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The Favored Treatment For Kidney Cancer Is Robot-Assisted Surgery
May 17, 2012
Robot-assisted surgery has replaced another minimally invasive operation as the main procedure to treat kidney cancer while sparing part of the diseased organ, and with comparable results, according to a new research study by Henry Ford Hospital urologists... Read More
Gender Comparison In Kidney Cancer Surgery
May 17, 2012
Women do better than men after surgical removal of part or all of a cancerous kidney, with fewer post-operative complications, including dying in the hospital, although they are more likely to receive blood transfusions related to their surgery. But Henry Ford Hospital researchers who documented these gender differences can't say why they exist... Read More
Under-Use Of Safer Kidney Cancer Surgery For Poorer, Sicker Medicare, Medicaid Patients
May 17, 2012
An increasingly common and safer type of surgery for kidney cancer is not as likely to be used for older, sicker and poorer patients who are uninsured or rely on Medicare or Medicaid for their health care, according to a new study by researchers at Henry Ford Hospital... Read More
Some Dietary Supplements May Increase Cancer Risk
May 17, 2012
Beta-carotene, selenium and folic acid - taken up to three times their recommended daily allowance, these supplements are probably harmless. But taken at much higher levels as some supplement manufacturers suggest, these three supplements have now been proven to increase the risk of developing a host of cancers... Read More
Groundbreaking Advance In Medical Diagnostics
May 17, 2012
Researchers have created an ultrasensitive biosensor that could open up new opportunities for early detection of cancer and "personalized medicine" tailored to the specific biochemistry of individual patients. The device, which could be several hundred times more sensitive than other biosensors, combines the attributes of two distinctly different types of sensors, said Muhammad A... Read More
Tumor Size May Predict Chemotherapy's Effect On Overall Survival In Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer
May 17, 2012
The most recent research released in June's Journal of Thoracic Oncology indicates there might be a positive correlation between tumor size and adjuvant platinum based chemotherapy in surgically resected patients with node negative non-small cell lung cancer... Read More
Possible Diagnostic Technique For Lung Cancer Screening
May 17, 2012
The most recent research released in June's Journal of Thoracic Oncology says molecular biomarkers in the tissue and fluid lining the lungs might be an additional predictive technique for lung cancer screening. Since the National Lung Screening Trial found that 96... Read More
Valuable Tool In Lung Cancer Screening - Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery
May 17, 2012
The most recent research released in June's Journal of Thoracic Oncology says video assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) is a valuable tool in managing lesions detected in a lung cancer screening program... Read More
Rectal Cancer Patients May Not Be Receiving Treatment Consistent With Guidelines
May 17, 2012
Research from the University of Alberta provides new insight into treatment patterns for people with stage two and three rectal cancer - information that ultimately will help physicians improve care strategies for patients province-wide... Read More
Potential To Predict Parkinson's Disease Via Colonoscopy Or Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
May 17, 2012
Two studies by neurological researchers at Rush University Medical Center suggest that, in the future, colonic tissue obtained during either colonoscopy or flexible sigmoidoscopy may be used to predict who will develop Parkinson's disease, a neurodegenerative disorder of aging that that leads to progressive deterioration of motor function due to loss of neurons in the brain tha... Read More
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