News tagged with stage
New tool helps identify prostate cancer patients with highest risk of death
After a prostate cancer patient receives radiation treatment, his doctor carefully monitors the amount of prostate-specific antigen, or PSA, in his blood. An increase in PSA, called biochemical failure, is the first detectable ...
Oct 05, 2011 |
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Higher radiation dose does not help lung cancer patients live longer
A higher dose of radiation (74 Gy) does not improve overall survival for non-small cell lung cancer that has spread to the lymph nodes, compared to the standard radiation dose (60 Gy), according to an interim analysis of ...
Oct 03, 2011 |
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New 'FeTRAM' is promising computer memory technology
(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers are developing a new type of computer memory that could be faster than the existing commercial memory and use far less power than flash memory devices.
Sep 27, 2011 |
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Russia launches military satellite after delay
Russia on Wednesday successfully put a military satellite into orbit after a three-week delay caused by the failure of one its workhorse Proton-M rockets, the Roskosmos space agency said.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 21, 2011 |
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Concurrent chemo and radiation therepy improves long-term survival for inoperable stage III lung cancer
Nearly 50,000 Americans are diagnosed each year with stage III or locally advanced NSCLC, for which surgery is usually not a viable treatment option. Optimizing nonsurgical treatment strategies for these patients is an ongoing ...
Sep 08, 2011 |
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Chemotherapy is as effective before breast cancer surgery as after
Whether chemotherapy is given before or after breast-conserving therapy (BCT) does not have an impact on long-term local-regional outcomes, suggesting treatment success is due more to biologic factors than chemotherapy timing, ...
Sep 08, 2011 |
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Patients' underlying health linked to worse outcomes for melanoma, study finds
It's not how old but how frail patients are that can predict how well they will fare after a melanoma diagnosis. In fact, young patients in poor health may have worse outcomes than older patients in good shape.
Aug 30, 2011 |
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Russia delays next manned space flight
Russia on Monday delayed its next manned mission to the International Space Station (ISS) by at least a month after an unmanned cargo vessel crashed into Siberia instead of reaching orbit.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 29, 2011 |
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Russia may delay manned space launch after crash: report
Russia may delay the next manned launch for the International Space Station (ISS) after an unmanned space vessel crashed into Siberia instead of reaching orbit, a report said Friday.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 26, 2011 |
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First Soyuz launch from Kourou to go ahead: Arianespace
The maiden flight of a Soyuz from Europe's space base will go ahead as scheduled on October 20, as it is a different version from the rocket involved in Wednesday's launch failure by Russia, Arianespace said on Thursday.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Aug 25, 2011 |
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Low oxygen triggers moth molt
A new explanation for one of nature's most mysterious processes, the transformation of caterpillars into moths or butterflies, might best be described as breathless.
Aug 22, 2011 |
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Small molecules shed light on cancer therapies
Patients suffering from an aggressive brain cancer will benefit from the results of a University of Illinois study that could advance the development of targeted gene therapies and improve prognosis.
Aug 22, 2011 |
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Embryo development obeys the laws of hydrodynamics
Vincent Fleury, a researcher at the Paris Diderot University, studied the early stage of development when embryonic cells first form a flat sheet of cells before folding into a U-shape, resembling a folded ...
Aug 18, 2011 |
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Stem cells central to pathogenesis of mature lymphoid tumors
New research suggests that blood stem cells can be involved in the generation of leukemia, even when the leukemia is caused by the abnormal proliferation of mature cells. The study, published by Cell Press in the August 16th ...
Aug 15, 2011 |
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New tool to help predict death in overweight and obese people
A new tool -- the Edmonton obesity staging system (EOSS) -- improves on current methods to predict the risk of death in overweight and obese people, according to a study in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
Aug 15, 2011 |
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