Clinical Oncology Week articles from March 2003

Clinical Oncology Week archives from March 2003

Capsaicin induces ras-transformed cell apoptosis by upregulating JNK-1 and MAPK.
March 3, 2003... 2003 MAR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from South Korea, "Efforts have been made to develop a chemoprevention strategy that selectively triggers apoptosis in malignant cancer cells. Previous studies showed that...

FKBP12 is expressed in benign and malignant vascular endothelium.
March 3, 2003... 2003 MAR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "FKBP12 is a cytosolic FK506 binding protein that interacts with calcineurin and thereby mediates the immunosuppressive effects of FK506. Because initial immunohistochemical staining showed abundant...

Natural killer cells with IL-18 receptors respond effectively to IL-18.
March 3, 2003... 2003 MAR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from Japan, "IL-18 administration promotes innate immunity resulting in significant antitumor effects in multiple murine tumor models. Here, we examined the effector...

Ganglioside GD3 acts on mitochondria to protect from hepatoma resistance.
March 3, 2003... 2003 MAR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from Spain, "Ganglioside GD3 (GD3) has emerged as a modulator of cell death pathways due to its ability to interact with mitochondria and disable survival pathways. Because...

Mutational analysis of K-ras defines low and high grade types.
March 3, 2003... 2003 MAR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "We previously proposed a dualistic model for ovarian serous carcinogenesis. One pathway involves the stepwise development of invasive micropapillary serous carcinoma (MPSC) from serous borderline tumor...

Silverberg grading system useful for prognostic information.
March 3, 2003... 2003 MAR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from Japan, "Histologic grading of ovarian carcinomas has prognostic and therapeutic relevance, but although several grading systems have been proposed, no universal grading system...

Quality of life and psychosocial burden should be seen as clinical problem.
March 3, 2003... 2003 MAR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Few studies have examined relationships and differences in reported results between the parent, child, and clinician. We examined parent proxy and clinician reported functional status, and health...

Spectrum broadens as cases reveal previously undescribed mucinous subtype.
March 3, 2003... 2003 MAR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A study from Peoples Republic of China reports "2 cases of primary thymic adenocarcinoma, a very uncommon neoplasm with limited information in the literature. Both patients were men; aged 15 and 39...

Ischemic cause is suggested by brain oxygen pressure values obtained in surgery.
March 3, 2003... 2003 MAR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Brain edema and swelling often complicate surgery for brain tumors. Its pathophysiology is unclear, as is the relationship with brain tissue oxygenation. Our hypothesis was that brain edema around...

System detects fluorescent compounds in diagnostic process.
March 3, 2003... 2003 MAR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Imaging Diagnostic Systems, Inc. (Bulletin Board: IMDS) announced that it has delivered their CTLM system to the Robert Roessle Clinic in Berlin, Germany, as part of their collaboration agreement with...

Rheumatic syndromes are associated with malignancy.
March 3, 2003... 2003 MAR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "The relation between rheumatic syndromes and an underlying malignancy is a complex one. As a result of autoimmunity, an aberrant immune response, or the use of immunomodulatory drugs, many of the...

TNF-alpha-stimulated neutrophil death can increase with caspase inhibition.
March 3, 2003... 2003 MAR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from the United States, "It is increasingly clear that there are caspase dependent and independent mechanisms for the execution of cell death and that the utilization of these...

A variation of the Bethesda system could be used in diagnostics.
March 3, 2003... 2003 MAR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from the United States, "During the past 50 years, the histologic classification of cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) has evolved to incorporate the entire spectrum of...

Bethesda and other grading terminology should remain in the interim.
March 3, 2003... 2003 MAR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from Germany, "The criteria currently used for grading cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN) are arbitrary and subjective with consequent considerable observer variability. None...

Fetal hemoglobin can be used as a marker in children receiving valproic acid.
March 3, 2003... 2003 MAR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from Germany, "Differentiation induction is a distinct concept in the treatment of malignant diseases, considering that malignant cells share many features with immature...

The oncogenic protein Id2 is upregulated by EWS/ets protein and c-myc.
March 3, 2003... 2003 MAR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from Japan, "The chromosomal translocation specifically linked to the Ewing sarcoma family results in the generation of fusion proteins comprising the amino terminal portion of EWS...

Cell cycle gene expression is modulated by fungal acetoxyscirpendiol.
March 3, 2003... 2003 MAR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Paecilomyces tenuipes is believed to contain potential oncostatic and tumor reducing components. Molecular mechanism, however, is poorly understood concerning the potential antitumor components and...

Preferred vendor agreement signed for cancer radiation technology.
March 3, 2003... 2003 MAR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- BrainLAB Inc., which specializes in the innovation of stereotactic radiosurgery and image-guided surgery systems, announced the signing of a preferred vendor agreement with US Oncology. The...

Japanese and British mortality remain similar following Japanese screening.
March 3, 2003... 2003 MAR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from Japan, their country "pioneered and has maintained a nationwide mass screening program for neuroblastoma since 1985 without prior evaluation among a target population....

Tumors classified by histological type also have differing recurrence risk.
March 3, 2003... 2003 MAR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Paratesticular liposarcomas are rare and typically reported as isolated cases or as components of larger studies of liposarcomas. We studied a series of these tumors. All cases of paratesticular...

First report of a uterine cervical case is found in a lupus patient.
March 3, 2003... 2003 MAR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from Japan, "Sebaceous carcinoma is an uncommon neoplasm that usually arises in the head and neck region. A few cases of sebaceous carcinoma of the female genital tract have...

Some adenosarcomas and carcinosarcomas may have the same origin.
March 3, 2003... 2003 MAR 3 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from the United States, "The terminology of uterine sarcomas is confusing and has been inconsistently applied. The relationships among the various types of uterine sarcomas...

Only cancer cells will phosphorylate apoptin, leading to their apoptosis.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from Netherlands, "Apoptin, a chicken anemia virus encoded protein, is thought to be activated by a general tumor specific pathway, because it induces apoptosis in a large number...

There are many kinds, but the first line of defense is not surgery.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from Germany, "Primary lymphomas of bone or skeletal muscle are rare entities. The most frequent among these diseases are primary non-Hodgkin lymphomas of bone. They account for...

P-glycoprotein-mediated multidrug resistance can be blocked by ginsenoside Rg3.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- P-glycoprotein-mediated multidrug resistance can be blocked by ginsenoside Rg3. According to a study from South Korea, "Multidrug resistance has been a major problem in cancer chemotherapy. In...

Vaginal delivery makes most abnormal cytologic findings regress.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Vaginal delivery makes most abnormal cytologic findings regress, researchers in Croatia found. "The purpose of this study was to determine whether abnormal antepartum cervical cytologic findings...

Minodronic acid has antimyeloma and bone reforming functions.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Minodronic acid has shown antimyeloma and bone reforming functions. According to recent research from Spain, "Osteoporosis is the most common type of metabolic bone disease affecting an estimated...

Survival rate may be better with LHRH/chlormadinone acetate therapy.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers from Japan wished "to evaluate the effect of primary hormonal therapy for patients with localized and locally advanced prostate cancer. Patients with stage T1b-T3 prostate cancer who were...

Cases of symptomatic epilepsy associated with intracranial calcifications.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from Croatia, "Acute and long-term sequels of central nervous system (CNS) prophylaxis with irradiation and intrathecal chemotherapy in children suffering from acute...

A pleomorphic vulvar leiomyoma with local invasiveness is described.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "A case of pleomorphic leiomyoma in the Bartholin gland area in a 26 year old woman is reported. After diagnostic treatment, primary excision was done," researchers in Croatia report. "A large,...

Rate of increase in numbers is associated with age at first presentation.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from England, "Basal cell carcinoma (BCC) patients demonstrate marked variation in tumor numbers and site. Previous studies also show an association between age at first...

High throughput methyl-single nucleotide polymorphism analysis can be done.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from Germany, "Tumorigenesis is characterized by alterations of methylation profiles including loss and gain of 5-methylcytosine. Recently, we identified a single CpG, which seemed...

Fewer uroplakins are expressed in most cancers than in normal urothelium.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from England, "The uroplakins are widely regarded as urothelium specific markers of terminal urothelial cytodifferentiation. This study investigated the expression of the four...

Thermotherapy is novel, effective way to treat bone cancer.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "From July 1992 through March 1999, 213 patients with malignant bone tumors of the extremities (176 patients) and pelvis (37 patients) were treated by microwave-induced hyperthermia," researchers in...

A report of endometrial metastasis from signet-ring disease.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from the United States, "Breast cancer rarely metastasizes to the endometrium. "The signet-ring variety of breast cancer is very rare and has been reported to metastasize to...

Depression increases the risk of mortality.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from Denmark, "It is unclear if depression or depressive symptoms have an effect on mortality in breast cancer patients. In this population based, nationwide, retrospective cohort...

ER(-) cells have increased IL-8 expression that promotes tumor aggressiveness.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from France, "Estrogen receptor (ER) status is an important parameter in breast cancer management, as ER() breast cancers have a better prognosis than ER(-) tumors. This...

Risk is significantly reduced by both induced and spontaneous abortions.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from Sweden, "It has been suggested that abortions leave the breast epithelium in a proliferative state with an increased susceptibility to carcinogenesis. Results from...

Randomized controlled trials will confirm validity of this approach.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from France, "Bronchial carcinoma is the principal cause of cancer death. Unlike cancers of the breast and colon that are already the subject of screening programs, proof...

Latest generation CT can contribute in preoperative assessment of renal cancer.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Technological progress in medical imaging runs in parallel to progress in computers, with an ever-increasing image acquisition rate and increasingly fine image reconstruction," researchers in France...

Women reporting pain have higher risk of mortality.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Recent research suggested associations between pain and subsequent all-cause and cancer-specific mortality," researchers in Scotland report. "This study examined death and cancer development...

Psychosocial interventions may have mixed results.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from the United States, "In past reviews of the literature on psychosocial interventions for cancer patients, different reviewers have reached disparate conclusions about...

Various DNA repair processes are altered, leading to mutagenesis.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from Germany, "Even though compounds of nickel, arsenic, cobalt, and cadmium are carcinogenic, their mutagenic potentials are rather weak. In contrast, they exert...

FIGO clinical stage may not influence the survival in early carcinoma.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "We studied the influence of the FIGO clinical stage on the prognosis of 114 patients with early stages of uterine cervix carcinoma who had been treated with radical surgery in the La Fe Maternity...

Surgical management of recurrent disease.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "The majority of patients with recurrent cervical cancer are incurable and treatment is based on the type of primary therapy delivered," researchers in the United States report. "Only a very small...

Supravaginal amputation led to cervical cancer, either immediate or delayed.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from Republic of Georgia, "Over an 11-year period (1990-2000) a total of 59 patients with cervical cuff carcinoma were hospitalized (Stage I=17; II=30; III-IV=12 patients)....

A large nuclear protein complex is responsible for recognizing nonnatural DNA.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers from the United States report that "Thiopurine treatment of human leukemia cells deficient in components of the mismatch repair system (Nalm6) initiated apoptosis after incorporation into...

Diagnosis and grading on FNA biopsy material.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from Sweden, "A consecutive series of 47 chondrosarcomas was reviewed to identify the most useful criteria for cytological diagnosis and grading in comparison to histology grade....

Mutagenic frequency can double and includes G:C to A:T transitions.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from Portugal, "cis-diamminedichloroplatinum (II) (cisplatin) is a well characterized antitumor drug used for the treatment of a variety of human cancers. The cytotoxicity...

Capecitabine is a good replacement for 5-FU/leucovorin in combination therapy.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from Scotland, "The combination of capecitabine (Xeloda) and oxaliplatin (Eloxatin), or XELOX, is an effective and safe approach to the treatment of advanced colorectal cancer,...

Screening reveals multiple aberrations including 8p deletion and 16q gain.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "The majority of genetic studies of colorectal carcinogenesis have focused on changes found in primary tumors. Despite the fact that liver metastases are a leading cause of colorectal cancer deaths,...

Irinotecan metabolism and effects vary greatly from one patient to another.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Irinotecan, a camptothecin analogue, is a prodrug which requires bioactivation to form the active metabolite SN-38. SN-38 acts as a DNA topoisomerase I poison. Irinotecan has been widely used in the...

Nuclear antigen leader protein (EBNA-LP) may also regulate apoptosis.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from Japan, "Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) nuclear antigen leader protein (EBNA-LP) plays a critical role in EBV induced transformation. An earlier report by Kawaguchi showed that...

Tropoelastin based design of peptides are created to inhibit metalloproteinases.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from Australia, "Abnormal production of matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) has been observed in a variety of diseases such as emphysema, atherosclerosis, and cancer...

LR White is superior to Unicryl resin for nuclear antigen detection.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "The purpose of this study was to compare 2 electron microscopy embedding media, LR White and Unicryl, with regard to cell morphology and immunohistochemical preservation properties in the study of...

Parameters predicting the prognosis of disease.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from South Korea, "Endometrial carcinoma is the most common malignancy of the female genital tract in United States or Europe, but in Korea, its incidence is comparatively lower...

A fungal infection of the epiglottis can be mistaken for clinical malignancy.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Primary fungal infection of the larynx is rare. We present a case of primary laryngeal invasive fungal infection in a patient with Felty syndrome. The lesion in the epiglottis resembled a malignant...

Iatrogenic esophagobronchial fistula arising in irradiated Barrett's esophagus.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from the United States, "A 47-year-old man underwent a right upper lobectomy for stage IIB bronchoalveolar carcinoma followed by 4600 Gy of irradiation. "One year later a...

PET scanning effective in preoperative diagnosis of unknown primary tumor.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "The search for an unknown primary tumor is often time-consuming, costly, and unrewarding," researchers in Netherlands report. "Positron emission tomography (PET) might be an effective method for...

Flow cytometry can give differential diagnosis by bcl-2 expression level.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Recent research in the United States tested for "the expression of bcl-2, CD10, and CD20 was examined by multicolor flow cytometry in 78 samples including lymph node or other tissue biopsy specimens...

Role for postoperative radiotherapy in disease.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- There is a role for postoperative radiotherapy in disease, according to recent research from Turkey. "Gangliogliomas are rare tumors of the central nervous system. The definite role of...

Altered hepatocyte foci are marker, irrespective of species or cancer trigger.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from Germany, "Among the different types of liver tumor, hepatocellular neoplasms predominate by far in both animals and man. Consequently, preneoplastic foci of altered...

Two cases of solitary necrotic nodules.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "We describe two cases of solitary necrotic nodule of the liver, an uncommon nonmalignant lesion that can mimic a metastasis," researchers in Italy report. "The nodule appeared hypoechoic, or...

Assessment, detection require precise knowledge of normal anatomic structures.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from Germany, "Therapeutic strategy and prognosis of malignant lymphoma are influenced by staging. Therefore, evaluation of pattern of lymphatic involvement is highly...

Lung disease is caused by asbestos and non-asbestos mineral deposit use.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Asbestos deposits have been used locally by the rural inhabitants of Central and Southeastern Anatolia for domestic purposes for many years. Mineralogical analysis revealed that tremolite is the most...

Rare case of blindness following medial maxillectomy.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Medial maxillectomy via lateral rhinotomy approach is used in the treatment for tumors affecting the lateral nasal wall," researchers in England report. "The most frequent complications are...

EBV's LMP-1 has high prevalence of 30-bp deletion and Xho1 polymorphisms.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from Malaysia, "Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), a malignancy associated closely with Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), is prevalent among Chinese of Southern China origin....

Pediatric cases were found to test negative for most common autoantibodies.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from the United States, "Various paraneoplastic autoantibodies have been linked to discrete neurologic syndromes and tumors in adults, but little is known about their...

PRIMA-1 is uniquely selective for mutant p53-dependent growth suppression.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from Sweden, "PRIMA-1 is a low molecular weight compound that restores tumor suppressor function to mutant p53 proteins and has antitumor activity in vivo. Here we report the...

A case of solid, papillary epithelial neoplasm and its recurrence.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from South Korea, "Solid and papillary epithelial neoplasm of the pancreas is a low-grade malignant tumor, generally occurring as a slowly growing upper abdominal mass in a...

A review of 250 cases of perinatal brain tumors.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Central nervous system tumors occur considerably less often in the fetus and neonate than in the older child," researchers in the United States report. "They are not entirely the same as those...

Complete destruction of pulmonary metastasis by CT-guided RFA is possible.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from Switzerland, "Outpatient CT-guided radiofrequency ablation (RFA) of a pulmonary metastasis followed by surgical resection and histopathological analysis was performed...

Pediatric intestinal intussusception led to tumor and syndrome diagnosis.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from Japan, "A 12 year old boy visited our hospital with complaints of severe upper abdominal pain and vomiting. Marked tenderness was present in the upper abdomen, and a...

A tool for cancer diagnosis in general practice.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "A case-control study design was used to examine consultation patterns during the 3 years leading up to the diagnosis of an internal malignancy, within the context of the registered patient list of a...

Arsenic trioxide alters caspase and cyclin levels and inhibits growth.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from South Korea, "Arsenic trioxide potently inhibits the growth of myeloma cells and head and neck cancer cells. Here, we demonstrate that arsenic trioxide inhibited the...

A perioperative nurse liaison program for cancer patients and their families.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Cancer surgery causes stress and anxiety for families and patients," researchers in the United States report. "Knowing that communication between family and health care professionals is...

The value of measuring patient-reported outcomes.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from the United States, "This article provides an introduction to the concepts of quality of life (QOL) research, including the documented uses and benefits of...

Molecular pathogenesis of urinary bladder cancer.
March 10, 2003... 2003 MAR 10 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from the United States, "Carcinoma of the urinary bladder is the second most common urologic malignancy. "In addition, these tumors are one of the best understood...

Benign tumors in children can have serious diagnostic complications.
March 17, 2003... 2003 MAR 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Benign tumors in children can have serious diagnostic complications. "When children present for evaluation of bone tumor, great anxiety often occurs among the family. Usually the diagnosis of a...

Tamoxifen appears to be highly effective only against high-risk breast cancer.
March 17, 2003... 2003 MAR 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Tamoxifen appears to be highly effective only against high-risk breast cancer. "Tamoxifen improves outcome in women with breast cancer and reduces the incidence of estrogen receptor positive (ER+)...

Screening test can help identify cancer survivors at risk for emotional distress.
March 17, 2003... 2003 MAR 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A relatively brief screening test can give caregivers a good indication of which cancer survivors are emotionally distressed and may benefit from further psychological evaluation, according to new...

High-isothiocyanate diet lowers risk in GST polymorphism-null patients.
March 17, 2003... 2003 MAR 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- High-isothiocyanate diet lowers risk in GST polymorphism-null patients. According to a study from Singapore, "Dietary intake of cruciferous vegetables (Brassica spp.) has been inversely related to...

Advances in surgical techniques can facilitate favorable cosmetic outcomes.
March 17, 2003... 2003 MAR 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Advances in surgical techniques can facilitate favorable cosmetic outcomes. "Recent advances in the surgical techniques for the resection of cranial base tumors have allowed for improved degrees of...

Late treatment with oral thyroid hormone still had same inhibitory effect.
March 17, 2003... 2003 MAR 17 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Late treatment with oral thyroid hormone still had same inhibitory effect. According to a study from Italy, "Previous work has shown that treatment with thyroid hormone (T3) decreased the incidence...