Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates Shown To Be High In Patients With Multiple Health Problems
3/22/2012
A study by University of Kentucky researchers showed that in Appalachia, colorectal cancer screening rates were higher in the population with multiple morbidities or diseases compared to those who had no morbidities at all. Published in the Southern Medical Journal, the study used data based on a survey of 1,153 Appalachian men and women aged 50-76...
The Cost Effectiveness Of US Cancer Prevention Services
3/22/2012
Prevention is better than cure; however, when it comes to screening for cancer new research shows that U.S. health services are not as cost-effective as international, and publically run, counterparts. The research, published in The Milbank Quarterly, compares U.S...
News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: March 26, 2012
3/22/2012
ONCOLOGY Promise of new treatment options for chemotherapy-resistant breast cancers p53 is lost or functionally impaired in many human cancers, and its absence is often associated with a poor response to conventional chemotherapy. Thus, much effort is currently devoted to developing novel treatments for p53-deficient malignancies...
MRI Breast Cancer Screening Could Be Cost-effective For Some
3/21/2012
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is a powerful tool and far more accurate and comprehensive than standard X-Rays. Unfortunately, it's also rather expensive. New research shows that adding MRI analysis to standard breast cancer screening, could be cost effective in some cases...
Breast Cancer Screening And Better Treatment Saves Lives
3/21/2012
A Dutch study to look at the effectiveness of breast cancer screening, shows that although treatments have also improved, population-based mammography initiatives still save lives...
Twenty-year Breast Cancer Screening Program Shows Great Progress
3/21/2012
One of the longest-running national breast cancer screening programs has shown that with reasonable costs and few false diagnoses and other drawbacks, overall harm and deaths from the disease has been significantly reduced...
Dense Breast Tissue Increases Risk Of Cancer Recurrence
3/21/2012
Swedish research presented at the eighth European Breast Cancer Conference (EBCC-8) in Vienna today (Wednesday), shows women over 50 with denser breast tissue have a higher risk of cancer recurrence. A mammogram gives physicians an image of the breast, showing contrasts of white and black...
Aspirin Reduces Cancer Risk
3/21/2012
Three new studies published in The Lancet bolster the mounting evidence that for people in middle age, taking a low dose of aspirin every day can help prevent cancer, particularly if they are at increased risk of the disease. The researchers also suggest this benefit kicks in after two to three years, instead of the ten years previously thought...
New Evidence Strengthens Link Between Opioids And Cancer Growth
3/21/2012
Opioid drugs used to relieve pain in postoperative and chronic cancer patients may stimulate the growth and spread of tumors, according to two studies and a commentary in the 2012 annual Journal Symposium issue of Anesthesiology, the academic journal of the American Society of Anesthesiologists...
Women With Estrogen Receptor Positive Breast Cancer Can Safely Bear Children
3/21/2012
New research has shown for the first time that it is safe for women who have been diagnosed with oestrogen receptor positive breast cancer to become pregnant, despite doctors' previous fears that pregnancy could boost levels of oestrogen in the body and cause the cancer to return...