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No increase in complications of breast reconstruction over age 65, reports Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
1/31/2015

But problems with blood clots may be more common in older women, study suggests.

Trust in cervical cancer screening is strong - extending time between tests triggers concern
1/30/2015

A newly released survey, Cervical Cancer Today: A National Survey of Attitudes and Behaviors, paints a picture of women and their healthcare providers as resistant to changes in one of the most...

New data provide evidence that Hexvix can improve the overall survival in bladder cancer patients
1/30/2015

Photocure ASA, a specialty pharmaceutical company focused on photodynamic technologies in dermatology and cancer, is pleased to note that a study on the impact of Hexvix on survival in bladder...

Physicians explore why children with sickle cell disease are experiencing mixed results on hydroxyurea
1/30/2015

Electronic medication monitoring caps may help physicians put together the puzzle of why children taking a medicine that promises to curb sickle cell disease are showing mixed, confusing results.

Trust in cervical cancer screening is strong - extending time between tests triggers concern
1/30/2015

A newly released survey, Cervical Cancer Today: A National Survey of Attitudes and Behaviors, paints a picture of women and their healthcare providers as resistant to changes in one of the most...

Epigenetic drug boosts chemotherapy's efficacy in some lung cancers
1/30/2015

Findings could help physicians target existing drugs to appropriate patientsAn existing drug may help some patients with non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC) whose tumors have become resistant to...

NIH-funded study uncovers molecular alterations in head and neck cancers
1/30/2015

TCGA tumor genome sequencing analyses offer new insights into the effects of HPV and smoking, and find genomic similarities with other cancersTCGA researchers have uncovered new details about the...

NIH-funded study uncovers molecular alterations in head and neck cancers
1/30/2015

TCGA tumor genome sequencing analyses offer new insights into the effects of HPV and smoking, and find genomic similarities with other cancersTCGA researchers have uncovered new details about the...

Prostate cancer: Androgen receptor activates different genes when bound to antiandrogens
1/30/2015

The androgen receptor in prostate cancer cells can activate different sets of genes depending on whether it binds with an androgen hormone or an antiandrogen drug, according to a new study led by...

A cancer diagnosis makes diabetes patients less adherent to their prescribed diabetes drugs
1/30/2015

Diabetes patients become less adherent to their diabetes medications following a diagnosis of cancer, concludes a new study published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the...