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Test Helps Identify Patients with Breast Cancer

...le, and studies have shown that it can predict the aggressiveness of the patient’s tumor and the relative risk of disease recurrence following surgery in breast, colon and gastric cancers. Now, researchers in the U.S. and Canada have studied whether it also can help identify breast cancer patients who would benefit...

More Stress, More Cancer

...l,' he said. 'MMP-2 and MMP-9 contribute to the aggressiveness of these tumors,' Yang said. 'It isn't clear exactly how they are operating but they may work with VEGF to facilitate blood vessel growth in new tumors so that they can grow.' The target adrenergic receptors for these hormones are wellknown to cli...

IMRT Versus 3D CRT For Prostate Cancer, New Long-Term Data Assesses Side Effects

..., T-stage (palpable size) and Gleason score (tumor aggressiveness determined by pathologic testing). The researchers evaluated gastrointestinal side effects such as short-term diarrhea and longer-term bowel dysfunction and genitourinary side effects such as urinary frequency, urgency and, rarely, painful or difficu...

Steroid Use Linked to Crimes

...ionship between steroids associated with increased aggressiveness and impulsive violent outbursts and criminal behavior. They looked at people using steroids without a doctor's prescription. The researchers led by Dr. Fia Klotz of Uppsala University in Sweden wrote "Our findings indicate that the use of (anaboli...

Octogenarians Are Not Too Old for Cancer Surgery

...being the worst) disease or a Gleason score (tumor aggressiveness measurement system) of seven or more (out of 10). “These were patients with very aggressive forms of prostate cancer,” says R. Houston Thompson, M.D., the study’s primary author. “Had our surgeons not removed the cancer, risk of death or need for pal...

PET Imaging Identifies Aggressive Kidney Cancers That Require Surgery

...T may ultimately be used not only to determine the aggressiveness and extent of a patient’s disease prior to any surgical intervention, but also to measure the therapeutic effects of a particular treatment, and predict the likelihood of recurrence. “The promising results of this trial have stimulated interest in ...

Study Aims to Find Which Breast Cancer Patients Need Chemotherapy

...determine who does, a test that measures a tumor’s aggressiveness based on its DNA will be tested nationally in more than 10,000 of these women. “The dilemma physicians have with these patients is, because they have such small tumors, it’s hard to tell who needs chemotherapy,” said Dr. Thomas A. Samuel, Medical C...

Biopsy may Underestimate Prostate Cancer in Obese and Overweight Men

...n treatment for prostate cancer. They compared the aggressiveness of each patient’s cancer as suggested by examinati... obtained during diagnostic biopsy with the actual aggressiveness of disease found by microscopic examination of the diseased prostate tissue removed at the time of s...

Obesity Does Not Auger Well for Prostate Cancer Patients

...n treatment for prostate cancer. They compared the aggressiveness of each patient’s cancer as suggested by examinati... obtained during diagnostic biopsy with the actual aggressiveness of disease found by microscopic examination of the diseased prostate tissue removed at the time of s...

Crucial Gene may Be Indicator of Breast Cancer Metastasis

...dings identify CEACAM6 as a unique mediator of the aggressiveness and spread of AI-resistant breast cancer. This suggests that it might be an important biomarker for metastasis and a possible target for novel treatments for patients with metastatic breast cancer.” SAV/...

Correlation Between Bile Duct Obstruction and Ductal Cancer Found

...ch obstruction on bile duct cancer cell growth and aggressiveness had not been previously investigated. These new findings are highly significant for two reasons, says Dr. Sirica. First, they establish an important correlation between bile duct obstruction and bile duct cancer, suggesting growth regulatory me...

New Portable Communication System Developed for Autistic Children

...ently, the use of that display could also diminish aggressiveness in autistic children. Many of them injure themselves and present aggressive behaviour because they become frustrated when they cannot communicate with others. If they can communicate through SC@UT, this problem would disappear, Science News quoted ...

Innovative Procedure Helps Men Minimize Incontinence After Prostatectomy

... some adjacent tissue, depending on the extent and aggressiveness of the tumor. "Unfortunately, this can weaken structures that control the retention and release of urine from the bladder, such as the puboprostatic ligaments, related muscle and other key anatomy," Dr. Tewari explains. "Together, these structures fo...

Quick, Innovative Procedure Helps Men Minimize Incontinence After Prostatectomy

... some adjacent tissue, depending on the extent and aggressiveness of the tumor. "Unfortunately, this can weaken structures that control the retention and release of urine from the bladder, such as the puboprostatic ligaments, related muscle and other key anatomy," Dr. Tewari explains. "Together, these structures fo...

Loss of Antenna Leads to Cancer in Insects

...omas, while HEF1 signaling also contributes to the aggressiveness of some brain cancers (glioblastomas). Now theres a new activity for these proteins at cilia, said co-author Elizabeth P. Henske, M.D., a medical oncologist and genetics researcher who studies the genetic basis of kidney tumors. This complex HEF1 a...

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