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Blood test may identify ovarian cancer

... But if the disease is caught early, the five-year survival is around 95 percent. So providing a way to routinely identify the disease in its stage I phase "could have a dramatic impact in what is now a very deadly cancer," said Dr. Elise Kohn, a study author. Researchers tried their test on blood samples fr...

Kidney cancer on the rise

...people each year are affected by kidney cancer and survival rates are among the lowest in Europe.// The diseas...l if the cancer is to be successfully treated, and survival rates after surgery can be as high as 94 per cent. But once the cancer has spread, the chance of tre...

Additional Radiotheraphy for Breast Cancer

...oost had an overall local control rate of 95%, and survival at five years was 91%. The largest benefit was seen in women aged under 40, where the chances of recurrence were cut by 54%. Patients will be followed up for many years to see whether booster doses will also cut mortality. These impressive results ...

Ethnic discrepancy in ovarian cancer

... surgery. So it is perhaps unsurprising that the survival rate among African American women is lower. They s... average, for 22 months after diagnosis, while the survival time for Caucasian women is 32 months. Obviously ovarian cancer is life-threatening for any woman - ...

Skin cancer on the rise

...such as water sports might also be to blame. The survival rate for the disease is also worse among men than women over a five-year period. However survival rates from skin cancers are good if it the condition is caught early.Cancer experts say women have p...

Liver transplant oversight urged

...l come from dead donors. According to doctors, the survival rate of recipients is close to 80 percent for both procedures. Trotter and his colleagues said more live transplants could shorten waiting lists and offer medical advantages in some cases over the traditional practice of taking transplant livers fro...

New hope for eye cancer

...leased by the Archives of Opthalmology, found that survival rates were the same regardless of whether the eye was removed or the patient had instead undergone radiation therapy. Davidorf, Professor of Opthalmology and investigator of COMS, Ohio said that removal of the eye is the only option for bigger ...

Down syndrome life anticipation doubles

...causes of intellectual disability. "Figures on the survival rate of people with Down syndrome are important to us as families but it's also socially important," said Jill O'Connor. "We now have a whole generation of children who have grown up at home and will become a generation of older people with Down synd...

Patients with testicular cancer dying through unfamiliarity

...ociated with a (significantly decreased) five-year survival rate. And they say that diagnostic delay is often due to patients' ignorance of the condition, fear or embarrassment. In an accompanying commentary in The Lancet, Dr Jeremy Steel, of London's St Bartholomew's Hospital, said that it was essential tha...

Boys reduced mother's life expectancy

...ving birth to sons had a higher relative long-term survival cost for mothers than giving birth to and raising daughters. Samuli Helle of the University of Turku, Finland, who led the research, there was no definite explanation for the lifespan difference and thereby suggested that girls are more likely to hel...

Reduction in melanoma death rate

...ut mortality rates have fallen. For men, five year survival was 60 per cent in 1981, compared to 85 per cent in 1999. The corresponding figures for women are 70 per cent and 8025 per cent. This is probably because people are more aware of the signs of skin cancer, and seek help at an earlier stage. There is s...

Hormone Therapy applicable for Prostate Cancer

...of their prostate cancer, meaning their chances of survival were deteriorating. The international study involv... percent, had an increased five-year, disease-free survival rate compared to only 30 percent of patients who received only radiotherapy. Overall, survival rates...

Preventing mental decline in the aged

...itive ability, is essential to quality of life and survival in older ages. Researchers from the Institute for the Study of Aging in New York looked at research that focuses on various lifestyle factors and medical conditions that affect seniors and their cognitive ability. Researchers report most factors ar...

Novel computer model for breast cancer

...would spread to the lymph glands and in predicting survival after five years. The system is an extension of an existing analysis technique called image cytometry, where a computer analyses cell properties. It relies on looking at which cells have extra DNA, the patterns of DNA levels, the number of dividing c...

Stroke and Dementia - a ghastly association

...searchers report a mortal explanation for the poor survival rate among stroke victims with dementia is that th...n patients with dementia in order to improve their survival rate....

Effect of drug on Renal Cancer

...a result, doses were reduced. The study also shows survival was longer in patients with higher hemoglobin levels but shorter in patients with multiple organ involvement and previous treatments. Renal cancer is an incurable disease that responds sickly to systemic treatment. Thalidomide is one of several drug...

Radiation reduces cancer recurrence

... rectal cancer may not make much difference in the survival of patients. But the findings suggest that the radiation treatments given before surgery //may help improve the patient's quality of life by reducing the rate of cancer recurrence at or near the original tumor site in the rectum. In about 15% to 45%...

An effective drug for lung cancer

...lioma. The clinical trial showed an improvement in survival and symptoms for the first time in patients with this disease. A multinational trial is now underway to study this treatment further....

Comparing Breast surgery techniques

...atment. There were no significant differences in survival among the three groups of women who started off with their lymph nodes free of cancer. Nor were there differences in the groups who had positive nodes....

Rectal Cancer treated with radiation

...patients. Researchers found the five-year overall survival rate was 60 percent and, for patients under age 75, it was nearly 70 percent. Rectal function was maintained in 90 percent of the patients and no severe toxicity was observed. Jean-Pierre Gerard, M.D., from the Centre Antoine-Lacassagne, says, "Surge...

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