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Refusal of suicide order: Why tumor cells become resistant
Cells with irreparable DNA damage normally induce programmed cell death, or apoptosis. However, this mechanism often fails in tumor cells so that transformed cells are able to multiply and spread throughout the body. view more (2008-06-24)
Conservation treatment or mastectomy for DCIS? New study offers reassuring evidence that women's long-term survival is similar regardless of their initial treatment
Hamburg, Germany: Women who have a type of early breast cancer that is confined to the milk ducts have an equally good chance of successful recovery if the cancer recurs, regardless of how they were treated initially, the 4th European Breast Cancer Conference heard today (Friday 19 March). Professor Dennis Holmes told the meeting in Hamburg that... view more... (2004-03-17)
'Casodex' (bicalutamide) 150mg a cost effective treatment for the management of locally advanced prostate cancer[1]
18th January 2005: New health economic data published in the European Journal of Hospital Pharmacy outline the cost benefits of the non-steroidal anti-androgen bicalutamide 150mg for the treatment of locally advanced prostate cancer. By delaying disease progression in patients with locally advanced prostate cancer, bicalutamide 150mg reduces the... view more... (2005-01-18)
Study analyzes heart attack mortality risk associated with Hodgkin disease treatments
Doctors have long known that patients treated for Hodgkin disease are at an increased risk for heart attacks. view more (2007-02-07)
Bisphosphonate drugs reduce the risk of broken bones in breast cancer patients
Bisphosphonate drugs reduce the risk of bone complications when used in patients whose cancer has spread to the bone, according to a new study in the BMJ. view more (2003-08-29)
Young Breast Cancer Patients Who Chose Lumpectomies Should Have Indefinite Follow-Up Because Of Late Recurrence Risk
Young breast cancer patients who have breast conserving treatment are at higher risk of recurrence many years later than are older women who have the same treatment or women who have mastectomies, according to research published (Monday 3 November) in Annals of Oncology.[1] The researchers are definitely not saying that breast conservation... view more... (2003-10-31)
New study reveals big disparity between countries in breast conservation rates
Hamburg, Germany: The rates of conservation surgery for breast cancer vary hugely between countries, delegates at the 4th European Breast Cancer Conference heard today (Friday 19 March). In France 72% of patients had breast conservation surgery but in Poland it was only 2%. The figures come from an analysis of surgical techniques used in an... view more... (2004-03-17)
PET/CT planning beneficial for head and neck cancer patients
Using a combination of positron emission tomography (PET) and computed tomography for radiation therapy treatment planning in head and neck carcinoma patients provides for excellent, local and regional disease control when compared to CT alone. view more (2008-03-05)
New test can identify patients who may suffer serious late toxicity from radiotherapy
Radiotherapists in Switzerland have developed a fast test that can be used immediately on patients to discover whether they are likely to suffer serious late onset side effects from radiation. view more (2003-09-20)
Dangerous skin cancer
The German Cancer Society has worked out new guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of malignant melanoma-a disease with unfavorable prognosis. view more (2008-12-19)
Radiation therapy prolongs life in men with recurrent prostate cancer
Men whose tumors recur after prostate cancer surgery are three times more likely to survive their disease long term if they undergo radiotherapy within two years of the recurrence. view more (2008-06-18)
Pregnancy is possible after cancer treatment
It has been reported for the first time in Germany that healthy ovarian tissue has been taken from a non-pregnant woman with cancer and then re-implanted after cancer therapy. view more (2008-04-24)
Improved treatment raises medulloblastoma survival rate
A team of investigators led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital has announced that improvements in the treatment of the childhood brain cancer medulloblastoma have significantly increased the rate of survival of children with this disease. view more (2006-09-08)
Biopsies of the internal mammary sentinel nodes may improve patients' chances of survival
Surgeons at a hospital in the Netherlands are pioneering the taking of biopsies from lymph nodes behind the sternum (breast bone) at the same time as they take the more usual biopsies of the lymph nodes under the armpits, the 3rd European Breast Cancer Conference in Barcelona heard today (Friday 22 March). Dr Fred van der Ent, a senior surgeon at... view more... (2002-03-20)
Targeted tumor therapy: When antagonists do the better job
Targeted tumor therapy lobs toxic payloads directly into tumors to destroy cancer cells while leaving normal cells unharmed. view more (2006-10-23)
Co-operation between GSF and clinic improves outlook for sarcoma patients: Effectiveness of local, deep hyperthermia proved in phase III study
Hyperthermia, combined with chemotherapy, improves the chances of healing and survival of patients with low-lying, soft tissue sarcomas. view more (2007-07-16)
New Genetic Screening Method Predicts Behaviour Of Wilms' Tumour In Children (p 385)
Researchers in this week's issue of The Lancet have developed a new method that can accurately predict how tumours will behave by the genes they express. Dr Kathy Pritchard-Jones and her colleagues, from the Institute of Cancer Research, UK, studied children who had the commonest form of Wilms' tumour with favourable histology. Overall, these... view more... (2002-07-31)
Study finds cisplatin less effective than standard treatment for patients with anal cancer
When administered before chemoradiation, the common anti-cancer drug cisplatin neither improved disease-free survival nor reduced the number of colostomies needed when compared to the standard treatment for patients with anal canal cancer, according to a study published in the April 23 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. view more (2008-04-23)
University Computer Cluster To Help Heart Health And Cancer Patients
A new computer cluster funded by the University of Sheffield and located within the Royal Hallamshire Hospital, will help scientists to improve their understanding of how human cells and organs work. This will ultimately lead to more effective ways of treating cardiovascular disease and cancer as well as other diseases. It will also eventually... view more... (2004-06-17)
Women face high risk of developing breast cancer following radiotherapy for Hodgkin’s Disease
Women who have received radiotherapy for Hodgkin’s Disease have a three times higher relative risk of developing breast cancer than women from the general population, Professor Dietlind Wahner-Roedler told the 3rd European Breast Cancer Conference today (Saturday 23 March). If the women were younger than 30 when they received the treatment... view more... (2002-03-21)
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