Cancer resistance may one day be treated with epigenetic drugs
9/19/2014
High school biology taught us that we inherit certain traits from our parents that are pre-determined.
Surgery may yield better long-term results for some lung cancer patients
9/19/2014
Patients with early stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) who are otherwise healthy fare better over time if they undergo conventional surgery versus less-invasive radiosurgery to remove their...
Colorectal cancer relapses may be predicted by expression of five genes
9/19/2014
Researchers at the Catalan Institute of Oncology-Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (ICO-IDIBELL), led by David Garcia-Molleví have identified 5 genes differentially expressed in normal...
Angelina effect: health news of celebrities 'has long-term effects for public health care'
9/19/2014
After Angelina Jolie's announcement of a double mastectomy after testing positive for a BRCA1 gene mutation last year, researchers say genetic testing referrals more than doubled.
Creating predictive tool that lets prostate cancer patients decide which treatment is right for them
9/19/2014
Men with prostate cancer may one day be able to predict when and how much various treatments will impact their urinary and sexual functioning, thanks in part to new findings that researchers at Fox...
Sexual function preserved following vessel-sparing radiation therapy for prostate cancer
9/19/2014
A comparison of five-year sexual function outcomes, as reported by patients treated with external beam radiotherapy (EBRT) versus combination EBRT plus brachytherapy, indicates that the utilization...
Prostate cancer patients who received hypofractionated (HPFX) radiation therapy (RT) reported that their quality of life, as well as bladder and bowel function were at similar levels before and after...
Some stage IV lung cancer patients achieve long-term survival after aggressive treatments
9/19/2014
A large, international analysis of patients with stage IV non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) indicates that a patient's overall survival (OS) rate can be related to factors including the timing of...
Cancer resistance may one day be treated with epigenetic drugs
9/19/2014
High school biology taught us that we inherit certain traits from our parents that are pre-determined.
Preserved mobility in malignant spinal cord compression
9/19/2014
Mobility is equally preserved in cancer patients suffering from malignant spinal cord compression (MSCC) who receive a single dose of 10 Gy of radiation therapy (RT), compared to patients who receive...