Study finds difference in survival rates among white and black women with advanced breast cancer
...nts in breast cancer survival rates for women with advanced disease over the last two decades, the rates for b...dentify 15,438 women who were newly diagnosed with advanced breast cancer between 1988 and 2003. Adjustment factors included: patient age; estrogen receptor sta...Antidepressant does not improve symptoms in advanced cancer patients without major depression
...e symptoms, wellbeing or survival in patients with advanced cancer who do not have major depression. The findi...ignificant predictors of survival in patients with advanced cancer. Although the simple explanation for this is that people close to death get very depressed, t...GSK's Pazopanib shows positive results in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma
...ults from ongoing Phase II studies of pazopanib in advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC). These tr... discontinuation study is evaluating patients with advanced or metastatic RCC who have not received prior systemic therapy or have failed one prior therapy (cyt...GSK's Pazopanib shows positive results in patients with advanced RCC and ovarian cancer
...ults from ongoing Phase II studies of pazopanib in advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and ovari... discontinuation study is evaluating patients with advanced or metastatic RCC who have not received prior systemic therapy or have failed one prior therapy (cyt...Gene variations point to why lung cancer drugs work better in Japanese vs. US patients
...oject found that a group of Japanese patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer survived longer and had a higher rate of side effects than U.S. patients with the same diagnosis,.when both groups were given two well-known drugs for the disease. Now, a follow-up study suggests the reasons appear to l...VEGF Trap shows activity in patients with advanced ovarian cancer
... To date, the trial has enrolled 162 patients with advanced ovarian cancer at 44 centers in twelve countries i...ppear to have significant single-agent activity in advanced ovarian cancer, said Dr. David R. Spriggs, Head of Solid Tumor Oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering ...Shark cartilage shows no benefit as a therapeutic agent for lung cancer
... with chemotherapy and radiation for patients with advanced non-small cell lung cancer, according to researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. Charles Lu, M.D., associate professor in M. D. Anderson's Department of Thoracic/Head and Neck Medical Oncology, presented the study today...OHSU Cancer Institute shows findings of immunotherapy vaccine in prostate cancer patients
... independent prostate cancer (a different and more advanced patient population than those observed in this study). The FDA has delayed the approval of sipuleucel-T until more clinical data are available from an ongoing study, known as IMPACT. If approved, sipuleucel-T would be the first FDA-approved treatment...Clinical data suggest potential versatility of ALIMTA-based regimens in lung cancer
...iver less toxicity than a commonly used therapy in advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). ALIMTA is manu...LIMTA plus oxaliplatin (Eloxatin) in patients with advanced NSCLC (Abstract # 7700 ). Previous research has indicated that oxaliplatin and ALIMTA, as single age...Liver cancer patients with high serum levels of hepatitis B virus face poorer outcomes
... a small patient cohort, and the fact that all had advanced disease, the authors concluded, Based on the present findings, the incorporation of anti-viral therapies to reduce HBV viral load should be considered as part of management for HCC patients undergoing chemotherapy. ...OHSU Cancer Institute researcher identifies protein marker for prostate cancer survival
...hat is a strong indicator of survival for men with advanced prostate cancer. The C-reactive protein, also know... . The most significant finding from the trial of advanced prostate cancer subjects was the magnitude of DN-101 (Asentar) used in combination with docetaxel (T...Lilly studies try to shed light on impact of race
...ix previous trials for non-Caucasian patients with advanced or metastatic NSCLC treated with ALIMTA. African-Americans are often underrepresented in clinical trials and, therefore, little is known about the possible impact of race on the utility of many medications, said Coleman Obasaju, M.D., Ph.D., Unite...Doctors conclude temsirolimus is effective new treatment for advanced renal cell carcinoma
... randomized clinical study involving patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma and poor prognostic features ...urvival but the patients in the study had the most advanced tumors," says Hudes. "It would be reasonable to hypothesize that temsirolimus could provide greater...JRRD releases single-topic issue on pain and pain management
...n important part of medical care for patients with advanced illnesses. We summarize available information on pain in different patient groups near the end of life and on developments using behavioral and physical therapy methods to treat pain. Clinical trials to treat pain in patients within healthcare system...'Virtual autopsy' helps identify drowning as cause of death
...tool in mass casualty scenarios. "More and more, advanced imaging tools such as MDCT are being applied to forensic investigations," Dr. Levy said. "In the future, imaging in forensics may be just as important as imaging in clinical medicine."...High pretreatment PSA velocity predicts worse outcome
...core greater than 7, a PSA level of 10 ng/ml or an advanced disease category. Prostate cancer is expected to be diagnosed in more than 200,000 American men in the U.S. this year and cause more than 27,000 deaths, the leading cause of cancer death after lung cancer in U.S. men. Most tumors are slow growing a...'Smart' mice teach scientists about learning process, brain disorders
... to turn a gene off throughout a brain is a really advanced thing to do," Dr. Bibb said. "Its been shown that it can be done, but we put the system together and actually applied it." Normally, Cdk5 works with another enzyme to break up a molecule called NR2B, which is found in nerve-cell membranes and stimu...Women with breast cancer do not get potentially life-saving information, survey reveals
...ndicating that many women are not getting the most advanced treatment option. The survey results also revealed that older, less educated women or those without Internet access were less likely to receive information or be involved in decision making. In fact, 57% of older women (those over age 71) were not in...Advances in screening and markers improve early detection of colorectal cancer
...the same time, known as synchronous neoplasia, and advanced tumor development were associated with elevated levels of plasma CRP. However, while researchers found that high CRP levels are associated with the risk of colorectal tumor formation in male patients, the study did not find a corresponding associati...Making science personal: Lilly Oncology to unveil 76 studies at ASCO 2007
...fety and efficacy of pemetrexed therapy in locally advanced and metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) ...se escalation study of pemetrexed in patients with advanced head and neck squamous cell cancer GEMZAR (gemcitabine HCl for injection) Phase III Study of...