Major NCI study finds increased risk of cancer in long-term Hodgkins survivors
An international study of more than 32,000 Hodgkin's disease patients has shown that long-term survivors of the disease have double the normal risk of developing a subsequent cancer later in life. Researchers led by the National Cancer Institute measured the risk of these "second cancers" among Hodgkin's disease survivors using data from cancer registries in the U.S., Canada, and four Nordic cou...Diets high in fat and animal protein linked to increased risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
Consuming foods high in animal protein, saturated fat, eggs and dairy leads to an increased risk of developing non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), a cancer that attacks the lymphatic system, part of the body's immune system, Yale researchers have found. ......Published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, the study also showed that diets high in dietary fiber -- tomatoes, broccoli, mixed lettuce s...Hair dye use increases risk of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
Yale researchers have found that lifetime users of hair coloring products have an increased risk of developing non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL), a cancer that attacks the lymphatic system, part of the body's immune system. ... ..."An increased risk of NHL was found only among women who began using hair-coloring products before 1980," said principal investigator Tongzhang Zheng, associate professor...18F-FDG PET better predictor of post-therapy Hodgkin's relapse than CT
Reston, VA Each year, 8,000 Americans are diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease, a cancer of the lymphatic tissue. In order to offer the best prognosis, doctors must not only provide the original diagnosis, but also be able to detect relapses after therapy and determine which patients would benefit from additional treatment....... A recent study by Canadian doctors determined that PET scans using th...Delaying chemotherapy could be best option for certain type of non-hodgkin lymphoma
Delaying chemotherapy until symptoms develop for patients with asymptomatic advanced low-grade non-Hodgkin lymphoma is confirmed as an appropriate strategy authors of a UK study in this week's issue of THE LANCET.... ...Chemotherapy (single or aggressive combination therapy) does not cure advanced stage low-grade non-Hodgkin lymphomas, even when combined with radiotherapy. On behalf of the Britis...New radioimmunotherapy drug proves highly effective for killing off B cell non-Hodgkins lymphoma
ROCHESTER, MINN. -- A Mayo Clinic study indicates the first of a new class of drugs involving radioimmunotherapy benefited a significant number of patients with low-grade B cell non-Hodgkins lymphoma who have exhausted treatment options....... The study, published in the May 15, 2002, issue of Journal of Clinical Oncology, investigated the ability of the drug Zevalin to hone in on and kill off th...Women face high risk of developing breast cancer following radiotherapy for Hodgkins Disease
Women who have received radiotherapy for Hodgkins Disease have a three times higher relative risk of developing breast cancer than women from the general population, Professor Dietlind Wahner-Roedler told the 3rd European Breast Cancer Conference on Saturday 23 March.... ...If the women were younger than 30 when they received the treatment their relative risk was even higher at eight times the no...Bexxar highly effective as first-line treatment for patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
. . .NEW ORLEANS - A radioactive antibody compound known as Bexxar produced tumor shrinkage in 97 percent of 76 previously untreated patients with advanced-stage, low-grade non-Hodgkins lymphoma (NHL) in a new study at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center.. .Most notably, 76 percent of patients achieved a complete remission, with no sign of cancer. In addition, 84 percent of pa...UCSF researchers report new risk factors for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma
.In a large population-based study conducted on non-Hodgkin's lymphoma,.researchers at the University of California, San Francisco found that exposure.to certain environmental factors that affect the immune system could decrease a.person's risk of developing the disease.. .The two-part study included a total of 4100 participants, and results for 3376.of the population are published in the August...Researchers discover the driving force behind cancer cells in Hodgkin's disease
.(Toronto, June 21, 1999) - The cellular fuel which powers the growth of.Hodgkin's disease has been identified for the first time by a research team at.Princess Margaret Hospital's Ontario Cancer Institute, the University of Toronto.and the Amgen Research Institute. The research team also discovered that the.fuel is actually manufactured by the tumour cells themselves. . .The finding paves the.... SAN FRANCISCO -- Persons treated for Hodgkin's disease in childhood are.at high risk for developing a second malignancy and should be monitored closely.by their physicians throughout their lifetime, researchers at the University at.Buffalo and Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) have shown. . . Results of two studies on this issue were presented on May 2, 1999 at.the annual meet...