Reducing Your Risk Of Colon Cancer: Five Facts About The Number Two Cancer Killer
3/14/2013
March Is Colon Cancer Awareness Month Colon cancer, the number two cancer killer in the United States, is often preventable and highly curable. "It's important for people to understand that with proper screening, colon cancer can not only be detected early, but often can be prevented from developing," says Dr...
Cervical Cancer Patients More Likely To Survive If Treated At High-Volume Medical Facilities
3/14/2013
Patients with locally advanced cervical cancer have better treatment outcomes and are more likely to survive the disease if they receive care at a high-volume medical center than patients treated at low-volume facilities, according to research presented at the Society of Gynecologic Oncology's annual meeting on women's cancers in Los Angeles...
High Quality CT Colonography Can Be Maintained With Reduced Radiation
3/14/2013
A new study by a Rhode Island Hospital researcher has found it's possible to maintain high-quality CT colonography diagnostic images while reducing the radiation dose. This is important as the use of CT colonography, or virtual colonoscopy, becomes more widely used for colorectal cancer screenings. Through his research, Kevin J. Chang, M.D...
Radiotherapy-Associated Oral Mucositis: Promising New Drug Offers Treatment And Protection
3/14/2013
Mouse model studies show that administered genetically or topically, protein Smad7 protects against or heals mouth sores commonly associated with cancer treatment. In some cancer patients treated with radiation, the mouth sores known as oral mucositis become so severe that feeding tubes are required for nutrition and narcotics are needed for pain...
Findings Do Not Support The Use Of Darbepoetin Alfa To Treat Anemic Heart Failure Patients
3/14/2013
Researchers from Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have found that a commonly used drug to treat anemia in heart failure patients does not improve patients' health, nor does it reduce their risk of death from heart failure...
STREAM Trial: Treatment With Tenecteplase Before Hospital Transfer Benefits Some
3/14/2013
A clot-busting therapy may benefit some heart attack patients who cannot have immediate angioplasty, according to research presented at the American College of Cardiology's 62nd Annual Scientific Session...
Survival Differences In Advanced Cancer Not Linked To Medicare Spending
3/14/2013
Substantial regional variation in Medicare spending for patients with advanced cancer is not linked to differences in survival, according to a study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Cancer care accounts for approximately 10% of Medicare spending, and costs are highest for cancer patients with late-stage disease...
Researchers Predict Unfavorable Outcomes In Surgical Patients With Brain Tumor, Low T3
3/14/2013
In a study of 90 patients undergoing surgery for brain tumor, researchers in Lithuania (Lithuanian University of Health Sciences) and the United States (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard University) have discovered that the finding of low T3 (triiodothyronine) syndrome is predictive of unfavorable clinical outcomes and depressive symptoms...
In laboratory studies, Johns Hopkins researchers say they have found that stem cells from a patient's own fat may have the potential to deliver new treatments directly into the brain after the surgical removal of a glioblastoma, the most common and aggressive form of brain tumor...
ADP-Ribose Modification And Hereditary Neurodegeneration Linked
3/14/2013
Attaching chains of the small molecule ADP-ribose to proteins is important for a cell's survival and the repair of DNA damage, making this process a promising target for the development of new cancer drugs...