NEW DELHI: Forty five-year-old Kumud Devi is inconsolable. After being diagnosed with breast cancer, Kumud underwent mastectomy of her right breast at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) on April 3. But the post-operation pathology report of the tissue which was removed left her in a state of shock. The report said […]
A daily dose of aspirin reduces a woman’s chance of developing a particular type of breast cancer by 16%, according to a study of more than 126,000 women.
The latest research backs up a review of 21 studies which found that anti-inflammatory drugs such as aspirin reduce breast cancer risk by up to 20%. About 45,000 […]
A study of 127,000 women found that those who took the drug lowered their chances of getting hormone-sensitive breast cancer by 16 per cent.
The research, by scientists at the US National Institutes of Health, is the latest to highlight the potential health benefits of the cheap painkiller.
It has already been shown to combat rheumatoid arthritis, […]
Cancer patients and their doctors often focus on beating the disease first. But new research shows they also benefit by early monitoring for lymphedema, a devastating side effect of cancer treatment that can show up years later.
Lymphedema is a painful swelling of an arm or leg that can occur months or even years after cancer […]
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 […]
December 13, 2007 – 2:45 pm
British drug company GlaxoSmithKline has signed an incentive-laden financing deal worth as much as $1.4 billion to private Redwood City biotechnology company OncoMed Pharmaceuticals, which is developing drugs against cancer stem cells.
OncoMed is trying to make the benefits of cancer treatment more lasting by designing antibodies to help destroy cancer stem cells, a small subset […]
