Elderly Patients With Colorectal, Bladder Cancers May Benefit From Advanced Surgical Approaches
10/05/2012
Advanced surgical techniques such as robotic-assisted operations and minimally invasive surgical procedures may extend survival and improve recovery in octogenarians with bladder and colorectal cancers when compared with patients who undergo conventional open operations according to two new studies presented at the 2012 Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons...
Rural Colon Cancer Patients Are More Likely To Receive Late-Stage Diagnosis And Inferior Treatment
10/05/2012
Colon cancer patients living in rural areas are less likely to receive an early diagnosis, chemotherapy, or thorough surgical treatment when compared with patients living in urban areas...
Elderly Patients With Colorectal, Bladder Cancers May Benefit From Advanced Surgical Approaches
10/05/2012
Advanced surgical techniques such as robotic-assisted operations and minimally invasive surgical procedures may extend survival and improve recovery in octogenarians with bladder and colorectal cancers when compared with patients who undergo conventional open operations according to two new studies presented at the 2012 Annual Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons...
Tumors Exploit Microflora And Immune Cells To Fuel Growth
10/05/2012
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine report the discovery of microbial-dependent mechanisms through which some cancers mount an inflammatory response that fuels their development and growth. The findings are published in the Advanced Online Edition of Nature...
NF1 Linked To More Than 25% Of Breast Cancers
10/05/2012
Cancerous tumors contain hundreds of mutations, and finding these mutations that result in uncontrollable cell growth is like finding the proverbial needle in a haystack. As difficult as this task is, it's exactly what a team of scientists from Cornell University, the University of North Carolina, and Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York have done for one type of breast cancer...
Administrative Assistant Inspires Creation Of Trojan Horse Drug Therapy For Treating Breast Cancer
10/05/2012
When Linda Tuttle was diagnosed with breast cancer, she never imagined her experience would inspire her colleagues to design new treatments to tackle the disease. An administrative assistant in the Department of Chemistry at Wake Forest University, Tuttle was more accustomed to talking to faculty and staff about meetings and course loads - not doctors' appointments and treatment plans...
Population-Based Breast Cancer Screening Improved By Digital Mammography
10/05/2012
New research from the Netherlands shows that the switch from screen film mammography (SFM) to digital mammography (DM) in large, population-based breast cancer screening programs improves the detection of life-threatening cancer without significantly increasing detection of clinically insignificant disease. Results of the study are published online in the journal Radiology...
Green Veggies Reduce The Risk Of Oral Cancer
10/04/2012
The risk of developing mouth cancer can be reduced by consuming cruciferous vegetables at least once a week, suggests new research published in Annals of Oncology. Prior research has indicated that women who eat plenty of cruciferous vegetables have better breast cancer survival rates, when compared to those who do not...
Improving Stem Cell Transplant Outcomes By Harnessing The Immune System
10/04/2012
A novel therapy in the early stages of development at Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center shows promise in providing lasting protection against the progression of multiple myeloma following a stem cell transplant by making the cancer cells easier targets for the immune system...
New Colonoscopy Surveillance Guidelines Issued By GI Societies
10/04/2012
Patients at average risk of colorectal cancer who have a clean colonoscopy do not need to repeat the test for 10 years. This and many other practical recommendations for cancer prevention were issued in "Guidelines for Colonoscopy Surveillance After Screening and Polypectomy,"1 a consensus update issued by the U.S. Multisociety Task Force on Colorectal Cancer...