Cancer Survivors Who Had Chest Radiation At Increased Mortality Risk Following Heart Surgery
4/10/2013
Cancer survivors who had chest radiation are nearly twice as likely to die in the years after having major heart surgery as similar patients who didn't have radiation, according to research in the American Heart Association journal Circulation...
Breast Cancer Survival Not Affected By Alcohol Consumption
4/10/2013
Although previous research has linked alcohol consumption to an increased risk of developing breast cancer, a new study has found that drinking before and after diagnosis does not impact survival from the disease...
Only 53 percent of newly diagnosed breast cancer patients who were at high risk of carrying a BRCA 1 or BRCA 2 mutation - based on age, diagnosis, and family history of breast or ovarian cancer - reported that their doctors urged them to be tested for the genes, according to a research team from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania...
New 2-Drug Combination Effective For Some Patients With Incurable Tumors And BRCA Mutations
4/10/2013
A novel combination of two drugs has shown anti-cancer activity in patients who had incurable solid tumors and carried a germline mutation in their BRCA genes, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers reported at the American Association for Cancer Research annual meeting in Washington, April 6-10...
Scientists Find That Prostate Cancer Patients With BRCA2 mutations Require Urgent Treatment
4/09/2013
Men who develop prostate cancer after inheriting a faulty gene need immediate surgery or radiotherapy rather than being placed under surveillance, as their disease is more aggressive than other types, a new study has found...
Presence of the genetic mutation BRAF V600E was significantly associated with increased cancer-related death among patients with papillary thyroid cancer (PTC); however, because overall mortality in PTC is low and the association was not independent of tumor characteristics, how to use this information to manage mortality risk in patients with PTC is unclear, according to a stu...
UCLA Researchers Link Auto Pollution Exposure And Some Childhood Cancers
4/09/2013
Researchers at UCLA's Fielding School of Public Health, led by Julia Heck, assistant researcher in the department of epidemiology and member of the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, have found a possible link between exposure to traffic-related air pollution and several childhood cancers...
1 In 4 Melanoma Survivors Still Skips Sunscreen
4/09/2013
Results of a US survey presented at a conference on Monday suggest that as many as 27% of melanoma survivors still forego wearing sunscreen, while 2% continue to use tanning beds. Going out in the sun without protection and using indoor tanning beds are both known to increase the risk of developing melanoma, the most serious and life-threatening form of skin cancer...
News From Annals Of Internal Medicine: Apr. 9 2013
4/09/2013
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Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States. Once colorectal cancer has spread to other parts of the body, only 11 percent of patients will survive five years from the date of their diagnosis. Most colorectal cancers are adenocarcinomas - cancers that begin in cells that make and release mucus and other fluids...