Hodgkins

Survivors of childhood Hodgkin's lymphoma at higher risk of future health problems

...WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. Adults who survived childhood hodgkins Lymphoma should be especially vigilant about cance...iatric oncologist, said a 26-center study of 1,927 hodgkins survivors found that treatments for the disease ar...ine message is that a portion of those who survive hodgkins Lymphoma continue to have significant health needs...

Cancer could return unless stored ovarian tissue undergoes adequate testing before re-implantation

...T scans) to look for cancer in the pelvis and ovaries of the patients; the women were about to receive chemotherapy for haematological cancers such as hodgkins lymphoma, non-Hodgkins lymphoma and leukaemia, between 1997 and 2007. They found cancer in the pelvic area of two patients, and therefore ovarian tiss...

Survey points out need for education for primary care physicians on rarely seen cancers

...357 individuals responded to the survey, either online or from educational booths at meetings. In one example, when asked how to monitor a 54-year-old hodgkins disease survivor for five years, only 44 percent gave the correct answer. Respondents showed a lack of knowledge regarding appropriate studies to orde...

BCP Veterinary Pharmacy Helps Cure Diabetic Cats with BCP PZI(R), the Closest Match to Feline Insulin Available

... "I have not found any insulin equal to or superior to bovine-source PZI insulin for managing those cats that require insulin for any period of time," hodgkins explains in her book, "Your Cat: Simple New Secrets to a Longer, Stronger Life" (Thomas Dunne Books, 2007). She says it can be dosed at six to twelve ...

PET scans useful for some cancer treatment, but how do patients fare?

...of non-small cell lung cancer and in those who have undergone treatment for hodgkins lymphoma. FDG-PET can also help identify the best treatment for patients wi...is cost-effective [in the United Kingdom] in non-small cell lung cancer and hodgkins lymphoma, she added. Facey said this is the first comprehensive review o...

Biologic treatment for rheumatoid arthritis and the risk of cancer

...t of RA increases a patients risk of skin cancers, including melanoma, but not any other specific cancers?not lung, liver, brain, or bone cancers, not hodgkins or leukemia, not solid tumors or lymphomaand not of developing cancer in general. Among the study population, Dr. Wolfe and Dr. Kaleb identi...

Cancer Risk is High Among HIV/AIDS and Kidney Transplant Patients

...V/AIDS and kidney transplant patients with the general population. The study found that HIV/AIDS patients were 11 times more likely to develop hodgkins lymphoma, a cancer associated with Epstein Barr Virus, while those who had a transplant were 4 times at a higher risk. The study also found th...

Some Cancers Linked to Very Low Frequency Electromagnetic Fields

...ctromagnetic field exposure had an impact on rates of myeloid leukaemia and hodgkins lymphoma. Drivers were more than four times as likely to die of myeloid leukaemia, and over three times as likely to die of hodgkins lymphoma, as station masters. The authors emphasise that passengers...

Cancer and psoriasis triggered by mast cells

...nding of the part played by the mast cell in atopical eczema, psoriasis and hodgkins Lymphoma," says Mr Nilsson. "We hope that our research will make it possibl...els of CD30 are higher in people with psoriasis or atopical eczema and with hodgkins lymphoma, the results can explain how the mast cells are activated and how ...

Hodgkins in Biological News

PET/CT imaging proves golden for detecting cancer in children

...may improve the evaluation and surveillance of pediatric malignancies. Written by Noah Federman and Stephen A. Feig, the invited perspective notes, In hodgkins disease and pediatric sarcomas, PET/CT appears to be an important tool in the management of these diseases. However, the use of PET/CT in other pediat...

Study proposes new theory of how viruses may contribute to cancer

...y Public Library of Science in the Oct. 24 issue of PLoS ONE. Infection with viruses has been linked to many human cancers, including some forms of hodgkins and non-Hodgkins lymphomas, sarcomas and cancers of the throat and liver. Over the years, scientists have proposed a number of mechanisms to explain t...

'Allergy cells' can aggravate cancer and psoriasis

...diseases, like atopical eczema, psoriasis, and the hodgkins lymphoma cancer type. These diseases are character...by the mast cell in atopical eczema, psoriasis and hodgkins Lymphoma," says Mr Nilsson. "We hope that our rese... people with psoriasis or atopical eczema and with hodgkins lymphoma, the results can explain how the mast cel...

Hodgkins in Biological Technology

Medarex Announces 2009 First Quarter Financial Results

...2009 Annual Meeting of the American Association of Cancer Research (AACR) in April demonstrated tumor reduction of 40 percent or more in 25 percent of hodgkins lymphoma patients (2 of 8) with stable disease. Additional preclinical efficacy and safety data from multiple preclinical programs, including research...

Significant Anti-Tumor Activity and Extended Half-Life of NKTR-102 (PEG-irinotecan) Highlighted in Phase 1 Data Presented at EORTC-NCI-AACR Symposium

...riple-negative breast, ovarian, cervical, bladder, non-small cell lung cancer, small cell lung cancer, adrenocortical, esophageal, maxillary sinus and hodgkins lymphoma. The Phase 1 study, sponsored by Nektar Therapeutics includes clinical sites at Translational Genomics Clinical Research Services at Scotts...

FDA Approves VYVANSE(TM) (lisdexamfetamine dimesylate), the First and Only Once-Daily Prodrug Stimulant to Treat ADHD in Adults

...ild and Adolescent Psychiatry Annual Meeting; October 25, 2007; Boston, MA. 2. IMS National Prescription Audit (NPA), March 2008. 3. Biederman J, hodgkins P, Krishnan S, Findling RL. Efficacy and tolerability of lisdexamfetamine (NRP104) in children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD):...