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TNF Protein Can Predict GVHD Bone Marrow Transplant Recipients

..., derived from a donor. This enables high doses of chemotherapy to be directed to cancer cells. The possibility of the recipient's immune cells rejecting the new bone marrow poses a severe threat to the graft survival. The patient's skin, gastrointestinal and liver cells can be destroyed, sometimes, even leading ...

Avastin under trial to test efficacy for pancreatic tumours!

...n combination with abdominal radiation therapy and chemotherapy can reduce localized pancreatic tumours that have ...the previous study suggest that the combination of chemotherapy and radiation is a safe and effective treatment method to reduce the local extent of pancreatic tumo...

Trails to detect effective breast cancer drugs that reduces recurrences

...nce free survival after breast cancer surgery. The chemotherapy drugs docetaxel (Taxotere) and vinorelbine (Navelbine) are tested to analyze the outcomes.// It was previously reported by the Finnish researchers that patients who received infusions of trastuzumab (Herceptin) were less likely to get recurrences i...

Biota Initiates Drug Testing War against Common Cold

...ructive pulmonary disease (COPD), those undergoing chemotherapy or radiotherapy and immunocompromised individuals (HIV/AIDS patients, transplant recipients). It has been found from U.S. statistical studies that 45 million bed days in hospitals could be atrributed to individuals who developded disease related com...

Colon cancer patients benefit from Hepatic Arterial Infusion Therapy

...hepatic arterial infusion (HAI). In this technique chemotherapy was administered directly to the liver through a p...underwent an additional surgical procedure to have chemotherapy pump inserted into their abdomen. Researchers found that patients receiving HAI lived longer (me...

Anti-Cancer Treatment Promises Hope in Bird Flu Treatment

...ported. The researchers had previously developed a chemotherapy treatment in 1994, using the anti-cancer drug etoposide that destroyed the excess white blood cells. Although the 8-week treatment is associated with few side effects such as reduced blood count and nausea, the benefit far outweighs the risk. It is...

Avastin, anti-Cancer Drug leads to Blindness and Other Complications

...ition has been previously linked to treatment with chemotherapy and immune-suppressing drugs....

7,500 Cancer Cases Misdiagnosed in NSW

...les leading to some patients receiving unnecessary chemotherapy and some patients being denied potentially life-saving treatment. The tests were carried out between November 1999 and December 2001. Hunter New England Health said that it was not aware of what procedure to follow and has sought advice. "It's mainly...

Lung cancer molecular profile discovered by researchers.

...as-let-7a-2 would indicate the need for aggressive chemotherapy or radiation treatments. According to Curtis Harris, M.D., chief of the Laboratory of Human Carcinogenesis at NCI and co-leader of this study, “This study is significant because it provides another tool for studying prognosis that is independent of...

PET Can Predict Response To Treatment In Esophageal Cancer Patients

...re conducted after treatment with a combination of chemotherapy and radiation....

FDA Gives Green Signal To Sanofi-Aventis SA's Cancer Drug Taxotere

...eans that Taxotere can be used in combination with chemotherapy drugs cisplatin and 5-fluorouracil to treat stomach cancers that have not been treated with chemotherapy. Taxotere is also approved to treat some types of breast cancer and lung cancer. Certain types of prostate cancer can also be treated with the ...

New Study To Determine "Watchful Waiting" Period For Prostate Cancer

...or watchful // waiting and can avoid the stressful chemotherapy treatments. "With the advent of the PSA test, we see prostate cancer detected much earlier but there is no evidence that early detection means longer survival. Because of the sensitivity of the test, clinically insignificant tumors sometimes are ov...

Hartford To Offer Life Insurance To Cancer Survivors

...ates of the cancer are pretty high owing to better chemotherapy as well as early diagnosis and management. The company will introduce plans at standard rates "to men 60 and older who have been surgically treated for moderate levels of prostate cancer," Hartford said. It added that the plan is similar to what wa...

Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center To Study Ways To Prevent 'Chemo Brain'

...substantial number of cancer survivors who receive chemotherapy report mild to moderate cognitive impairment that ...e been reported across a range of cancer types and chemotherapy agents," said Brown. The study will be for duration of six months and participants will have to visi...

Inexpensive ALL Follow-Up Test Developed By St. Jude Researchers

...stic anemia (ALL), who respond well to their first chemotherapy regimen, // has been developed by researchers at S...would reduce the side effects associated with high chemotherapy doses and hence substantially improve the treatment outcome in children with ALL. The test helps c...

New Method Developed To Cut Down Chemotherapy Deaths

... in cancer patients, as a new method of delivering chemotherapy has been found to be effective//, without causing ...involves using tiny fibres and beads soaked in the chemotherapy drug, which are then implanted into the cancerous area in the patient's body. These fibres are bi...

Prevent Skin Cancer with Lifestyle Changes

...s of skin cancers with surgery, radiation therapy, chemotherapy and photodynamic therapies being the common modes of treatment . The M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston has been ranked among America’s top two cancer hospitals in the U.S. News & World Report. <br...

Drug Xeloda as effective as Traditional Chemotherapy

...ccording to Drugmaker Roche Holding AG Xeloda oral chemotherapy is proving to be as effective as traditional chemotherapy to treat advanced stomach cancer//. Data from a Phase III study which will be presented at an Amer...

Roche Rolls Out Lung Cancer Drug In India

...ng cancer, who have not responded well to even one chemotherapy treatment. Tarceva is an established effective treatment for lung cancer, and perhaps the only epidermal growth factor receptor-inhibitor, to offer high survival rates in the treatment of lung cancer...

Donor Heart Gives Way for Patient’s Own Hear

...n, however after undergoing a successful course of chemotherapy in January; she is in remission at present. Amazingly, Hannah is now feeling well enough to contemplate taking part in the Transplant Games later this year, at which she hopes to compete in swimming, long jump and table tennis. A spokesman for th...

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