More Adverse Quality-Of-Life Issues Experienced By Younger Breast Cancer Patients
1/24/2012
Younger women with breast cancer experience a decrease in their health-related quality of life (QOL), associated with increased psychological distress, weight gain, a decline in their physical activity, infertility and early onset menopause, according to a study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute...
Short-Term Pulmonary, Immunologic, Or Coagulation Status Unaffected By Duration Of RBC Storage
1/24/2012
There is no difference in early measures of pulmonary function, immunologic status or coagulation status after fresh versus standard issue single-unit red blood cell (RBC) transfusion, according to a new study from the Mayo Clinic. "Longer duration of RBC storage is thought to increase the risk of transfusion-related pulmonary complications," said Daryl J...
Kids Need To Use More Sunscreen
1/23/2012
A study published in the journal Pediatrics shows that most pre-adolescent children do not regularly use sunscreen, and worse, many suffer from sunburn at some point during their childhood...
Kids Need To Use More Sunscreen
1/23/2012
A study published in the journal Pediatrics shows that most pre-adolescent children do not regularly use sunscreen, and worse, many suffer from sunburn at some point during their childhood...
Colon Cancer Survival Improved With Use Of Oxaliplatin
1/23/2012
In 2011, about 101,340 Americans have been diagnosed with colon cancer, a leading worldwide cause of both illness and death, with around one third of cancers being diagnosed as stage III, or node-positive disease...
Lower Quality Of Life In Young Women With Breast Cancer
1/23/2012
A study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute reveals that health-related quality of life (QOL) is lower in younger women with breast cancer. This decrease is linked to weight gain, increased psychological distress, less physical activity and early onset menopause, as well as infertility. In the U.S...
Statins May Work Against Certain Breast Cancers
1/23/2012
Statins are commonly prescribed to lower cholesterol, but a recent study suggest certain types of breast cancer may respond to treatment with statins...
A Cause Of Resistance To Colon Cancer Treatment Identified
1/23/2012
Doctors and researchers of Hospital del Mar and its research institute, the IMIM, have lead a study describing a new pharmacological resistance to cancer. This new mechanism is a mutation in an oncogene called EGFR (epidermal growth factor receptor) causing resistance to treatment using a drug called cetuximab, a monoclonal antibody which specifically attacks the EGFR...
Colon Cancer Patient Survival Improved By Oxaliplatin
1/23/2012
Stage III colon cancer patients in the general population who receive adjuvant treatment for the disease have an improved rate of survival when oxaliplatin is added to 5-fluorouracil (5FU), according to a study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Colon cancer is a leading global cause of both illness and death; with an estimated 101,340 cases among Americans in 2011...
Researchers Refine Nanoparticles For More Accurate Delivery Of Cancer Drugs
1/23/2012
A new class of nanoparticles, synthesized by a UC Davis research team to prevent premature drug release, holds promise for greater accuracy and effectiveness in delivering cancer drugs to tumors. The work is published in the current issue of Angewandte Chemie, a leading international chemistry journal...