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Hormone Treatment Before Radiation for Prostate Cancer

Radiation oncologists have been awaiting follow-up to previous studies that suggested that radiation treatment for prostate cancer was less effective after the use of drugs to suppress hormones. // Researchers at Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center scientists say their t...

CT scan hope for head and neck cancer patients

... UF radiologist Anthony Mancuso, M.D and radiation oncologists Robert Amdur, M.D., Christopher Morris, M.S., and William Mendenhall, M.D continued to review a previous study where it was found that out of 95 patients who underwent surgery after radiation, the lymph nodes two-thirds were free of cancer. Using thi...

Calls to combat deafness after chemotherapy

...ing loss, but did not interfere with chemotherapy, oncologists would use it across the board for all cancers treated with cisplatin. Thousands of survivors are being left with unnecessary hearing damage." Drug companies say that such a drug, which blocks the unwanted effects of chemotherapy, is already availabl...

Weight gain intimately linked to prostate cancer

...l effects that occur early in life." She adds that oncologists should take weight gain as a factor when they plan a course of treatment for prostate cancer patients. The researchers tracked 526 M. D. Anderson prostate cancer patients who had their tumors surgically removed. They followed these men over 41/2 ye...

Maybe It Is Time For Doctors To Look After Their Health As Well

...d for the deterioration in mental health. Clinical oncologists had the greatest increase in the prevalence of poor mental health and burnout compared with the other specialties. In response to the above finding, Cath Taylor concludes: “There seems to be several underlying reasons for this worrying development. ...

Chemo may not assist in fighting cancer

..., said the study ``will reaffirm the way that many oncologists are now practicing'' and should help doctors base cancer therapies on the specific characteristics of their patients. It shows chemotherapy is appropriate for some women, but not others, and that patients who need the therapy can be specifically ide...

Cancer Patients Prone To Developing Blood Clots

... from forming. Researchers surveyed more than 100 oncologists to determine if the doctors were aware of the risk...o use the blood thinners. Nearly 40 percent of the oncologists said less than 1 percent of their patients were currently using prophylactic measures for preventing...

Cancer Patients At A Greater Risk Of Developing Blood Clots

... from forming. Researchers surveyed more than 100 oncologists to determine if the doctors were aware of the risk...o use the blood thinners. Nearly 40 percent of the oncologists said less than 1 percent of their patients were currently using prophylactic measures for preventing...

Oncologists Overlook Clot Risk

.../ Researchers in England, surveyed more than 100 oncologists to determine if the doctors were aware of the risk...o use the blood thinners. Nearly 40 percent of the oncologists said less than 1 percent of their patients were currently using prophylactic measures for preventing...

New drug helps boost cancer treatment

...reproduce. To test the efficacy of the drug, the oncologists prescribed the new drug to a group of patients with cancer. All of the 120 patients given IMC-C225 were diagnosed with cancer that was progressing. When given the drug 22.5 percent of the patients achieved a partial response to therapy -- that is, th...

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