Bladder Cancer Marker Identified By Computer Algorithm
1/18/2012
Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have used an innovative mathematical technique to find markers that effectively predict how deadly a cancer will be. The discovery, which in this case concerned bladder cancer, could lead to faster, less expensive and more accurate analysis of cancer risk and better treatment of the disease...
NHS Cost-Cutting Could Jeopardize Cancer Care In The UK, Erode Doctor-Patient Confidence And Trust
1/18/2012
A leading cancer researcher has identified very high levels of doctor-patient trust and confidence within the NHS. University of Leicester researcher Professor Paul Symonds also highlights the risk of jeopardizing this record of success if measures to become more cost effective are not carefully thought through and implemented...
Identifying Patients With Increased Risk From Throat Cancer
1/18/2012
Independent of other factors, such as smoking history and HPV status, matted lymph nodes appear to signal increased chance of oropharyngeal cancer spreading to other parts of the body Researchers at the University of Michigan Health System have found a new indicator that may predict which patients with a common type of throat cancer are most likely have the cancer spread to ...
Researchers Identify Changes In Tumor Cells That Lead To Metastasis
1/18/2012
Researchers at the Centro de Gen0mica e Investigaci0n Oncologica (GENYO) - of which the University of Granada, Pfizer and the Andalusian Regional Government are members - have identified the genetic and phenotypic changes that cause tumor progression and metastasis...
A Protein May Trigger Spread Of Breast Cancer
1/18/2012
Cancers rarely are deadly unless they evolve the ability to grow beyond the tissues in which they first arise. Normally, cells - even early-stage tumor cells - are tethered to scaffolding that helps to restrain any destructive tendencies...
Declines In Melanoma Deaths Limited To The Most Educated
1/18/2012
A new study from the American Cancer Society finds recent declines in melanoma mortality rates in non-Hispanic Whites in the U.S. mainly reflect declines in those with the highest level of education, and reveals a widening disparity in melanoma mortality rates by education...
Identifying Patients With Increased Risk From Throat Cancer
1/18/2012
Independent of other factors, such as smoking history and HPV status, matted lymph nodes appear to signal increased chance of oropharyngeal cancer spreading to other parts of the body Researchers at the University of Michigan Health System have found a new indicator that may predict which patients with a common type of throat cancer are most likely have the cancer spread to ...
FDA Approves Voraxaze To Treat Patients With Chemotherapy Toxicity
1/17/2012
Voraxaze is an enzyme that rapidly breaks down the chemotherapy drug methotrexate to a byproduct that the body can more easily eliminate. Voraxaze is given intravenously. Methotrexate was developed in the 1950s as a chemotherapy and is used either alone or in combination with other drugs...
Analysis Examines Rate Of In-Hospital Blood Clots Following Hip Or Knee Replacement
1/17/2012
According to a study in the January 18 issue of JAMA reveals, approximately 1 in every 100 patients undergoing knee replacement surgery and 1 in every 200 patients undergoing hip replacement surgery who use current preventive medications for venous thromboembolism (VTE; a blood clot that develops within a vein that might become serious), will develop VTE before being discharged from hospital...
Drug Helps Maintain Platelet Inhibition And Anti-Clotting Levels Prior To Cardiac Surgery
1/17/2012
According to a study in the January 18 issue of JAMA, patients who stop using an antiplatelet agent, such as clopidogrel before undergoing cardiac surgery to reduce their risk of bleeding and received intravenously the platelet inhibitor cangrelor achieved a higher rate of maintenance of platelet inhibition than those who were given placebo...