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Radiation Oncologists Study 'Toxicity Map' Of Brain To Help Protect Cognition For Cancer Patients
Mar 23, 2013
New research from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center is giving radiation oncologists who treat brain tumors a better understanding of how to preserve the brain's functions while still killing cancer. Ann M. Peiffer, Ph.D... Read More
Better Cancer Detection, More Accurate Staging With New Imaging Agent
Mar 23, 2013
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have shown that a new imaging dye, designed and developed at UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center, is an effective agent in detecting and mapping cancers that have reached the lymph nodes... Read More
60-Year-Old Baffling Blood Mystery Solved
Mar 23, 2013
In the early 1950's, a 66-year-old woman, sick with colon cancer, received a blood transfusion. Then, unexpectedly, she suffered a severe rejection of the transfused blood. Reporting on her case, the French medical journal Revue D'Hématologie identified her as, simply, "Patient Vel." After a previous transfusion, it turns out, Mrs... Read More
Calculating Risk Of Post-Surgical Venous Thromboembolisms
Mar 23, 2013
New research from the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, published in the Journal of Surgical Research, may help clinicians determine which patients are at highest risk for post-surgical blood clots in the legs or lungs... Read More
Men With Early Prostate Cancer Should Be Offered Additional Testing To Confirm Severity Of Disease
Mar 22, 2013
Research from NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center Improves Decision Making for Patients and Their Doctors New research from NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center suggests that men who are considering their treatment options for low-risk prostate cancer may benefit from additional biopsy testing before making a decision... Read More
Research Letter Suggests Handheld Umbrella Useful For Blocking UV Rays
Mar 22, 2013
JAMA Dermatology Study Highlights In a research letter, Josette R. McMichael, M.D, of the Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, and colleagues examined the amount of UV radiation (UVR) that penetrates a handheld umbrella (HU)... Read More
New Study Highlights Strong Anti-Cancer Properties Of Soybeans
Mar 22, 2013
First study to report that proteins found in soybeans, could inhibit growth of colon, liver and lung cancers, published in Food Research International Soybean meal is a bi-product following oil extraction from soybean seeds... Read More
Advanced Breast Cancer Patients Denied Access To Breakthrough Treatment
Mar 22, 2013
National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) issues negative draft decision for Afinitor® (everolimus) The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) today issued an Appraisal Consultation Document (ACD) recommending that Novartis' life extending advanced breast cancer treatment, Afinitor® (everolimus), should not be available to patients on the NHS... Read More
Study Examines Outcomes Of Screening Mammography For Age, Breast Density, Hormone Therapy
Mar 22, 2013
A study that compared the benefits and harms of the frequency of screening mammography to age, breast density and postmenopausal use of hormone therapy (HT) suggests that woman ages 50 to 74 years who undergo biennial screenings have a similar risk of advanced-stage disease and a lower cumulative risk of false-positive results than those who get mammograms annually, according t... Read More
Study Tracks Variation Between Hospitals In Vena Cava Filter Use
Mar 22, 2013
The frequency of vena cava filter (VCF) use to prevent migration of blood clots to the lungs in patients with acute venous thromboembolism (VTE) appears to vary widely and be associated with which hospital provides the patient care, according to a study of California hospitals published Online First by JAMA Internal Medicine, a JAMA Network publication... Read More
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