January 7, 2008 – 6:52 am
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 2 (HealthDay News) — A single change in the epidermal growth factor (EFG) gene may double the risk of developing liver tumors, especially among people with cirrhosis, new research suggests.
Hepatocellular carcinoma is a liver tumor that is the third leading cause of cancer death and may result from this genetic variation, said the […]
January 5, 2008 – 6:51 am
By Kim Sengupta
Published: 03 January 2008
Fire swept through one of Britain’s leading cancer hospitals yesterday, severely damaging operating theatres and wards, and forcing the evacuation of hundreds of staff and patients.
More than 125 firefighters were involved in fighting the blaze at the Royal Marsden Hospital in south-west London which broke out in a fourth-floor room […]
January 3, 2008 – 6:54 am
WEDNESDAY, Jan. 2 (HealthDay News) — The new anti-cancer drug sunitinib (Sutent) can cause high blood pressure in patients with kidney cancer, French researchers report.
The finding echoes the results of a study published last month that found the drug increased blood pressure and the risk of heart failure among patients with stomach cancer.
“Patients taking sunitinib […]
January 3, 2008 – 6:52 am
WASHINGTON (AFP) — Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor Tom Lantos, a strident campaigner for global human rights, announced Wednesday he was bowing out of the US Congress after being diagnosed with cancer.
The 79-year-old Democrat, who was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1980, said routine medical tests had revealed cancer of the esophagus.
“In view of […]
January 3, 2008 – 6:51 am
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Researchers are preparing for clinical trials examining whether high doses of vitamin C, administered intravenously, can slow the spread of non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and Jefferson’s Kimmel Cancer Center, along with the National Institutes of Health, plan to begin enrollment within the next few weeks of 20 non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma patients who […]
