Benefits of screening for lung cancer with CT are not proven
...phy) can save lives simply because it detects lung cancers at a smaller size than other screening techniques, according to researchers at Duke University Medical Center and the Mayo Clinic. CT scans have a finer resolution and can display smaller nodules more clearly and earlier than conventional chest X-ray...Knowing severity of other illnesses can help predict outcomes for cancer patients
...morbidity information was more important among the cancers with longer mean survival (prostate and breast) and prognostically least informative in the cancers with the worst survival (lung). In addition, we showed that comorbidity and extent of tumor spread o...Breast cancer in men increasing
...nancy, representing only 0.6 percent of all breast cancers and less than 1 percent of cancers in men. Because it is so rare and poorly studied, there is limited data regarding its epidemiology, ...Largest study of its kind finds male breast cancer on the rise
...he researchers found that the most common types of cancers in men were invasive ductal carcinoma, found in 93.4 percent of the men, and papillary carcinoma, which accounted for 2.6 percent of the cases. Yet despite these differences, five-year, 10-year and median survival were not different between men and ...Obesity may affect accuracy of mammography
...g it more likely that once diagnosed, their breast cancers will be in later stages, the article states. However, the influence of obesity on mammography screenings has not been well studied. Joann G. Elmore, M.D., M.P.H., of the University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, and colleagues investigat...Tumor suppressor gene family may be key to new colon cancer drugs
... of colon cancers, as well as several other common cancers including breast and lung. Their research, publis...mor growth, as so-called tumor suppressors, but in cancers these genes are mutated and no longer work properly. Because it is difficult to restore a mutated s...New era of colon screening emerging
...ensus colon examination for the detection of colon cancers and polypoid lesions (polyps) greater than or equal to one centimeter in diameter (significant lesions). The prevalence of colon cancer or the specified lesions in this patient population was 10.3 percent (63/614 patients). The sensitivity point ...Ganciclovir (Valcyte/Cymevene) reduces risk of cancer in kidney transplant patients
...d patient survival. The risk of developing certain cancers increases several hundredfold in immunosuppressed organ allograft recipients5 and PTLD currently represents the second most common de novo post-transplant malignancy6....Stereotactic body radiation therapy conference
...re the rationale for radiation in the treatment of cancers and discuss new technologies and treatment data. ...owing great promise for the treatment of difficult cancers such as lung, liver and the spine," said Dr. McGarry. "The specialty is relatively young and is prov...Body fat and its role in breast cancer
...ring 4.7 years of follow-up, 1,879 invasive breast cancers were identified. Results showed that body size was more strongly associated with breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women than premenopausal women. Height was linked to breast cancer risk in both groups, but more significantly in postmenopausal wom...Studies indicate healthy eating may affect cancer development, improve digestive system
...hin gallate (EGCG), has chemopreventive effects on cancers affecting a number of organs in the digestive trac...phageal adenocarcinoma, one of the fastest growing cancers in western countries." Effect of Eating and Nutrients on Recurrent Abdominal Pain in Children: A Po...Researchers identify cancer-causing gene involved in aggressive leukemia, lymphoma
... key role in the development of leukemia and other cancers in children and adults. Their study, published in the May 15 issue of Cancer Research, focused on the HMG-I gene, whose protein product is overexpressed in several human cancers, but whose exact role in the formation and development of these diseases...Dartmouth researchers advance fight against pancreatic cancer
... This chemo-resistance is a hallmark of aggressive cancers such as pancreatic cancer. "Now that we know this pathway exists, it will allow us and other investigators to try to figure out ways to interfere with this pathway to design new therapies for pancreatic cancer," said Korc. In future research, the r...Heart disease kills more women annually than all cancers combined
... faster than any other disease and faster than all cancers combined--1,400 women die each day and 500,000 die annually due to cardiovascular causes, according to Norma Keller, M.D., FACC, chief of clinical cardiology, and director, CCU and Telemetry, Bellevue Hospital and assistant professor of medicine at N...Breast cancers show 'surprising characteristics' on MRI
MRI can effectively detect cancers missed by mammography and physical examination, but cancers can have some surprising characteristics on the MRI image, a new study shows. The study included 59...First multi-center trial shows cryosurgery successful at treating some early-stage breast cancer
...udy followed 27 women with primary invasive breast cancers no larger than 2.0 centimeters in diameter. One to...the study, cryoablation successfully destroyed all cancers less than 1.0 centimeters in diameter. The procedure was equally effective for tumors between 1.0 a...Cord blood stem cells save children with Hurler's syndrome
... blood transplants to cure children with resistant cancers and rare metabolic diseases. She and her colleagues have transplanted more children using cord blood than any other group in the world -- 460 to date -- and proved just this year that stem cells from cord blood actually infiltrate the brain and damag...Cancer gene therapy news backgrounder: New ideas fuel next generation gene therapy research
... therapy designed to both effectively tackle other cancers and to be the safest treatment possible. Researche...m patients who have no other options because these cancers are extremely difficult to treat and the response rates are always low," he says. "The best uses of ...Radiologists back judicious use of CT pulmonary angio in women because of radiation dose to breast
...on exposure may be associated with five additional cancers in 100,000 exposed patients, he said. There are a number of ways to reduce the radiation exposure, Dr. Parker said. "First, we need to reduce the number of female patients scanned by better selecting those patients who truly warrant the CT pulmonary...CAD proves to be viable option for second reading mammograms
...rienced mammographers they are less likely to miss cancers that are then picked up by CAD," said Dr. Slanetz. Previous studies have shown that double reading (having a second radiologist review the mammograms) picks up between 5% and 15% more cancers, she noted. The study found that CAD missed 11 of 38 can...