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Breast cancer updates

Many survivors of breast cancer cite stress as a link to the cancer despite no scientific proof of a connection. Experts believe that the root cause here are the lifestyle-related issues - such as smoking and obesity - where there is a clear link to the cancer.

22 Mar 2011

Prophylactic PEG placement prior to HNC therapy associated with high rate of non use

Impairment of oral intake occurs in the majority of patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) receiving chemoradiotherapy. Placement of prophylactic percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube in asymptomatic newly diagnosed HNC before chemoradiation is a common practice in some centers. In some studies, PEG has been associated with a decrease in treatment related weight loss in patients with HNC, but no studies have examined the utilization rate.

16 Mar 2011

AYA cancer patients require targeted care, say experts

Adolescents and young adults are neither children nor adults and those affected by cancer require targeted care that crosses the boundaries between pediatric and adult oncology, according to several pioneers in this still-developing field of adolescent and young adult oncology.

15 Mar 2011

Cancer Research UK introduces new centre in Oxford

A new centre launched today will cement Oxford's place at the forefront of cancer research, and form one of the final links in a unique chain of Cancer Research UK Centres across the country.

15 Mar 2011

Study: Statin use may reduce risk of high-grade prostate cancer

Men who take a certain class of cholesterol-lowering medicine, otherwise known as statins, may be 60 percent less likely to be diagnosed with high-grade prostate cancer.

15 Mar 2011

NCI report: Number of US cancer survivors increases to 11.7 million during 2007

The number of cancer survivors in the United States increased to 11.7 million in 2007, according to a report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Cancer Institute, part of the National Institutes of Health. There were 3 million cancer survivors in 1971 and 9.8 million in 2001.

10 Mar 2011

Society of Surgical Oncology to present James Ewing Layman's award to Kimberly Duchossois

At its annual cancer symposium, the Society of Surgical Oncology will present the 43rd annual James Ewing Layman's Award to Kimberly T. Duchossois of Barrington Hills, Ill., for her deep commitment and long-term efforts to improve the quality of cancer treatment and help cancer patients get the information they need to make wise decisions about their care.

8 Mar 2011

ShearWave Elastography increases performance of ultrasound breast cancer diagnosis

SuperSonic Imagine presented yesterday the validation of a world wide multicentre study, based on European recruitment, confirming the benefit of ShearWave Elastography when added to ultrasound for improved lesion classification.

7 Mar 2011

How cancer impacts patients and their partners

Katarina Sjövall has studied partners of individuals with colorectal cancer, lung cancer, breast cancer or prostate cancer. The study shows that the number of diagnosed diseases among partners increased by 25 per cent after the cancer diagnosis.

4 Mar 2011

New, inexpensive method to accurately differentiate between benign and malignant breast tumors

Recent research by doctoral student Sevan Goenezen holds the promise of becoming a powerful new weapon in the fight against breast cancer. His complex computational research has led to a fast, inexpensive new method for using ultrasound and advanced algorithms to differentiate between benign and malignant tumors with a high degree of accuracy.

4 Mar 2011

Sudden cessation of smoking may be symptom of lung cancer

Many longtime smokers quit spontaneously with little effort shortly before their lung cancer is diagnosed, leading some researchers to speculate that sudden cessation may be a symptom of lung cancer.

1 Mar 2011

Variation in PSA levels does not predict prostate cancer, may lead to unnecessary biopsies

Researchers at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center have found that change in PSA levels over time — known as PSA velocity — is a poor predictor of prostate cancer and may lead to many unnecessary biopsies.

25 Feb 2011

ESMO creates new Community Oncology Working Group to ensure best standards of care

Receiving a cancer diagnosis is a devastating experience. Still under the shock of the bad news, patients must make many choices including who to turn to for advice and treatment, with the possibility to choose among a comprehensive cancer center, a university hospital or a community oncology hospital.

21 Feb 2011

More than 6% of bowel cancer patients in Scotland died within 30 days of diagnosis

More than six per cent of bowel cancer patients in Scotland died within 30 days of diagnosis according to new research published in the British Journal of Cancer.

8 Feb 2011

Patients receiving cancer treatment may experience skin, hair, nail problems

A cancer diagnosis and subsequent treatment, which commonly includes chemotherapy or radiation, can be taxing physically and emotionally on any patient. If that is not enough, dermatologists are cautioning patients receiving cancer treatment and cancer survivors that they may experience a host of skin, hair or nail problems as a direct result of their therapy that may require additional treatment by a dermatologist.

5 Feb 2011

Trained dog sniffs out colon cancer with 98% accuracy

For the study the researchers at Kyushu University trained an 8-year-old female Labrador retriever named Marine who was given breath and stool samples of 306 patients, collected right before they received colonoscopies.

2 Feb 2011

AstraZeneca and Pfizer support Cancer Research UK in £5.5m Stratified Medicine programme

CANCER RESEARCH UK will be supported by AstraZeneca and Pfizer in a multimillion pound initiative to examine how genetic tests to improve cancer diagnosis can be best rolled out across the NHS.

1 Feb 2011

Lowe's receives CEO Cancer Gold Standard accreditation

Lowe's has received CEO Cancer Gold Standard accreditation, recognizing the company's commitment to reducing the cancer risk of its employees and their families by encouraging healthy lifestyles and promoting early detection through screenings, and by providing quality care, including access to cancer clinical trials, when a cancer diagnosis becomes a reality.

31 Jan 2011

Survey finds public lack knowledge of radiotherapy

Fewer than one in ten people think radiotherapy is a modern cancer treatment according to the results of a survey published Friday.

28 Jan 2011

ASTRO continues commitment to 6-point patient protection plan

The American Society for Radiation Oncology is continuing its commitment to Target Safely, a six-point patient protection plan developed in January 2010, to improve the safety and quality of radiation therapy treatments and reduce the chances of medical errors.

27 Jan 2011

Cancer Diagnosis News and Research

Breast cancer updates

Prophylactic PEG placement prior to HNC therapy associated with high rate of non use

AYA cancer patients require targeted care, say experts

Cancer Research UK introduces new centre in Oxford

Study: Statin use may reduce risk of high-grade prostate cancer

NCI report: Number of US cancer survivors increases to 11.7 million during 2007

Society of Surgical Oncology to present James Ewing Layman's award to Kimberly Duchossois

ShearWave Elastography increases performance of ultrasound breast cancer diagnosis

How cancer impacts patients and their partners

New, inexpensive method to accurately differentiate between benign and malignant breast tumors

Sudden cessation of smoking may be symptom of lung cancer

Variation in PSA levels does not predict prostate cancer, may lead to unnecessary biopsies

ESMO creates new Community Oncology Working Group to ensure best standards of care

More than 6% of bowel cancer patients in Scotland died within 30 days of diagnosis

Patients receiving cancer treatment may experience skin, hair, nail problems

Trained dog sniffs out colon cancer with 98% accuracy

AstraZeneca and Pfizer support Cancer Research UK in £5.5m Stratified Medicine programme

Lowe's receives CEO Cancer Gold Standard accreditation

Survey finds public lack knowledge of radiotherapy

ASTRO continues commitment to 6-point patient protection plan

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