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Breast cancer: 'less is more' for lymph node removal
Oct 04, 2013
Scientists say that removing fewer lymph nodes in surgery for breast cancer patients causes less harm and often demonstrates equally good results. This is according to a review published in JAMA... Read More
Potential lactation link to aggressive breast cancer in Mexican women
Oct 04, 2013
Scientific data suggest that a woman reduces her risk of breast cancer by breastfeeding, having multiple children and giving birth at a younger age. A study led by the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and recently published online by Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, indicates that women of Mexican descent may not fit that profile... Read More
Walking can reduce breast cancer risk
Oct 04, 2013
Postmenopausal women who were very active or walked for at least seven hours a week had a reduced risk for breast cancer, according to a study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research... Read More
Study examines family connections for thyroid cancer using Utah population database
Oct 03, 2013
People that have a first- through third -degree relative diagnosed with papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) have an increased risk of developing it themselves, according to a study by Gretchen M. Oakley M.D., of the University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, and colleagues... Read More
Blood pressure drug may enhance cancer treatment
Oct 03, 2013
A new study reveals that a common class of drug used to control high blood pressure could enhance cancer treatment by improving delivery of chemotherapy drugs and oxygen through tumors. A clinical trial is already in progress as a result of the study... Read More
Cell-detection system promising for medical research, diagnostics
Oct 03, 2013
Researchers are developing a system that uses tiny magnetic beads to quickly detect rare types of cancer cells circulating in a patient's blood, an advance that could help medical doctors diagnose cancer earlier than now possible and monitor how well a patient is responding to therapy... Read More
Cancer risk not increased by depression
Oct 03, 2013
The impact of depression on a person contracting cancer has long been suspected, without any study having definitely confirmed or rejected this theory... Read More
Mortality variations after surgery for oesophageal and gastric cancers
Oct 03, 2013
A pilot study has shown large variations between European countries in patient survival after surgery for oesophageal and gastric cancers. The 2013 European Cancer Congress (ECC2013) [1] heard that the reasons for these differences are not clear and cannot be explained simply in terms of the volume of patients treated at each hospital... Read More
Cancer patients may benefit from repurposed hypertension med
Oct 03, 2013
Use of existing, well-established hypertension drugs could improve the outcome of cancer chemotherapy by opening up collapsed blood vessels in solid tumors... Read More
Breast cancer incidence rates converging among white and African-American women
Oct 03, 2013
Breast cancer incidence rates increased slightly among African American women from 2006 to 2010, bringing those rates closer to the historically higher rates among white women, according to a new analysis by American Cancer Society researchers. The explanation behind the rise is unclear... Read More
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