Erectile Function After Treatment For Prostate Cancer Predicted By Model
9/21/2011
According to research published in the September 21 issue of JAMA, for men who suffer from prostate cancer, the development of prediction models based on variables, such as pretreatment sexual function, patient characteristics and treatment factors, seems to be helpful in predicting whether they will have erectile function two years after receiving prostatectomy, external rad...
Candid Discussion Regarding Sexuality Can Improve Quality Of Life For Prostate Cancer Survivors
9/21/2011
Physicians are now better able to predict a man's recovery of sexual function after prostate cancer treatment, making a conversation between doctor and patient an important part of pre-treatment planning, a Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center-led research team suggests. A study published in the Sept...
Blood Pressure Drugs May Lengthen Lives Of Melanoma Patients
9/21/2011
Beta-blocker drugs, commonly used to treat high blood pressure, may also play a major role in slowing the progression of certain serious cancers, based on a new study...
Recommendations To Improve Cancer Communication To Patients
9/21/2011
A commentary published Sept...
10 Ways To Make Better Decisions About Cancer Care
9/21/2011
Talking with doctors about cancer and cancer treatments can feel like learning a new language, and people facing cancer diagnoses often need help to understand their treatment options, and the risks and benefits of each choice. "People are making life and death decisions that may affect their survival and they need to know what they're getting themselves into...
The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), will release its AACR Cancer Progress Report 2011, in which its calls on Congress to increase funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI). The report urges Congress to provide the NIH and NCI with sustained budget increases of at least 5 percent above the biomedical inflation rate...
Platelet Function Testing For Guiding Antithrombotic Treatment Prior To Procedures Analyzed
9/21/2011
A report in the September 21 issue of JAMA suggests that, among individuals with acute coronary syndromes undergoing an operation, such as angioplasty, patients who received platelet function tests prior to receiving antithrombotic treatment in order to work out the correct clopidogrel dosing as well as those who had high residual platelet reactivity (platelets resistant to a...
Possible New Blood Test To Diagnose Heart Attacks
9/21/2011
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine researchers are reporting a possible new blood test to help diagnose heart attacks. In the Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, researchers report that a large protein known as cardiac myosin binding protein-C (cMyBP-C) is released to the blood following a heart attack...
New Imaging Technique Highlights Cancer During Surgery
9/21/2011
Ovarian cancer is one of the most frequent forms of cancer that affect women. As tumors can initially grow unchecked in the abdomen without causing any major symptoms, patients are usually diagnosed at an advanced stage and have to undergo surgery plus chemotherapy. During the operation, surgeons attempt to remove all tumor deposits as this leads to improved patient prognosis...
Identification Of Prostate Cancer Cells On The Horizon With Breakthrough Technology From UCSB
9/21/2011
A team of researchers at UC Santa Barbara has developed a breakthrough technology that can be used to discriminate cancerous prostate cells in bodily fluids from those that are healthy. The findings are published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences...