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HPV DNA Testing Advised For Females Over 30
Dec 15, 2011
HPV DNA testing is better than cytology alone in preventing cervical cancer or detecting it early on for women over thirty, researchers reported in The Lancet Oncology. The authors explained, after reporting on the POBASCAM trial, that they now have compelling evidence in favour of routine HPV testing in national screening programs... Read More
HPV DNA Testing Advised For Females Over 30
Dec 15, 2011
HPV DNA testing is better than cytology alone in preventing cervical cancer or detecting it early on for women over thirty, researchers reported in The Lancet Oncology. The authors explained, after reporting on the POBASCAM trial, that they now have compelling evidence in favour of routine HPV testing in national screening programs... Read More
Gene Mechanism That Stops Colorectal Cancer Modelled In Mice
Dec 15, 2011
A research team in France has bred a lab mouse with a gene mutation that allows colorectal cancer tumors to grow because the protein coded by the gene is no longer able to trigger cell suicide ("apoptosis"). They hope their discovery will pave the way for developing a treatment that targets the gene so it reactivates apoptosis in cancer cells... Read More
Prognostic Model Developed For MDS Related To Prior Cancer Therapy
Dec 15, 2011
A large-scale analysis of patients whose myelodysplastic syndrome is related to earlier cancer treatment overturns the notion that all of them have a poor prognosis, researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center report at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology... Read More
Using A Restrictive Approach In Post-Surgical Blood Transfusions Is Safe And Saves Blood
Dec 15, 2011
New research published online in advance of print in the New England Journal of Medicine could refine the way that post-operative patients are cared for while preserving blood supply levels, an essential resource that is difficult to maintain at necessary quantities throughout the year... Read More
Biopsy Referral After PSA Screening Stays Consistent Over Time
Dec 15, 2011
After the US Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial found cancer in many men with low levels of prostate specific antigen (PSA), many debated which PSA level should lead to a biopsy recommendation... Read More
New Approach To Stem Cell Transplants Redirects Lymphocytes From Harming Vital Organs, Without Dangers Of Immunosuppression
Dec 15, 2011
An HIV drug that redirects immune cell traffic appears to significantly reduce the dangerous complication graft-versus-host disease (GvHD) in blood cancer patients following allogeneic stem cell transplantation (ASCT), according to new research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania that was presented at the 53rd American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting... Read More
Cancer Spread Can Be Predicted Through Molecular Markers
Dec 15, 2011
Molecular markers found in cancer cells that have spread from a primary tumor to a limited number of distant sites can help physicians predict which patients with metastatic cancer will benefit from aggressive, targeted radiation therapy... Read More
Further Study Necessary To Better Utilize Nature's Medicine Cabinet
Dec 15, 2011
There are probably at least 500 medically useful chemicals awaiting discovery in plant species whose chemical constituents have not yet been evaluated for their potential to cure or treat disease, according to a new analysis by a New York Botanical Garden scientist who has more than 15 years of experience in collecting plants for natural-products discovery programs... Read More
Precautionary Measures Need To Be Enforced In Order To Protect All Athletes From Sudden Death Related To Overexertion And Exhaustion
Dec 15, 2011
In response to a lawsuit after a college football player died from complications due to sickle cell trait (SCT) during a workout, the NCAA implemented mandatory SCT screening of all Division I student-athletes. A new study evaluated the impact of that policy and found that testing alone will help identify more than 2,000 athletes with SCT, but warns that screening alone will not prevent death... Read More
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