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Prostate Cancer Therapy may Increase Risk of Death in Older Patients

...d in clinical trials, the study authors state that oncologists should weigh the benefits of androgen deprivation ...receive the therapy. "These findings should help oncologists determine which older patients are the best candidates for ADT," Tsai remarks. "If a patient is at h...

Benefits of ADT Against Risk of Heart Ailments

...d in clinical trials, the study authors state that oncologists should weigh the benefits of androgen deprivation ...receive the therapy. "These findings should help oncologists determine which older patients are the best candidates for ADT," Tsai remarks. "If a patient is at h...

Emerging Research Heralds New Era of Breast Cancer Management

...he care of their patients, and to be true surgical oncologists rather than merely surgical technicians." Source-Eurekalert SR...

Surgery and Adjuvant Therapy Can Work for Pancreatic Cancer

...st results.” In the study, the team of surgeons, oncologists and radiation oncologists from Mayo’s Arizona and Minnesota campuses examined the records of 472 consecutively-treated patient...

Young Single Men More Likely To Bank Sperm

...rs probably explain why most urologists, radiation oncologists and medical oncologists offer sperm banking before therapy for testicular cancer. "However, our survey shows that sperm ba...

European Scientists Develop Novel Therapy for Cancer

...orate with some of the top European scientists and oncologists to fight this deadly disease. We are confident that in the near future, we will be able to progress the best of our developed strategies into clinical practice for the benefit of cancer sufferers." Source-Eurekalert SRI...

Skip the Drug, Pick Up Your Shoes

...s prescribing and optimizing types of exercise, as oncologists would probably lack the knowledge and confidence of proposing such exercises. One thing is certain though; cancer patients would be more than willing to try out exercises if made aware of these benefits. ANN...

Preserving Fertility for Child Cancer Patients

... complicated,” says Prof Greenberg. “Paediatric oncologists must inform themselves of the options, forge links with paediatric endocrinologists and reproductive medicine specialists, define at-risk patients by consensus, and commit to participating in research in this area.” Sorce-AMI SRM...

Awareness about Women's Cancers- A National Concern

... include the recent advances in cancer and the 150 oncologists are expected to be present. In Chennai the worldwide observance of the Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October was marked by several organisations to bring the spotlight on breast cancer and stress the need for early detection. The commonest can...

Listening to the Sound of Skin Cancer

...causes melanoma cells to emit noise, and could let oncologists spot early signs of metastases -- as few as ten ca... warning, as this blood test provides, could alert oncologists to the cancer when it’s at its earliest stages in other parts of the body and help them to begin a q...

Accessibility of cancer-treatment is Variable throughout EU

... Italy and Germany have the highest number of both oncologists and facilities as to their population size, whereas Eastern European nations have fewer specialist units. "This is a failure for Europe," said the president of ESMO, Dr Hakan Mellstedt, referring to thousands, perhaps tens of thousands of unnecessa...

Amgen introduces Autoinjector For Treating Anemia

...injuries, offering dependable benefits for nurses, oncologists and nephrologists who administer Aranesp in clinics and hospitals." The Aranesp prefilled SureClick autoinjector has three important and unique safety features, including a safety cover that limits needle exposure before and after the subcutaneous i...

PSA Can Predicts The Treatment Response In Advanced Prostate Cancer

...h new metastatic prostate cancer. This could allow oncologists to identify patients who are unlikely to do well with this treatment long before they develop clinical signs of treatment resistance,” says lead study author Maha Hussain, M.D., professor of internal medicine at the U-M Medical School. The research...

Radiation Cocktail May Reduce Risk of Damage To Other Organs In Breast Cancer

...es and mixtures. The computer simulations helped oncologists send accurately targeted doses for 78 breast cancer patients receiving "hypofractionated" treatments, in which the patients received fewer, but more potent, doses of radiation. The beams delivered all the radiation within a small margin of the tumor...

Handling skin irritation induced by Radiation Therapy

...iated skin reduces the skin reactions. Radiation oncologists have given a few guidelines which would reduce the skin reactions. ? Pat the skin dry and massage the prescribed anti-itch creams onto the affected area. ? Wear protective clothing to avoid sun exposure. ? Avoid tight fitting blouses and bras. ...

Patients Undergoing Breast Radiation Are Facing Complications

...o the space where the tumor was removed. Radiation oncologists then insert a radiation source inside the breast temporarily to deliver high doses of radiation to the tumor site to eliminate any cancer cells that may remain after surgery. This method of partial breast irradiation is currently being studied to see...

Brachytherapy Shows Promise for Cancer Treatment

...gh-dose-rate afterloading machine allows radiation oncologists to complete brachytherapy quickly, in about 10 to 20 minutes. A single, potent radioactive source is often sent through one or more catheters to the tumor for a particular amount of time. In contrast low-dose-rate afterloading requires at least an ov...

Fewer Breast Cancer Patients to Get Chemo

... to determine whether the benefit is so small that oncologists should not be recommending chemotherapy. There have been several developments of late which help doctors decide who really needs chemotherapy.First is the realization that breast cancer is an umbrella of diseases with different causes, arise from di...

Chemotherapy Treatment Can Be Given To The Elderly also

...he study results should alert both community-based oncologists and colon cancer patients that chemotherapy is, fo... The study is unusual because it looked at whether oncologists in the community followed the treatment recommendations issued in 1990 by a NIH consensus conference...

Novel Treatment Found To Prolong Survival Of Liver Cancer Patients

... of 400 folds the conventional dose. The radiation oncologists designed a treatment that directly targets the tumor, using conformal radiation techniques that pinpoint precisely where the radiation beams go. This unique approach minimizes the radiation exposure to normal liver tissue. The study was conducted o...

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