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Cancer experts address parliament
Professors Roland Wolf and Elaine Rankin from the University of Dundee will address the Scottish Parliament`s conference on cancer in Edinburgh tomorrow - Friday 19 April. Scotland against cancer - making a reality of the cancer plan - will be hosted by the parliament`s cross-party group to identify areas where inequalities exist in the provision... view more... (2002-04-18)
New Generation of Contrast Agents Provides Hope for Enhanced Brain Tumor Diagnostics
In a pilot study of gadobenate dimeglumine (GD-BOPTA), the new contrast agent has yielded improved diagnostic imaging of brain tumors in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) compared to standard contrast media. A team of researchers headed by PD Dr. Marco Essig, Division of Radiology of the Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (German Cancer Research... view more... (2004-05-03)
Study challenges routine use of MRI scans to evaluate breast cancer
A new study suggests women with newly-diagnosed breast cancer who receive an MRI after their diagnosis face delays in starting treatment and are more likely to receive a mastectomy. view more (2008-09-08)
Earlier diagnosis identified as key reason why more US women than Europeans survive breast cancer
The main reason why women diagnosed with breast cancer in the USA have higher survival than those in Europe is that they are diagnosed at an earlier stage, according to findings published today. Previous studies have shown that women in the US have higher breast cancer survival rates than women in Europe but, until now, scientists have been unable... view more... (2003-12-18)
Prostate cancer screening: a suitable case for ethical treatment, says Dutch specialist
Men should be informed about the controversy over prostate cancer screening before having a test, ECCO 11 - the European Cancer Conference was told today (Thursday 25 October) in Lisbon. view more (2001-10-22)
Quality of life may impact coping strategies of young women with breast cancer
Numerous studies have shown a relationship between coping strategies and quality of life (QOL) among women with breast cancer. view more (2009-03-25)
Doubling of deaths from liver cancer in 30 years
Deaths from liver cancer have almost doubled in the past 30 years, shows research in Gut. A relatively rare type of liver cancer arising from the bile ducts - intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma - accounts for virtually all of the increase. The research team analysed deaths coded by liver tumour between 1968 and 1998, using national statistics for... view more... (2001-05-16)
New advance in prostate cancer management
Scientists from The Institute of Cancer Research have developed a technique which will markedly help in predicting the behaviour of prostate cancer. view more (2005-08-10)
STATE-OF-THE-ART CANCER RESEARCH CENTRE OPENS IN CAMBRIDGE
A state-of-the-art cancer research centre has officially opened in Cambridge. Following a keynote speech by the Minister for Science and Innovation, Lord Sainsbury of Turville, the Hutchison/Medical Research Council (MRC) Research Centre was opened by Sir Ka-shing Li, Chairman of Hutchison Whampoa Limited. The new cancer research institute... view more... (2002-05-24)
Relaxation and hypnotherapy - successful treatments for lymphoma?
A long term study of patients diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease or non-Hodgkin's lymphoma has found that those who were given relaxation therapy and hypnotherapy as well as chemotherapy were more likely to survive than those receiving chemotherapy on its own. These are the results of a study by Professor Leslie Walker, of Hull University, and Dr... view more... (2001-03-26)
Research to provide information of long-term effects of childhood cancer treatment to parents
Researchers from the neuropsychology department and pediatric hematology/oncology department at Rhode Island Hospital and its Hasbro Children's Hospital have published the results of their findings on parents' needs for information about the neurocognitive late effects (NCLE) of treatment for childhood cancer. view more (2009-02-05)
Why bladder cancer is deadlier for some
Bladder cancer is much more likely to be deadly for women and African-Americans, but the reasons long believed to explain the phenomenon account for only part of the differences for such patients compared to their white and male counterparts. view more (2009-01-09)
A black and white look at breast cancer mortality
African and African American women are more likely to die of breast cancer than their white counterparts because they tend to get the disease before the menopause. view more (2007-02-21)
Kylie's breast cancer triggered a surge of over 30 percent in breast imaging of low-risk women
Use of mammography and breast ultrasound procedures soared by over 30 percent among women aged 25-44 in the 6 months following Kylie Minogue's breast cancer diagnosis, says a new study from the University of Melbourne. view more (2008-06-05)
Detection of glycoprotein could identify ovarian and uterine cancers with poor prognosis (p 865)
Issue 13 September 2003 Embargoed 0001 h (London time) 12 September 2003. The detection of a specific protein molecule could help oncologists identify uterine and ovarian cancers with poor prognosis and thereby enable better disease management of women with aggressive uterine or ovarian cancer, suggest authors of a study in this week's issue of... view more... (2003-09-10)
Type of lung cancer screening used to detect disease may impact 5-year survival rates
Dr. Hisao Asamura and his team of researchers at The National Cancer Center Hospital in Tokyo, Japan examined the records of 2,281 patients who underwent lung cancer resection surgery between 2000 and 2006. view more (2009-05-05)
MRI more accurately determines cancer spread into breast ducts
MRI is better than MDCT for determining if and how far breast cancer has spread into the breast ducts and should be used before patients receive breast conserving therapy, a new study shows. view more (2006-09-05)
Nanowires can detect molecular signs of cancer, scientists find
Harvard University researchers have found that molecular markers indicating the presence of cancer in the body are readily detected in blood scanned by special arrays of silicon nanowires - even when these cancer markers constitute only one hundred-billionth of the protein present in a drop of blood. view more (2005-09-26)
Blow for hair link to breast cancer
The promising link between certain properties in human hair which could have potentially helped in diagnosis of breast cancer is "dubious" according to research published today in the Institute of Physics journal, Physics in Medicine and Biology. Dr Mark Sutton of the McGill University in Canada and colleagues have found no clear association... view more... (2002-04-26)
Estrogen study provides new impetus for development of colon cancer drugs
The female hormone estrogen may hold important clues for scientists working on new therapies for colon cancer, a study by Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers suggests. view more (2006-12-19)
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