International breast cancer prevention study launches in the United States and Canada
... to three years of tamoxifen compared to those who continued on tamoxifen for a total of five years, the current standard of care. Additionally, twice as many women receiving tamoxifen developed second (or new) breast cancers than those treated with exemestane. Unlike other aromatase inhibitors, exemestane...HIV testing should be routine part of primary health care for sexually active
...IV infection through heterosexual transmission has continued to increase relative to other methods of transmission. Approximately 250,000 people in the United States infected with HIV do not know they are infected, according to the Foundation for Retrovirology and Human Health. "Based on an extensive review of...Unexpected benefit seen in treating HER-2 breast cancer with new preoperative drug combo
...had enrolled in the study, including the eight who continued to receive treatment after the study had been halted, 26 percent in the chemotherapy arm achieved pathologic complete remission, compared with 65.2 percent in patients treated with both Herceptin and chemotherapy, according to the JCO study. If the t...Employment prospects good for most cancer survivors -- but not all
...ients can be very hopeful for a good outcome and a continued ability to work. But survivors who experience lasting problems post-treatment should not hesitate to tell their physicians when they have difficulty at work. " The study was supported by a grant from the National Cancer Institute.......t risk factors in identifying teenagers at risk of continued involvement with marijuana by a Cardiff University...be key to identifying individuals at high risk for continued involvement with marijuana. The combined presence of these three risk factors greatly increased risk...Cardiovascular health disparities must be eradicated
...ation's and other public health entities' in their continued emphasis on cardiovascular disease risk factors and outcomes among ethnic populations. "There are some articles in this issue in Circulation that underscore another aspect of the problem," Bonow said. "Many health care providers do not recognize tha...Vitamin E may not prevent cancer or cardiovascular events, but may increase risk for heart failure
... the extension, 1,382 refused participation, 3,994 continued to take the study intervention, and 738 agreed to follow-up. Median duration of follow-up was 7.0 years. Patients received a daily dose of natural source vitamin E (400 IU) or matching placebo. The researchers found: "In the HOPE and HOPE-TOO trials...Study shows risk of cardiac death after radiation for breast cancer has dramatically decreased
...atment, therefore longer follow-up will need to be continued to confirm that the risk to patients has been completely eliminated. According to the study, in 2002 approximately 42 percent of breast cancer patients received adjuvant radiation therapy after surgery, a treatment combination which dramatically decr...Community care tops medical care at preventing heart disease in black Americans
... group. In the community care group, participants continued their regular checkups with their physician, but a...s unrelated to risk-factor reduction, the patients continued to see their physician or a specialist as required. Results showed that both groups significantly re...Breakthrough in medical research: New chemotherapy gives hope to brain tumour patients
...rain cancer patients and should now fuel interest, continued international collaboration and research to further improve the outcome of these patients", says the lead author and trial initiator Roger Stupp, MD for the University Hospital Multidisciplinary Oncology Centre in Lausanne, Switzerland. "Without the ...Researchers close in on breast cancer vaccine
...shrunk in volume, while those without the antigens continued to grow at the usual pace. "The results demonstrated that the vaccine-primed immune response is specific to mammaglobin-A antigens," Mohanakumar says. Breast tumors with mammaglobin-A antigens on their surface also may display antigens that come from...Gender gap for lung cancer rates narrowing
...rp contrast, the incidence of lung cancer in women continued to rise to a peak with 33.1 per 100,000 women in 1991, and then remained relatively stable at 30.2 to 32.3 per 100,000 women from 1992 to 1999. These variations have resulted in a male/female incidence ratio change from 3.56:1 in 1975 to 1.5:1 in 19...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for March 2005 (first issue)
...ver 65; a positive cough test (meaning the patient continued to cough after taking a deep breath and providing a voluntary cough); placement of a nasogastric tube at the time of the operation; and long-duration anesthesia (2.5 hours or longer). The researchers called for steps to minimize perioperative intuba...NYU'S Duster cautions against FDA approval of 'race-based' pharmaceutical
...itroMed study may set. However, Duster encourages continued research to match genetics and medical treatment. "An increased understanding of genetic diversity will help scientists doing gene-association studies by identifying new variants and reducing the likelihood of false-positive associations," he ...Elderly receiving inappropriate prescriptions from their doctor's office
... to understand more fully the rationale behind the continued use of these medications." An association between potentially inappropriate medications and negative outcomes would support the position that errors like these are common among the elderly outpatient population. Questions still remain as to whether i...Protein that promotes survival of stem cells might be key to poor leukemia prognosis
...in the laboratory. However, BM cells with the gene continued to flourish. In contrast, liver cells were unaffected following loss of Mcl-1, demonstrating that Mcl-1 is important only in certain cell types. Finally, the investigators showed that growth factors (natural proteins that stimulate cells to grow), su...OHSU scientists develop MRI approach to improve breast cancer detection
...firmed the accuracy of the new MRI testing. "While continued research is required, we believe shutter speed analyzed MRI could become a powerful tool for the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer and almost any other form of cancer, as well as many other pathologies," explained Springer. "The shutter speed ...NYU Child Study Center receives grant from the American Red Cross September 11 recovery program
...chment programming for bereaved parents as well as continued screening of children at key life transition points. Following 9/11, both the Child Study Center and the Silver Shield Foundation recognized the need to address the mental health needs of the children bereaved by the loss of a parent on September 11......become resistant to the drugs and progress despite continued therapy. In this study, the scientists examined tumors from six patients with non-small cell lung cancer who initially responded to gefitinib or erlotinib but subsequently relapsed. Tumors from all six patients carried activating mutations in the E......pletion of the study, one-fourth of the women have continued the Tai Chi program at the community center. All ...d follow-up calls to determine how many women have continued the program at home. "Tai Chi is a very successful exercise program for these women," said Taylor-Pi...