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Low-molecular-weight heparin more cost-effective than unfractionated heparin for preventing blood clots in critically ill patients
Nov 01, 2014
From a health care payer perspective, prevention of venous thromboembolism (blood clot in a vein) with low-molecular-weight heparin dalteparin in critically ill patients was more effective and had... Read More
New technology to address hair loss during chemotherapy treatment
Nov 01, 2014
Leading manufacturer of scalp cooling equipment Paxman Coolers is to fund research into the science behind hair loss during chemotherapy treatmentA patient wears a scalp cooler for 30 minutes... Read More
The effectiveness of counseling cancer patients by phone still unknown
Nov 01, 2014
Increasingly, cancer care respects the fact that a patient's body is only part of the system that requires treatment. Read More
New technology to address hair loss during chemotherapy treatment
Nov 01, 2014
Leading manufacturer of scalp cooling equipment Paxman Coolers is to fund research into the science behind hair loss during chemotherapy treatmentA patient wears a scalp cooler for 30 minutes... Read More
The effectiveness of counseling cancer patients by phone still unknown
Nov 01, 2014
Increasingly, cancer care respects the fact that a patient's body is only part of the system that requires treatment. Read More
Clinical practice guidelines address multimodality treatment for esophageal cancer
Oct 31, 2014
The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) has released new clinical practice guidelines for treating cancer of the esophagus and gastroesophageal junction (area where the esophagus meets the stomach). Read More
Scientists trigger self-destruct switch in lung cancer cells
Oct 31, 2014
Cancer Research UK scientists have found a drug combination that can trigger the self-destruct process in lung cancer cells - paving the way for new treatments, according to research that will be... Read More
New discovery by UCLA researchers could lead to more targeted head and neck cancer therapies
Oct 31, 2014
UCLA scientists have discovered for the first time that a protein usually linked to rare neurological disorders is also associated with human papilloma virus (HPV) positive head and neck cancers. Read More
New technology on the way to aid cancer suffers who lose their hair after chemotherapy
Oct 31, 2014
Cancer suffers who lose their hair as a consequence of chemotherapy will benefit from a major research project that will improve the scalp cooling technology that prevents hair loss. Read More
Although rare, breast and colorectal cancers are more aggressive in children
Oct 31, 2014
Breast and colorectal cancers rarely occur in children, but when they do, these conditions are more precarious, according to a pair of National Cancer Data Base (NCDB) studies presented this week at... Read More
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