In an experimental study, breast cancer survivors who experienced severe hot flashes underwent nerve block therapy to regulate their body’s temperature and found the number of occurrences was decreased dramatically, according to an article published in Thursday’s Lancet Oncology.
Within the study, the average number of hot flashes per week fell from about 80 to […]
FRIDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) — Adults who had cancer as children or teens are more likely to experience cardiovascular disease, a new study found.
And the heart problems surface at a much earlier age than in people who did not suffer cancer as children.
Childhood cancer survivors “have approximately a five to 10 times increased risk […]
FRIDAY, May 16 (HealthDay News) — A panel of 15 genes may help determine which patients with early-stage non-small cell lung cancer will experience a recurrence and, therefore, benefit the most from chemotherapy, a new study shows.
By extension, the same genetic signature may also identify patients with less aggressive forms of the cancer who would […]
The number of women who opted for mastectomy when diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer increased significantly at the same time MRI screening before surgery doubled, a new study finds.
Research from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., shows that mastectomy rates for early-stage breast cancer dropped between 1997 and 2004, and then jumped between 2003 and […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An experimental drug from Swiss drugmaker Novartis slowed the progression of kidney cancer in patients whose tumors returned after initial chemotherapy, researchers reported on Friday.
The drug, called RAD-001 or everolimus, may provide an option for patients with a difficult-to-treat cancer, the researchers said in an initial release of data ahead of a […]
WASHINGTON: Bone drug, zoledronic acid, may help in preventing the spread of cancer in women with locally advanced breast cancer, says a new study at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
The study underlined that as bones are common sites for the spread, or metastasis, of breast cancer, it is required to maintain […]
Breast cancer patients with low levels of vitamin D when they’re diagnosed have a higher risk of their cancer spreading and are more likely to die from the disease, according to new research from scientists in Toronto.
Women with vitamin D deficiency had almost twice the risk of the cancer spreading, and they were 73 percent […]
A Canadian cancer research centre will co-ordinate the work of a new, international team of researchers that will investigate the link between genes and cancer.
The Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) will work with the International Cancer Genome Consortium (ICGC) to co-ordinate genetics and cancer research from around the world. The OICR will essentially work […]
LOS ANGELES—The federal government has acknowledged it was negligent in the death of an immigrant whose cancer went undiagnosed for nearly a year while he was in custody.
The government last week acknowledged medical negligence, an allegation contained in a lawsuit filed by the family of 36-year-old Francisco Castaneda.
“Was there medical negligence and we’re saying yes,” […]
A regulatory ruling likely will halt plans by Royal Oak-based Beaumont Hospitals to develop the state’s first proton beam cancer treatment center at its Royal Oak campus.
Any new proton beam cancer treatment center in Michigan will have to be handled by a consortium of health systems, the state’s Certificate of Need Commission ruled unanimously Wednesday.
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