Brain tumor with dismal prognosis in infants can be cured in older children
...children with ATRT under three years of age have a dismal prognosis, children older than 3 can be cured by upfront treatment with radiation followed by chemotherapy using so-called alkylating agents (cyclophosphamide, cisplatin, vincristine and etoposide), according to Amar Gajjar, M.D., director of St. Jud...Conference promotes breast and cervical cancer awareness in Nigeria
...ited States exceeds 85 percent, in Nigeria it is a dismal 10 percent. "Cancer awareness, even among physicians, and much more so among women at risk, needs an enormous boost in Nigeria," Olopade said. "We think we have pulled together the resources to start to make that happen." Besides Olopade, those re...Expert calls for standard epinephrine doses when treating children in cardiac arrest
...rivial can have such a detectable influence on the dismal survival rates after cardiac arrest," Dr. Lister said. While epinephrine may increase blood flow during resuscitation, it also increases oxygen use by the heart and many other organs, which could contribute to subsequent injury to vital tissues. Bec...Investigational drug brings new hope to kidney cancer patients
... but with considerable toxicity. Faced with those dismal statistics, Onyx and Bayer now have a drug producing a preliminary response rate of 42 percent in patients with advanced cancer who had already failed standard or investigational therapy. "This drug is too good for the phase III trial as designed," s...Leading anti-cancer factions strengthen bonds
...ry", continued Kvinnsland. Joining forces The dismal cancer prognoses represent tremendous challenges, not least for cancer societies, research institutions and other healthcare organisations. Together, the various organisations possess huge volumes of invaluable knowledge resources. The challenge will...American kids poor food choices: Fewer than 15 percent eat recommended fruits and vegetables
...more daily servings of fruits and vegetables. The dismal discovery from a new analysis of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III) data means that the vast majority of U.S. children are at increased risk for obesity and numerous chronic diseasesunless they learn to make more health...Racial disparity in lung cancer treatment must be overcome, UCSF specialists assert
...tion of the tobacco industry's culpability for the dismal outcomeof patients with this disease." And they add, "Every educational, social, political, and legal effort should bemade to ensure that all patients with lung cancer receive high-qualitycare-appropriate service delivered in a technically competent ...