Clinical Oncology Week articles from December 2003

Clinical Oncology Week archives from December 2003

Tumor size predicts survival in patients with lung cancer.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Tumor size is an important predictor of survival in patients with early-stage lung cancer, according to a new study. The study shows that patients with lung tumors less than 2 cm in size had a...

Tumor growth follows same curve as animal growth.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A universal law that describes the growth of animals also seems to describe the growth of tumors. Though the work is only in its early stages, researchers are already using it to explore the way cancers...

Risk of second malignancy high after HDT and stem-cell autotransplantation.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cancer patients who undergo intensive therapy with stem cell autografts have a high risk of second malignancies. Physicians in Canda conducted a study "to establish incidence and risk factors for...

NSAIDs inhibit colorectal neoplasia.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- NSAIDs inhibit colorectal neoplasia. "Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) inhibit colorectal neoplasia, an effect that is associated with their ability to induce apoptosis. Although...

Blood marker for diagnosis shows early promise.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Preliminary results of a new study suggest that a blood test could be used in the future to identify people with mesothelioma - the usually deadly malignant tumor of mesothelial tissue surrounding the...

Particulate air pollution and on quality-adjusted life expectancy in Canada.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Particulate air pollution and on quality-adjusted life expectancy in Canada. According to a study from Canada, "Air pollution and premature death are important public health concerns. Analyses have...

Moshe Oren named winner of NIH MERIT Award.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Professor Moshe Oren, a cancer researcher at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, was named a 2003 winner of the highly selective MERIT (Method to Extend Research in Time) Award. The award...

Management of common bile duct stones: The state of the art in 2000.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Management of common bile duct stones: The state of the art in 2000. According to recent research from Chile, "Biliary lithiasis is a widespread disease all over the world; one-third of the white...

Blood pressure and site-specific cancer mortality.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Blood pressure and site-specific cancer mortality. According to a study from Denmark, "Studies relating blood pressure to cancer risk have some shortcomings and have revealed inconsistent findings....

Ruta 6 induces selective apoptosis in glioma cells.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The novel agent Ruta 6 induces selective apoptosis in glioma cells. "Although conventional chemotherapies are used to treat patients with malignancies, damage to normal cells is problematic....

Coping and posttraumatic growth in women with early-stage breast cancer.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Coping and posttraumatic growth in women with early-stage breast cancer. According to recent research published in the journal Health Psychology, "Predictors and outcomes of benefit finding, positive...

Diagnosis of axillary nodal metastases by ultrasound-guided core biopsy.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Diagnosis of axillary nodal metastases by ultrasound-guided core biopsy. According to recent research from England, "The purpose of this study was to examine the use of ultrasound (US)-guided core...

Flavonoid intake and breast cancer risk: a case-control study in Greece.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Flavonoid intake and breast cancer risk: a case-control study in Greece. "Flavonoids have been investigated for possible inverse associations with various chronic degenerative diseases, but there...

PET imaging still questionable as means of predicting chemotherapy response.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- While early detection and new drug therapies have contributed significantly to the battle against breast cancer, doctors continue to search for better methods to improve patients' odds of survival. ...

Surgical treatment for elderly breast cancer patients over age 70.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Surgical treatment for elderly breast cancer patients over age 70. "Because elderly breast cancer patients differ in various biological characteristics from younger patients, it is important to...

The LeJour vertical mammoplasty pattern for skin-sparing mastectomy.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The LeJour vertical mammoplasty pattern for skin-sparing mastectomy. According to recent research published in the journal Annals of Plastic Surgery, "An application of the LeJour vertical mammoplasty...

Causes of death among Finnish women with cosmetic breast implants, 1971-2001.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Causes of death among Finnish women with cosmetic breast implants, 1971-2001. "Mortality patterns among women with cosmetic breast implants have not been well characterized. We examined cause...

Improving recipient vessel exposure during microvascular breast reconstruction.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Improving recipient vessel exposure during microvascular breast reconstruction. "Microvascular tissue transfer has become the gold standard for breast reconstruction. The primary drawback to these...

Measuring the burden, needs, and quality of life of informal caregivers.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Measuring the burden, needs, and quality of life of informal caregivers. "Significant demands are being placed on the informal caregivers of chronically ill patients, including those suffering from...

Onward in my journey - preparing nurses for a new age of cancer care.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Onward in my journey - preparing nurses for a new age of cancer care. According to recent research published in the journal Cancer Nursing, "Cancer nursing education in the United Kingdom currently is...

The development of high-dose-rate brachytherapy for cervical cancer in Japan.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The development of high-dose-rate brachytherapy for cervical cancer in Japan. "The differences in radiotherapeutic treatment systems for cervical cancer between the United States and Japan can be...

Vitamin K is not associated with the development of childhood cancer.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vitamin K is not associated with the development of childhood cancer. "The relationship between neonatal vitamin K received by the intramuscular (i.m.) route and the development of leukemia or other...

Challenges of recruitment and retention in multisite clinical research.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Challenges of recruitment and retention in multisite clinical research. "This article reviews recruitment and retention issues in a multisite, multistate (California, New York, Connecticut, Georgia,...

High expression of CD55 by colorectal cancers is predictive of low survival.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- High expression of CD55 by colorectal cancers is predictive of low survival and recurrence. According to research published in the journal Cancer Immunology Immunotherapy, "this study prospectively...

Modified de Gramont with oxaliplatin in treatment of advanced colorectal cancer.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Modified de Gramont with oxaliplatin in treatment of advanced colorectal cancer. "We previously reported high activity for oxaliplatin and a modified de Gramont regimen (OxMdG) in a single center...

Probiotic bacteria may inhibit colon cancer.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Probiotic bacteria may inhibit colon cancer. "Although a myriad of health-promoting effects have been attributed to the probiotic lactic acid bacteria, perhaps the most interesting and...

Rates of colon and rectal cancers are increasing in young adults.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Rates of colon and rectal cancers are increasing in young adults. "Incidence rates for colorectal cancer are decreasing in the United States, possibly due to preventative cancer screening. Because...

Peripheral blood mononuclear cells express different genes in kidney cancer.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Peripheral blood mononuclear cells have predictor genes and express certain proteins differently in renal cell carcinoma patients. "Expression profiling has demonstrated that transcriptomes of...

A 22-year French experience with solid tumors in children with Down syndrome.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A 22-year French experience with solid tumors in children with Down syndrome. According to recent research from France, "Malignant solid tumors have rarely been reported in children with Down syndrome...

Assisted dying and end-of-life symptom management.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Assisted dying and end-of-life symptom management. "This qualitative study aimed to describe symptom management strategies oncology nurses have used in responding to and preventing requests of...

Epoetin alfa therapy for patients with hematologic malignancies and mild anemia.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Epoetin alfa therapy for patients with hematologic malignancies and mild anemia. According to a study from the United States, "Anemia has been reported in approximately 40% - 70% of patients with...

Transparent fish provide window on blood formation and marrow transplantation.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have developed powerful new techniques to see in unprecedented detail how blood-forming cells develop in zebrafish. The scientists have used this system to transplant blood cells with...

Liver cirrhosis with inoperable liver cancer treated by intratumor ethanol, IL-2.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Liver cirrhosis with inoperable hepatocellular carcinoma may be controllable with intratumor injection of alcohol and IL-2. According to published research from Bulgaria, "a case of an inoperable...

Keratinocyte carcinoma is the most common cancer in the United States.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Keratinocyte carcinoma is the most common cancer in the United States. "Keratinocyte carcinoma is by far the most common cancer in the United States," scientists writing in the CA - A Cancer Journal...

Reduced-intensity stem-cell transplantation may slow RCC progression.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Reduced-intensity stem-cell transplantation (RIST) may slow the spread of renal cell cancer. "Allogeneic hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation can induce curative graft-versus-leukemia reactions...

Cyclosporine and IFN-gamma treatment after auto-SCT improves outcome.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cyclosporine and IFN-gamma treatment improves the outcome of stem cell autotransplantation for leukemia patients. In a recent study, scientists in South Korea sought to determine "whether the...

Cytoreduction may be needed for curative SCT in CML patients.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cytoreduction may be needed for stem-cell transplantation to have a curative effect in CML patients. In a recent study, hematologists in the United States "treated 12 patients with chronic...

Imatinib treatment can improve SCT outcome in Ph+ ALL patients.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Imanitib treatment can improve the outcome of allo-SCT in Ph+ ALL patients. In a recent study from South Korea, "Fourteen adults with Philadelphia chromosome-positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia...

Persistent iron overload common in long-term AML survivors after stem-cell autografting.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Persistent iron overload is a common long-term complication of stem cell autotransplantation in AML patients. In a recent study, hematologists in England examined "the iron status of 32 evaluable...

Bronchoscopic insertion of Gianturco stents for the palliation of lung cancer.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bronchoscopic insertion of Gianturco stents for the palliation of lung cancer. "Malignant large airway obstruction is life threatening and may not be amenable to urgent radiotherapy. Palliative...

Menthol cigarettes and risk of lung cancer.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Menthol cigarettes and risk of lung cancer. "The authors analyzed data from a multihospital case-control study in the eastern United States to evaluate the hypothesis that smoking menthol...

Safety and efficacy of low-dose docetaxelin advanced non-small cell lung cancer.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Safety and efficacy of low-dose docetaxelin advanced non-small cell lung cancer. According to a study from Japan, "The efficacy and toxicity of low-dose docetaxel (60 mg/m[superscript]2) were evaluated...

Tumor dimension and prognosis in surgically treated lung cancer.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Tumor dimension and prognosis in surgically treated lung cancer. According to a study from Japan, "Tumors with a maximum dimension of 3 cm are categorized as T1, whereas those greater than 3 cm are T2...

Weekly carboplatin and paclitaxel in elderly non-small-cell lung cancer patients.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Weekly carboplatin and paclitaxel in elderly non-small-cell lung cancer patients. According to recent research published in the American Journal of Clinical Oncology, "The purpose of this study was to...

Waldeyer ring lymphomas: Treatment results and prognostic factors.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Waldeyer ring lymphomas - Treatment results and prognostic factors. "Optimal management of patients with localized Waldeyer's ring (WR) lymphoma remains controversial due to the lack of randomized...

Involved field radiation therapy raises TRM risk in stem-cell transplant recipients.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Localized radiation treatment increases the risk of treatment-related mortality in lymphoma patients undergoing stem cell transplantation. Researchers in the United States conducted a study "to...

Clinical trials in pediatric cancer: Parental perspectives on informed consent.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Clinical trials in pediatric cancer: Parental perspectives on informed consent. According to recent research published in the Journal of Pediatric Hematology Oncology, "To better understand parental...

A phase II trial of bryostatin-I in recurrent epithelial ovarian carcinoma.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A phase II trial of bryostatin-I in recurrent epithelial ovarian carcinoma. A phase II trial of bryostatin-I in recurrent epithelial ovarian carcinoma. According to recent research from England,...

Granulosa cell tumor of the ovary - Retrospective analysis of 45 cases.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Granulosa cell tumor of the ovary - Retrospective analysis of 45 cases. "Adult granulosa cell tumors of the ovary are rare neoplasms, accounting for less than 5% of all ovarian malignancies. In...

Liposomal doxorubicin and gemcitabine in the salvage treatment of ovarian cancer.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "In total, 70 patients were enrolled into this phase II study, to evaluate the activity of the pegylated liposomal doxorubicin (PLD) and gemcitabine (GEM) combination in recurrent ovarian cancer...

Reproductive factors and epithelial ovarian cancer risk by histologic type.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Reproductive factors and epithelial ovarian cancer risk by histologic type. "Associations of reproductive factors with ovarian cancer may differ by histologic type. Data from a multiethnic,...

Chemotherapy for progressive low-grade gliomas in children older than 10 years.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Chemotherapy for progressive low-grade gliomas in children older than 10 years. According to published research from Australia, "The purpose of this retrospective study was to examine the clinical and...

Functional results of various surgical techniques for radical prostatectomy.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Functional results of various surgical techniques for radical prostatectomy. According to a study from Germany, "Radical prostatectomy for the treatment of prostate cancer can be performed by various...

Improving quality of life in men with prostate cancer.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Improving quality of life in men with prostate cancer. According to published research from the United States, "Men who were recently treated for prostate cancer (N = 250) were randomly assigned to a...

Indications for and results of radical prostatectomy.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Indications for and results of radical prostatectomy. "Radical prostatectomy represents the mainstay of therapy for clinically localized prostate cancer," investigators in Germany report. "The...

Transrectal ultrasound-guided punch biopsies of the prostate.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Transrectal ultrasound-guided punch biopsies of the prostate. "The gold standard for diagnosis of prostate cancer is transrectal ultrasound-guided systematic biopsy (TRUS-Bx). The optimal number of...

Ultrasonographic localization of occult pulmonary nodules during VATS.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ultrasonographic localization of occult pulmonary nodules during VATS. "The aim of our study was to evaluate the role of ultrasonography in the localization of pulmonary nodules during...

Report from the SWOG Radiation Oncology Committee 2003.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Report from the SWOG Radiation Oncology Committee 2003. "To achieve the ultimate goal of cancer treatment, which is 100% cancer control with negligible toxicity, the therapeutic window must be...

Endocavitary radiation therapy for rectal adenocarcinoma - 10-year results.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Endocavitary radiation therapy for rectal adenocarcinoma - 10-year results. "Local control, survival, and toxicity in patients treated with endocavitary radiation therapy for rectal cancer were...

Rectal carcinoma in Egyptian patients less than 40 years of age.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Rectal carcinoma in Egyptian patients less than 40 years of age. "In Egypt, there is an increasing incidence of colorectal cancer, especially among patients less than 40 years of age. The aim of...

Surgical treatment of pulmonary metastases from renal cancer.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Surgical treatment of pulmonary metastases from renal cancer. "Based on a large single-center follow-up database, we evaluated the long-term results after curative resection of pulmonary metastases...

PET with fluorine-18-deoxyglucose in detecting recurrent and metastatic sarcoma.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- PET with fluorine-18-deoxyglucose in detecting recurrent and metastatic sarcoma. According to a study from the United States, "Sarcomas are a heterogeneous group of tumors comprising approximately 1% of...

First case of mesothelioma as post-BMT secondary malignancy reported.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The first known case of mesothelioma as a secondary malignancy after BMT has been described. "Secondary malignancies are a well-known late complication occurring in patients who undergo bone marrow...

Infliximab raises post-SCT risk of non-Candida invasive fungal infections.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Infliximab treatment increases the risk of non-Candida fungal infections after stem cell transplantation. Acute GVHD "is a common complication of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation...

Post-PBSCT leukocyte and cytokine profiles determined.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Post-PBSCT leukocyte populations and cytokine production have been characterized. According to published research from Germany, "High-dose chemotherapy with autologous peripheral blood stem cell...

Effect of nebulized furosemide in terminally ill cancer patients with dyspnea.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Effect of nebulized furosemide in terminally ill cancer patients with dyspnea. According to a study from Japan, "We evaluated the effect of ultrasonically nebulized furosemide (20 mg) on dyspnea...

Galectin-3 is expressed in higher amount only in papillary thyroid carcinomas.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Galectin-3 is expressed in both benign, malignant thyroid tumors; is only higher in papillary carcinomas. According to a study from Japan, "We measured the relative expression levels of galectin-3...

Polymorphisms in DNA repair genes may be linked to immunosuppression, cancer.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Polymorphisms in DNA repair genes may be linked to immunosuppression, cancer. "When the sun damages the skin, it also impairs the DNA. The DNA repair system is needed to maintain the genetic...

Epidemiology and management of venous thromboembolism in patients with cancer.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Epidemiology and management of venous thromboembolism in patients with cancer. According to recent research published in the journal Thrombosis Research, "Cancer and its treatments are well-recognized...

Ventilator withdrawal: Procedures and outcomes.
December 1, 2003... 2003 DEC 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ventilator withdrawal: Procedures and outcomes. According to a study from the United States, "To describe an institutional procedure for ventilator withdrawal and to analyze patient responses to...

Experimental drugs show promise in halting brain tumors.
December 8, 2003... 2003 DEC 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center have shown that four new experimental drugs can strongly inhibit the growth of deadly brain tumors in animals, and they expect these promising results...

High nuclear grade associated with recurrence of in situ breast lesions.
December 8, 2003... 2003 DEC 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women with ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), a non-invasive form of breast cancer, are more likely to experience a recurrence after treatment if their DCIS is of a high nuclear grade or is detected by...

New evidence-based guide educates patients about bisphosphonates.
December 8, 2003... 2003 DEC 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) has released a new evidence-based patient guide, "Bisphosphonates for Breast Cancer." The 13-page guide, developed by a multidisciplinary panel of...

"Molecular fingerprint" predicts how aggressive tumor will be.
December 8, 2003... 2003 DEC 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The most common form of primary brain tumor - glioma, affecting about 25,000 Americans each year - poses a dilemma for doctors and patients trying to make decisions about treatment. Many of these tumors...

Stem cell mobilization feasible with rHu-G-CSF alone for CML patients in IM-induced CCR.
December 8, 2003... 2003 DEC 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Mobilization of healthy stem cells using rHu-G-CSF monotherapy is feasible for CML patients in imatinib-induced remission. "Imatinib mesylate (IM, STI 571, Glivec(R)) can induce a high rate of...

Particulate air pollution and quality-adjusted life expectancy in Canada.
December 8, 2003... 2003 DEC 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Particulate air pollution and quality-adjusted life expectancy has been reported in Canada. According to a study from Canada, "Air pollution and premature death are important public health...

Management of common bile duct stones.
December 8, 2003... 2003 DEC 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Surgical management of common bile duct stones has been reported. According to recent research from Chile, "Biliary lithiasis is a widespread disease all over the world; one-third of the white...

Blood pressure and site-specific cancer mortality.
December 8, 2003... 2003 DEC 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Blood pressure and site-specific cancer mortality were studied in the U.K. According to a study from Denmark, "Studies relating blood pressure to cancer risk have some shortcomings and have revealed...

Age-related outcomes in patients with brain tumors linked to thymic cells.
December 8, 2003... 2003 DEC 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Chronological age at time of diagnosis has long been associated with a patient's prognosis and length of survival in the battle against brain tumors and other cancers. Older patients typically respond...

Combination of radiation and blood vessel growth inhibitor may be effective.
December 8, 2003... 2003 DEC 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Combining radiation with an agent that blocks VEGF, a protein that promotes the development of blood vessels and the growth of cancerous tumors - a process known as angiogenesis - may be more effective...

Coping and post-traumatic growth in women with early-stage breast cancer.
December 8, 2003... 2003 DEC 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Coping and post-traumatic growth were studied in women with early-stage breast cancer. According to recent research published in the journal Health Psychology, "Predictors and outcomes of benefit...

Diagnosis of axillary nodal metastases by ultrasound-guided core biopsy.
December 8, 2003... 2003 DEC 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Diagnosis of axillary nodal metastases by ultrasound-guided core biopsy is described.. According to recent research from England, "The purpose of this study was to examine the use of ultrasound...

Flavonoid intake and breast cancer risk: A case-control study in Greece.
December 8, 2003... 2003 DEC 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A case-control study of flavonoid intake and breast cancer risk was conducted in Greece. "Flavonoids have been investigated for possible inverse associations with various chronic degenerative...

Imaging technique may enable diagnosis without biopsy.
December 8, 2003... 2003 DEC 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A technique that combines high-level magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) with a new spectroscopic method may result in an accurate, non-invasive way to make breast cancer diagnoses. In this technique,...