Clinical Oncology Week articles from March 2004

Clinical Oncology Week archives from March 2004

Optical detection system plus colposcopy yields improved detection rates.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a study of more than 2,000 women, a group of physicians found that detection of precancerous changes in the cervix improved by more than 26% when a new optical detection system was used in...

ERT poses little recurrence risk for women treated for early-stage disease.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a study conducted over a 5-year period with more than 1,200 women with early-stage endometrial cancer, a team of physicians found that estrogen replacement therapy was associated with a low incidence...

Combined therapy can benefit neuroblastoma patients in the high-risk group.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Complex multitherapy can improve the 5-year event-free-survival (EFS) of children with neuroblastoma. "Neuroblastoma is the most common solid tumor in childhood. Modern management includes a biopsy...

Guidelines help patients receive proper referrals for specialized treatment.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A recent study validated the benefits of referral guidelines for patients diagnosed with ovarian cancer. In 2002, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and the Society of...

Radiotherapy resulted in better progression-free survival for ovarian cancer.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Radiotherapy produced better clinical outcome yet had more treatment-related side effects in patients with ovarian carcinoma. According to a study from Sweden, "In a prospective randomized trial,...

Betula platyphylla var. japonica extract may have anticancer properties.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Animal model shows that Betula platyphylla var. japonica has potential anticancer and antioxidant properties, researchers report. "The antioxidant and anticancer properties of a medicinal plant,...

Risk of basal cell carcinoma is increased by alcohol intake.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Basal cell carcinoma is associated with alcohol consumption but not with smoking, study finds. According to a study from the United States, "We prospectively investigated whether alcohol intake and...

MRI and CT can be used to diagnose intracerebral hematoma.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- CT and MRI are useful in diagnosing intracerebral hematomas, but angiography may be needed to determine whether there is an intracranial vascular malformation. According to published research from...

An informational video can improve breast cancer clinical trial knowledge.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Study shows that viewing an informational video about participation in clinical trials is beneficial in educating patients about potential participation in a trial. "A total of 262 women in the USA...

Combo GET therapy well tolerated in metastatic breast cancer.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Clinical trial finds that the combination of gemcitabine, epirubicin and paclitaxel (GET) has acceptable toxicity and is active in patients with metastatic breast cancer. "In this phase II,...

Free estradiol and breast cancer risk can be calculated for use in studies.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Study results suggest that for epidemiological studies, it is only necessary to measure total estradiol (E2) concentration and sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) concentration, with hormone fractions...

Gabapentin reduces tamoxifen-induced hot flashes in women with breast cancer.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A pilot study finds that gabapentin administration in women with breast cancer significantly improved tamoxifen-induced hot flashes. "In this pilot study, 22 women with breast cancer on tamoxifen...

Immune response to telomerase tumor antigen studied as possible vaccine.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania have begun a Phase I clinical trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a telomerase peptide as a possible vaccine against breast...

Mammography more stressful for survivors of disease.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The stress of mammography after surviving breast cancer may cause health risks beyond having a history of the disease itself, a new study suggests. Breast cancer survivors find follow-up mammography...

Sarcomas of the breast prone to relapse unless wide surgical margains attained.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Sarcomas are rare lesions in the breast and treatment should focus on surgical removal with wide margins. "Breast sarcomas are rare lesions that can be derived from any of the mammary stromal...

Spanish women with family history need education about breast cancer.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Spanish women need interventions to increase their adherence to breast cancer screening. According to recent research from Spain, "Women with a family history of breast cancer (FHBC) are at...

Higher breast density is associated with increased breast cancer risk.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Determining breast density by mammography may be helpful in assessing breast cancer risk, researchers report. According to a study from the United States, "Increased mammographic breast density is...

FLAIR-MRI can detect abnormal hyperintensity within the subarachnoid space.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- FLAIR-MRI can show central nervous system (CNS) abnormalities as areas of hyperintensity, but can also show artifacts. According to recent research from Japan, "A variety of CNS diseases are...

Breast cancer risk differs within the South Asian female population in England.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Differences in breast cancer risk between South Asian ethnic subgroups were partly due to diet and body size, researchers say. According to a study from England, "South Asian women in England have...

Researchers develop a new protocol for verifying data.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A statistical protocol is introduced for analyzing spatially varying data, including putative explanatory variables, researchers say. According to a study from the United States, "The procedures...

Tumor cell-specific therapy shows preclinical promise.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cancer often begins with mutations in tumor suppressor pathways. Tumor suppressor genes - such as p53 - arrest cell growth and induce apoptosis (programmed cell death) in response to cellular stress,...

Corticosteroids alone reduced cisplatin-induced delayed emesis.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers report that corticosteroids significantly reduced delayed emesis caused by cisplatin and that adding metoclopramide or 5-HT[subscript]3 receptor antagonists did not offer any significant...

A model can estimate glomerular filtration rate in pediatric cancer patients.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers develop a noninvasive method for estimating glomerular filtration rate (GFR) in children with cancer. "Estimation of GFR using the clearance of chromium 51 EDTA (Cr-51-EDTA) (or other...

Group develops ethical strategies to use when seeking informed consent.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers develop communication strategies to assist doctors in ethically obtaining informed consent to participate in cancer clinical trials. "Randomized clinical trials have come to be regarded...

Patients are moderately shocked about a screening-detected diagnosis of cancer.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Raising awareness of the adenoma-carcinoma sequence may help reduce the shock of a screen-detected diagnosis of colon cancer, researchers say. "The experience of receiving a screen-detected...

U.K.'s urgent referral standard hampered by system delays.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The 2-week maximum wait to see a specialist for U.K. patients with suspected colon cancer does not seem to be working well, if the results of one hospital's audit are anything to go by, suggests...

FDA approves Erbitux for metastatic disease.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Adminstration (FDA) has approved Erbitux (cetuximab) to treat patients with advanced colorectal cancer that has spread to other parts of the body. Erbitux is the first...

Parotid may be invaded by squamous cell external auditory canal carcinoma.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Parotid excision should be performed in patients with advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the external auditory canal. "Until now, little was known about the mode of parotid involvement in external...

Prolonged menstruation is associated with developing endometrial cancer.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Never having been pregnant, never having given birth, and longer menstruation were associated with an increased risks of developing endometrial cancer among women in Shanghai. According to a study...

Staging esophageal cancer with endoscopic MR imaging is safe.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- MR imaging to stage esophageal cancer is comparable to endoscopic ultrasound staging, but some overstaging occurred. "The authors defined esophageal anatomy and evaluated esophageal cancer staging...

Chemoradiation is effective in patients with inoperable esophageal carcinoma.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A regimen of radiotherapy along with cisplatin and 5-fluorouracil is tolerable and effective in patients with inoperable esophageal cancer. "We performed a retrospective study of 90 consecutive...

Green tea does not protect against stomach cancer, study finds.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A Japanese study finds no protective effective conferred against stomach cancer by drinking green tea. "To evaluate whether green tea consumption provides protection against stomach cancer, the...

Highly salted foods increase gastric cancer risk in Japanese men and women.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Study finds avoiding high salt intake is a good strategy to reduce the incidence of gastric cancer among Japanese people. "Evidence on the association between salt intake and gastric cancer is...

Gemcitabine and mitomycin C may be effective in treating advanced GI cancer.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Gemcitabine in combination with mitomycin C (GeM) has shown efficacy against gastrointestinal (GI) cancers, especially colorectal tumors. According to a study from England, "Advanced or metastatic...

Segment III intrahepatic cholangiojejunostomy is modified to reduce bile leakage.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers modify the round ligament approach to create a cholangiojejunostomy that reduces postoperative bile leakage. According to a study from Scotland, "Segment III bypass can achieve...

Panfungal PCR useful for cerebral aspergillosis diagnosis.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Panfungal PCR can facilitate cerebral aspergillosis diagnosis. Physicians in Japan described their experience treating a "patient with osteosarcoma in whom a brain abscess developed after...

Road traffic exhaust might be involved in childhood leukemia.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Children with more exposure to motor vehicle emissions had higher incidences of leukemia, researchers say. According to a study from Italy, "To assess the effect of road traffic exhaust on the risk...

Imatinib inhibits hematopoietic progenitor cell proliferation.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Imatinib inhibits the proliferation of hematopoietic progenitor cells. "Imatinib is a novel tyrosine kinase inhibitor used for the treatment of Philadelphia chromosome-positive leukemias and other...

Late CMV PRP reported after stem-cell transplantation.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- An incidence of late CMV PRP has been reported in a stem-cell transplant recipient. In a case described by physicians in Germany, a "55-year-old man with acute myeloid leukemia in second relapse...

Unrelated cord blood transplantion feasible for adult AML patients.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Unrelated cord blood transplantation (CBT) is feasible for adult AML patients. In a recent study, hematologists in Japan evaluated the outcomes of unrelated CBT "for 18 adult patients with de novo...

Bronchial washings are not reliable in diagnosing carcinoid lung tumors.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Bronchial washings can have false-negative results, researchers say. "Bronchial washings are used routinely in the diagnosis of lung tumors. However, unlike other tumors, the diagnosis of bronchial...

CPT-11+ cisplatin results in better survival than etoposide+cisplatin.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) shows better overall survival response with a CPT-11+cisplatin regimen than etoposide+cisplatin, researchers say. According to published research from Japan,...

Epidermal growth factor receptor-targeted therapy improves symptom in NSCLC.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Gefitinib has resulted in response in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and has improved quality of life, researchers report. According to a study from the United States, "Epidermal...

Non-small cell lung tumors regrow quickly after induction chemotherapy.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Study finds rapid regrowth of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) between induction chemotherapy and radiation therapy initiation. According to a study from Netherlands, "Induction chemotherapy of...

PET scan is a useful adjunct in the staging of non-small cell lung cancer.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Positron emission tomography (PET) is a useful adjunct but cannot replace standard imaging techniques for staging non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). According to recent research from Belgium,...

Patient education is important in targeted therapy for lung cancer.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The pharmacist's input is important in patient education and compliance regarding gefitinib therapy for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), researchers report. "Drug costs and reimbursement issues...

Researchers propose follow-up of patients with non-small cell lung cancer.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Follow-up constitutes an important part of lung cancer management, researchers say. "According to published research from England, "This is the first consensus document on the follow-up of the...

Video-assisted thoracoscopy is useful for preoperative staging NSCLC.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Study affirms the utility of video-assisted thoracoscopy in the preoperative staging of T3, T4, and T doubtful non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), as well as N2 in the surgical exploration of lymph...

Gamma knife stereotactic radiosurgery is useful for solitary brain metastases.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Gamma knife stereotactic radiosurgery (GK-SRS) is effective in treating patients with solitary brain metastases from non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC). "A retrospective study was conducted...

Etoposide and thiotepa is an effective preparative regimen for autologous BMT.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Etoposide and thiotepa regimen is effective for patients with relapsed non-Hodgkin's lymphoma having autologous bone marrow transplantation. According to recent research published in the journal...

Reduced-intensity BEAM-alemtuzumab SCT effective.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Reduced-intensity BEAM-alemtuzumab stem-cell transplantation is safe and effective for patients suffering from lymphoproliferative disorders. In a recent study, hematologists in England evaluated...

New way found to predict metastasis.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new way of predicting whether skin cancers will spread to other organs has been developed by British researchers. This means that resources can be concentrated on those patients most in need of close...

Tumors can be triggered in normal cells by signals from nearby supporting cells.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Like a detective combing the scene of a crime for clues, researchers often target their search for cancer causes in the cells known as epithelial cells. After all, it is these cells that most often...

Nasopharyngeal cancer is rare in young patients and often presents late.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC) often present late, which makes chemotherapy an important treatment. "Nasopharyngeal carcinoma is rare in under 20-year-olds. Early diagnosis greatly...

Gefitinib in pretreated elderly patients with advanced NSCLC is effective.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Study shows that gefitinib is safe and well-tolerated in elder patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) and produced an overall disease-control rate of 50%. "The activity and toxicity...

Three-day programs can improve nurses' communication skills in cancer care.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Study finds that 3-day training courses can lead to clinically relevant behavioral change and improvements in perceived confidence in communication and dissemination of skills among nurses caring for...

Copper may play role in "starving" cancer to standstill.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Starving a cancerous tumor of its blood supply might stop its growth while other treatments aim to kill it. "Nutrient depletion" is how Dr. Ed Harris, Texas A&M University biochemist, described the...

Newly discovered cancer mutation arrived with immigrant almost 3 centuries ago.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists have combined genetic testing with genealogical detective work to discover and trace the source of an unusual gene mutation. That mutation apparently was brought to the United States at...

Consolidation therapy with paclitaxel is effective in ovarian cancer.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers explore the management of ovarian cancer with paclitaxel, which also results in limited toxicity. "According to a study from the United States, "The administration of 'consolidation'...

Ovarian cryopreservation is an option if in vitro fertilization is not possible.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Oocytes should be aspirated before women undergo cancer treatment, if future conception is desired. "The effect of chemotherapy and radiotherapy on future fertility is of concern to patients and...

The paclitaxel-cisplatin regimen is beneficial in advanced ovarian cancer.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Patients with advanced ovarian cancer fared better with a cisplatin-paclitaxel regimen than with cisplatin-cyclophosphamide treatment, researchers report. "Two independent and consecutive randomized...

Three-drug regimen produced more complete responses in ovarian cancer.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Combined paclitaxel/epirubicin/carboplatin (TEC) resulted in more complete responses than did paclitaxel/carboplatin (TC) when given as first-line treatment of ovarian cancer. "The objective of...

US, CT, and MRI are all accurate in staging ovarian cancer.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Ultrasonography (US), computed tomography (CT), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) can be useful in staging ovarian cancer, researchers report. According to recent research published in the...

MR imaging of parotid tumors may help identify benign vs. malignant masses.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Magnetic resonance (MR) imaging may provide diagnostic clues to the histology of parotid tumors, researchers report. "Most parotid tumors grow slowly, whether benign or malignant; thus, it is...

Discrepancies in long-term care of childhood cancer survivors exposed.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new study has been carried out in the U.K. Department of Public Health and Epidemiology and supported by Cancer Research U.K., the U.K. Children's Cancer Study Group, and the Kay Kendall Leukaemia...

Some anesthetic agents negatively affect motor evoked potentials.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Motor evoked potentials (MEPs) can be depressed by certain anesthetic agents, which can lead to intraoperative motor tract injury, researchers say. "Motor evoked potentials have shown promise as a...

Cruciferous vegetables may be protective during early prostate tumorigenesis.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Older men with prostate cancer probably do not need to eat broccoli. According to a study from the United States, "High intake of cruciferous vegetables may offer some protection against prostate...

Estramustine alone or combined with vinblastine yields highly toxic side effects.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Patients with advanced prostate cancer experienced toxic side effects of estramustine phosphage (EMP) plus vinblastine (VBL) and from EMP alone, causing almost half to leave the study, researchers say....

Low-fat diet slows cancer growth, increases survival times in laboratory models.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A low-fat diet may help men with aggressive prostate cancer better fight their disease and live longer, according to researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Jonsson Cancer...

Studies indicate an inverse association of aspirin and prostate cancer.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A review of published studies finds an indication of an inverse relationship between aspirin use and the risk of prostate cancer. "Animal and laboratory studies suggest that regular use of...

The level of testosterone in the serum is likely unrelated to prostate cancer.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Serum testosterone is probably not related to prostate cancer incidence but the association of androgen and estrogen need further investigation, researchers say. According to recent research...

Race may be a factor in treatment of cancer patients.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Black patients with rectal cancer are diagnosed at a younger age and with more advanced stage of disease than white patients, but they are less likely to receive radiation treatment, according to a new...

Imaging technology for renal tumors cannot determine diagnosis.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Despite advances and developments in imaging technology, renal tumor diagnosis must be made by histological examination, researchers say. "There is a large range of benign and malignant renal...

Preventive efforts must increase to reduce the incidence of skin cancer.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Prevention of risk factors and early screening programs are needed worldwide to slow the increasing incidence of skin cancer. According to a study from Germany, "Including malignant melanoma, basal...

Novel membrane reactor enhances cord blood cell expansion.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A novel culture system enhances cord blood cell expansion. "Cord blood hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells (HSPC) represent an important cell source for transplantation of cancer patients after...

RIC SCT feasible for patients with advanced solid tumors.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- RIC allo-SCT is feasible for solid cancer patients with advanced and treatment-resistant tumors. In a "prospective multicenter program," scientists in France "investigated allogeneic stem cell...

Treosulfan-fludarabine conditioning regimen safe and effective.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A treosulfan-fludarabine conditioning regimen is safe and effective for bone marrow allograft recipients. According to scientists in Germany, "New conditioning regimens are being explored to reduce...

Patients with testicular cancer had less distress than other cancer patients.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Deleterious changes in emotional distress, quality of life, and symptom distress seen in other cancer populations were not apparent in our sample of testicular cancer patients, researchers say. ...

Bilateral germ-cell tumors of the testis are more common in younger men.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Study results emphasize the importance of patient education and of the need to better identify patients at risk for a second testicular germ-cell tumor (TGCT). According to recent research...

Cancer patients are at high risk for recurrent thromboembolism.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Using low-molecular-weight heparins for initial treatment and long-term anticoagulation in cancer patients with venous thrombosis seems promising, researchers report. "In contrast with the paucity...

Research suggests an approach to shared decision making about cancer issues.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Shared decision making offers a way of individualizing recommendations, according to patients' special needs and preferences, when some patients may benefit from an intervention but others may not. ...

Patients with cancer of unknown primary origin survive longer with treatment.
March 1, 2004... 2004 MAR 1 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Even when the primary tumor site unknown, cancer patients who undergo treatment have a longer survival than those who are not treated, a new study shows. "Cancer of unknown primary origin (CUP)...

Long-term use of antibiotics possibly linked with increased disease risk.
March 8, 2004... 2004 MAR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Women who used increased amounts of antibiotics appear to have a greater risk of breast cancer, according to a new study. The authors and other scientists emphasize, however, that more studies are...

New technology may help doctors more accurately target tumors.
March 8, 2004... 2004 MAR 8 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A new imaging technology developed by GE Medical Systems and currently being evaluated at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) may allow radiation oncologists to precisely track tumor...