer survival for patients under 70 -- but not for ...
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 ...
Detecting the Undetectable in Prostate Cancer Testing
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Nov 18, 2009 |
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(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 ...
Disease-free, overall survival inferior for black women with HR-positive breast cancer
Dec 11, 2009 |
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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.
