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Cancer Research and Study : Breast MRIs Delay Cancer Treatment by Weeks
Women with newly diagnosed breast cancer who get an MRI scan wait about three weeks longer before their surgery and are far more likely to get a mastectomy than women who have only a mammogram, U.S. researchers said on Saturday.
“MRI may not be as good as we think it is,” said Dr. Richard Bleicher […]
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 […]
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. […]
Health Nutrition for Cancer Patient : Ornish diet alters genes in prostate cancer patients
Prostate cancer patients who followed an extremely low fat diet and an exercise and stress management regimen turned on cancer preventing genes and turned off genes linked to triggering the disease.
A new study from the Preventive Medicine Research Institute in Sausalito, Calif., found that men who had been diagnosed with prostate cancer and had refused […]
Cancer Study and Research : Kids’ cancer rates highest in Northeast
Surprising research suggests that childhood cancer is most common in the Northeast, results that even caught experts off guard. But some specialists say it could just reflect differences in reporting.
The large government study is the first to find notable regional differences in pediatric cancer. Experts say it also provides important information to bolster smaller studies, […]
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 […]
Modulated Radiotherapy Can Cut Treatment Time For Cancer Of The Rectum Without Increasing Toxicity
Application of modulated radiotherapy in the treatment of bowel cancer can enhance the results obtained by means of other conventional therapies. The technique has managed to apply the radiation in a way most adapted to the tumoral volume and risk areas, while minimising irradiation to healthy tissue. This radiotherapy procedure involves the administration of higher […]
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 […]