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Stop-Start Low-Carb Diets More Effective Than Standard Dieting
Dec 12, 2011
Recent findings presented by researchers at Genesis Prevention Center at University Hospital in South Manchester, England, at the 2011 CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, have demonstrated that an intermittent, low-carbohydrate diet is preferable to a standard and daily calorie-restricted diet to reduce weight and lower blood levels of insulin... Read More
PSA Testing, Combined With Other Relevant Patient Data Can Reduce Unnecessary Prostate Biopsies
Dec 12, 2011
A study published online by the journal Cancer reveals that up to one-quarter of men could avoid biopsies and their associated risks with prostate cancer screening that combines an adjusted blood test with other factors including, the patient's family history, overall weight as well as the size of the gland. According to the team led by Martin G... Read More
Australia's Cancer Burden - New Insights
Dec 12, 2011
According to a study published early online in the Asia-Pacific Journal of Clinical Oncology, deaths from cancer have steadily decreased over the past 25 years in Australia while cancer incidence rates have risen. In Australian, cancer has the greatest overall impact on individual's health. Before the age of 85, one in two Australians will develop cancer and 1 in 5 will die... Read More
New Research Finding Presented At American Society Of Hematology Annual Meeting
Dec 12, 2011
Researchers from Seidman Cancer Center at University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine presented new research findings in 25 presentations at the 53rd Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) at the San Diego Convention Center... Read More
Pluripotent Stem Cells From Pigs May Be Safer Than Previously Thought
Dec 12, 2011
Pig stem cell research conducted by two animal scientists at the University of Georgia reveals a better way to determine the safety of future stem cell therapies than rodent-based models... Read More
First Ever All-Ireland Cancer Atlas Shows Cancer Risk In Northern Ireland Lower Than The Republic Of Ireland
Dec 12, 2011
People in Northern Ireland have a lower risk of developing some cancers than those living in the Republic of Ireland, according to the All-Ireland Cancer Atlas - a collaborative publication by the Northern Ireland Cancer Registry at Queen's University Belfast and the National Cancer Registry in Cork... Read More
Some Patients With Chronic Hepatitis C May Benefit From Boceprevir But Extent Of Added Benefit Still Unclear
Dec 12, 2011
The active ingredient boceprevir has been available since the middle of 2011 as a treatment for chronic hepatitis C of genotype 1... Read More
Breast Cancer Drug Abandoned By 36% Of Patients Due To Side Effects
Dec 12, 2011
36% of post-menopausal breast cancer patients who take aromatase inhibitors do not complete their treatment, because the drug's side effects are so unpleasant, researchers from the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine reported at the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium... Read More
In Newly Diagnosed Inflammatory Breast Cancer, Circulating Tumor Cells Not Linked To Survival
Dec 12, 2011
The presence of circulating tumor cells in the blood appears to have no relationship to survival in women who have just been diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer, according to new research from Fox Chase Cancer Center. However, the research shows that these stray tumor cells may signal that the disease has spread to other parts of the body, even before imaging reveals any metastases... Read More
Side Effects Of Breast Cancer Drugs Can Be So Bad Women End Treatment And Risk Return Of Cancer
Dec 12, 2011
Why do so many postmenopausal women who are treated for estrogen-sensitive breast cancer quit using drugs that help prevent the disease from recurring? The first study to actually ask the women themselves -- as well as the largest, most scientifically rigorous study to examine the question -- reports 36 percent of women quit early because of the medications' side effects, wh... Read More
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