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Cancer Survival Rates Increase
Australians are far more likely to survive cancer in the short-term than they were two decades ago, according to new figures which celebrate the success of improved detection and treatments.
But while there were vast improvements in major cancers like breast and prostate, there was no change in survival for notoriously hard to treat cancers of […]
Cancer Research and Study : Scientists Identify Chemical Odor of Skin Cancer
US chemists have identified the odor that emanates from skin cancer, a development that researchers hope will advance diagnosis and treatment of the deadly disease, said a study out Wednesday.
The creation of a “profile” of the chemical odors linked to skin cancer, may lead to a day when diagnoses can be made by waving a […]
New Machine To Improve Cancer Treatment
The Hospital of Central Connecticut at New Britain General is improving its ability to diagnose patients by adding a state-of-the-art scanner to the facility.
The hospital has acquired a combination PET-CT (positron emission tomography and computed tomography) scanner, which will give doctors highly refined 3-D pictures of a patient’s internals organs and how they are functioning. […]
County Supervisor Pedrozo Says He Has Prostate Cancer
Supervisor John Pedrozo has been diagnosed with prostate cancer, he announced Wednesday. Pedrozo, who turns 51 today, learned he had early-stage prostate cancer in June.
Pedrozo, who represents District 1, said the cancer hasn’t spread and he expects to recover fully. He has no plans to step down or take a leave of absence from his […]
African-American women tested earlier for breast cancer
In Queens and throughout the country, African-American women, who are more likely to die of breast cancer than white women, are being diagnosed with the disease early on, a trend that has reduced the number of diagnoses at the most advanced stage, according to a newly-released study.
The results could be due to growing outreach in […]
Scientists Fund Breast Cancer Dangerous form of Prostate Cancer
A faulty gene normally associated with breast cancer is also responsible for a dangerous form of prostate cancer, scientists have found.
Each year around 35,000 new cases of prostate cancer are diagnosed in the UK, and around 10,000 men die from the disease.
Scientists found men with the BRCA2 gene typically lived for four years after being […]
Zoo’s most famous parrot receives cancer radiation
Elvis, the Gladys Porter Zoo’s most famous parrot, hasn’t had an easy life.
Endangered, orphaned and now disease-stricken, the bird’s biography — though largely unknown — reads like the most poignant of tragedies.
When he was diagnosed with a malignant melanoma on his beak a few weeks ago, it looked as if the end might be near […]
New Therapy Shows Promise For Fighting Treatment-Resistant Cancer Cells
A gene radiotherapy system that detects and treats cancer cells that are resistant to traditional forms of chemotherapy and radiation showed success in the laboratory and could eventually prove beneficial for cancer patients, according to researchers at SNM’s 55th Annual Meeting. The new system targets oxygen-deficient hypoxic cancer cells that have activated a gene known […]
New Breast Cancer Center Will Help Women Better Understand
After losing her mother to breast cancer as a child and then battling the disease herself, Khristi Rogers of Mount Pleasant, Miss., considered herself a savvy patient.
Diagnosed in 2002, she studied her treatment options and chose limited surgery combined with radiation and medication, rather than mastectomy.
She researched genetic testing.
She didn’t miss followup appointments.
“I knew I […]