Researchers identify genetic markers to predict response to chemotherapy for colorectal cancer
One of the most common challenges facing oncologists today is determining the best course of treatment for their patients--one that would be effective and have the fewest possible side effects. In a study presented today at the 40th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in New Or...Margaret Foti to be honored for significant contributions to cancer care
...bsequent workshops designed to introduce beginning oncologists in Europe and Australia to the essentials of effective clinical trials design." They noted also Foti's efforts "to provide vital links between translational scientists and clinicians," and her fostering of "important connections between these two re...Taxanes may enhance immunity in breast cancer patients
...r of clinical research for the OSUCCC-James. "Most oncologists believe taxanes just like the rest of the chemotherapeutic agents we use suppress the immune system, not enhance it." The study is published in the May 15 issue of Clinical Cancer Research. Carson says the research team had the ideal population to ...Other highlights in the May 5 JNCI
...he trials, according to a commentary by a group of oncologists and bioethicists. Research subjects often have access to unpublished information when they enroll in a clinical trial and have been known to sometimes trade stock based on this information. In their commentary, Paul R. Helft, M.D., of the Indiana Uni...MCG pursues markers to improve ovarian cancer treatment, diagnosis
..., more specific markers that will give gynecologic oncologists and their patients a better idea of how ovarian cancer is responding to treatment so they can change treatment if it's not working," said Dr. Daron G. Ferris, family medicine physician and director of the Gynecologic Cancer Prevention Center at MCG M...Teens and young adults the new frontier in cancer says US cancer specialist
...medicine devoted to this group. Neither paediatric oncologists nor oncologists who are for adults are trained certainly not optimally for this set of diseases," said Professor Bl...European Society for Medical Oncology Cancer Conference
...inar has been organised to enable patients to meet oncologists on an international scale, and to provide a forum for the discussion of the treatment of cancer. A Session on ESMO Minimum Clinical Recommendations will update current ESMO guidelines on clinical practice for various tumour types. Oncology Highligh...Natural killer cellers are made, not born
...re the adaptive immune response kicks in." Leading oncologists treating human leukemias and lymphomas already track natural killer cell activities after bone marrow and stem cell transplants. James Young, M.D., a researcher at Rockefeller's neighboring Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center's Allogenic Bone Marr...Fox Chase Cancer Center research shows kidney cancer can be diagnosed in urine
PHILADELPHIA Laboratory researchers and urologic oncologists from Fox Chase Cancer Center have demonstrated the ability to identify kidney cancer, including localized (stage I) cancer, in the urine of affected patients. The research, supported in part by a grant from the Flight Attendants Medical Research Ins...Proteins may help identify patients who will respond better to treatments in certain cancers
...s of proteomic and genomic markers that could help oncologists devise better treatment approaches for specific patients, and may improve clinical outcomes. The studies were presented here today at the International Conference on Molecular Targets and Cancer Therapeutics organized by the American Association of C...Sick Kids researchers link maternal folic acid intake to decrease in deadly childhood cancer
... one to four years old. When a number of Sick Kids oncologists noticed a decline in new neuroblastoma diagnoses, they sought to investigate the cause. In this study, the researchers looked at the incidence of neuroblastoma in Ontario, using the Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario (POGO) registry, before and afte...Radiology's role in gene therapy: Image and deliver
...e sites. Radiologists are also collaborating with oncologists and molecular scientists on such cutting-edge ther...iation of more than 33,000 radiologists, radiation oncologists and related scientists committed to promoting excellence through education and by fostering research...Cancer patient-physician partnership
...ress the question of what patients need from their oncologists and encourage open discussion on controversial iss...of partnership, Patients have collaborated with oncologists in planning an extremely interesting program, Lectures will be given by both patients and physician......to targeted tumors or cells and collaborating with oncologists and molecular scientists to replace defective genes and inject "suicide genes" into patients to destroy malignant cells. "Chemoembolization Helps Patients with Liver Cancer Live Longer" Chemoembolization is a targeted therapy in which agents are in...2nd European Cancer Patient Seminar
...uropean Society for Medical Oncology, patients and oncologists will aim to create a genuine patient-physician par... of partnership: Patients have collaborated with oncologists in planning an extremely interesting programme, Lectures will be given by both patients and physici...ESMO Summer Educational Conference, ESEC
...ress the question of what patients need from their oncologists and encourage open discussion on controversial iss...of partnership, Patients have collaborated with oncologists in planning an extremely interesting program, Lectures will be given by both patients and physician...Elderly patients denied best treatment for fear of side effects
...hey are at greater risk than younger patients, say oncologists in France. The results of an investigation involv...re announced today (20 October 2002) and will help oncologists identify which patients are most like to benefit from standard chemotherapy. Speaking at the Europea...Oncologists evaluate Chinese herbal medicine
...using Western research methods has been devised by oncologists in Hong Kong to evaluate the role of herbal medicine in a conventional treatment programme. Speaking at the European Society for Medical Oncology Congress in Nice, France, today (19 October 2002), Dr Tony Mok from the Chinese University of Hong Kong ...Other highlights in the May 1 issue of JNCI
...ctive use of new oral medications, particularly if oncologists do not recognize the problem. In a review published in the May 1 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute , Eric P. Winer, M.D., and Ann H. Partridge, M.D., of the Dana Farber Cancer Institute and their colleagues analyzed data from pu...TDS - a new syndrome hitting men's reproductive health says Danish fertility expert
...specialists as varied as urologists, andrologists, oncologists and paediatric endocrinologists. Professor Skakkebaek, who is a professor at Copenhagen University Hospital, Rigshospitalet, said: "There is evidence that male reproductive function seems to have deteriorated considerably during the past 4 to 5 decad...