Common Data Determinants Of Recurrent Cancer Are Broken, Mislead Researchers
1/05/2013
In order to study the effectiveness or cost effectiveness of treatments for recurrent cancer, you first have to discover the patients in medical databases who have recurrent cancer. Generally studies do this with billing or treatment codes - certain codes should identify who does and does not have recurrent cancer...
New research published in the January issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine shows that 18F-fludeoxyglucose (18F-FDG) positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT) imaging offers significant prognostic stratification information at initial staging for patients with locally advanced breast cancer...
Cancer-Killing Immune Cells Made From Stem Cells
1/04/2013
Researchers in Japan have for the first time shown it is possible to make cancer-specific immune system cells from induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs). Their work brings closer the day when therapies use cloned versions of patients' own cells to boost their immune system's natural ability to kill cancer cells...
Cut Down On Alcohol For Healthy Weight
1/04/2013
Cutting down on alcohol is an effective way to lose weight and keep to a healthy weight, says a cancer prevention group in an appeal to New Year dieters...
Pap Tests For Cervical Cancer Frequently Go To Waste
1/04/2013
While younger females (under 30) are receiving regular screening with the country's current suggestions, 60% of women keep getting consistent Pap tests even after undergoing a total hysterectomy. The findings came from two different reports by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) and were published in CDC'S Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report...
What Is Cervical Screening? What Is The Pap Test?
1/04/2013
Cervical cancer is one of the few preventable cancers. Pre-cancerous cells can be detected before they have developed into cancer. Health authorities say that cervical screening is an important part of public health, because it can stop cervical cancer from developing. Cervical cancer screening involves a doctor or nurse taking a small sample of cells from the surface of the woman's cervix...
Pap Tests For Cervical Cancer Frequently Go To Waste
1/04/2013
While younger females (under 30) are receiving regular screening with the country's current suggestions, 60% of women keep getting consistent Pap tests even after undergoing a total hysterectomy. The findings came from two different reports by the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) and were published in CDC'S Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report...
Cellular Fuel Gauge May Hold The Key To Restricting Cancer Growth
1/04/2013
Researchers at McGill University have discovered that a key regulator of energy metabolism in cancer cells known as the AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) may play a crucial role in restricting cancer cell growth...
Paired CT Scans Catch Chemo-Killing Of Liver Tumors In Real Time
1/04/2013
Using two successive pairs of specialized CT scans, a team of Johns Hopkins and Dutch radiologists has produced real-time images of liver tumors dying from direct injection of anticancer drugs into the tumors and their surrounding blood vessels...
What Is Cervical Screening? What Is The Pap Test?
1/04/2013
Cervical cancer is one of the few preventable cancers. Pre-cancerous cells can be detected before they have developed into cancer. Health authorities say that cervical screening is an important part of public health, because it can stop cervical cancer from developing. Cervical cancer screening involves a doctor or nurse taking a small sample of cells from the surface of the woman's cervix...