Adding radioimmunotherapy to chemo may help patients with lymphoma
...ators reported on 50 patients treated with CHOP-R, examined their responses and then treated them with IT. Sixty-eight percent of the patients had a complete response to treatment with CHOP-R. This percentage increased to 96 percent after treatment with IT. The complete response rate was determined by both...Exploring better ways to determine when to change the course of treatment
...vival and cancer progression. Few studies have examined the relationship of CTC and a patient's prognosis ...n." For this study, Meropol and his colleagues examined the association between the circulating tumor cell number and progression-free and overall survival ...Harboring hostility may be linked to unhealthy lungs
...Young) Adults Study cohort (CARDIA), psychologists examined whether the tendency to be hostile went along with having decreased lung function in otherwise healthy young adults. The results indicated that the more hostile ones personalitycharacterized by aggression or anger, for examplethe lower levels ones of...Gene variations point to why lung cancer drugs work better in Japanese vs. US patients
... To find clues to the differences, the scientists examined six genes in DNA samples from the patients. They found differences in four. In patients with certain variations in the CYP3A4 gene, it took 2.75 times longer for their lung cancer to progress than in patients without the variations. A variation in an...Protein may be linked to melanoma recurrence
...thin an average of 30 months. When the researchers examined levels of S-100 in the serum samples, they found that the higher the level of the protein, the greater likelihood the patients disease had returned. Melanoma patients who initially respond well to treatment with interferon are at high risk of the...Flaxseed stunts the growth of prostate tumors
...na at Chapel Hill. In the study, the researchers examined the effects of flaxseed supplementation on men who were scheduled to undergo prostatectomy -- surgery for the treatment of prostate cancer. The men took 30 grams of flaxseed daily for an average of 30 days prior to surgery. Once the men's tumors were...Targeted, oral agent Enzastaurin shows favorable results
...da. Additional data presented at ASCO this year examined studies of enzastaurin in breast cancer, first-line glioblastoma, ovarian and pancreatic cancers, as well as other solid tumors. Specifically, the data in-cluded: testing enzastaurin on cell signaling, proliferation and apoptosis in breast cancer, te...Liver cancer patients with high serum levels of hepatitis B virus face poorer outcomes
...Winnie Yeo of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, examined the significance of pre-chemotherapy HBV DNA levels in the blood on the survival of HCC patients. They studied 188 patients participating in a phase III randomized controlled trial comparing two different chemotherapy regimens. One hundred and seven...Veterinarians at increased risk of avian influenza virus infection
... Gregory Gray, M.D., UI professor of epidemiology, examined blood samples from a group of U.S. veterinarians for evidence of previous avian influenza virus infection. The veterinarians all had occupational exposure to live chickens, ducks, turkeys, geese or quail. The study showed that, compared with the co...Mercury's link to heart disease begins in blood vessel walls
... plaque buildup in blood vessel walls. The study examined three forms of mercury, matching its characteristics in the environment. Each form of mercury caused changes in the behavior of cells that line the blood vessel walls and that can lead to cardiovascular diseases. The study also suggests that chelat...Increasing radiation dose shortens treatment time for women who choose breast sparing treatment
...thus reducing side effects. Using IMRT, this study examined the delivery of a higher daily dose of radiation over four weeks (versus a lower dose over six to seven weeks). During that same time period, the lumpectomy site where the tumor was removed was treated with a high-dose radiation "boost." The standa...Policy changes have direct effect on nursing home care
...vernment and data from multiple other sources. She examined the hours that nurses worked in nursing homes in 2002 and analyzed the data against two variables: Medicaid reimbursement rates and the range of acuity in patient care. Medicaid pays for 67 percent of all nursing home residents in the United State...Community-associated staph infections involving antibiotic-resistant bacteria increase
...n H. Stroger Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Chicago, examined tissue, fluid and bone cultures at the 464-bed public hospital and its associated clinics between 2000 and 2005. They restricted their study to patients with infections of community onset, not hospital onset, to understand infection rates in the comm...Aggressive treatment for whiplash does not promote faster recovery
...www.interscience.wiley.com/journal/arthritiscare ) examined whether the association between early types of car...s once or twice. In the current study, the authors examined patterns of care for 1,693 patients with whiplash injuries who were compensated under tort insurance...Coffee consumption may lower blood uric acid levels -- the precursor of gout
...www.interscience.wiley.com/journal/arthritiscare ) examined the relationship between coffee, tea, caffeine intake, and uric acid levels and found that coffee consumption is associated with lower uric acid levels but that this appears to be due to components other than caffeine. Coffee is one of the most wid...Both alcohol and neighborhood characteristics can affect intimate partner violence
...ot been looked at this way before." Researchers examined the responses of 19,035 married/cohabiting adults (non-Hispanic black, Hispanic, and non-Hispanic white) who participated in the 2000 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse. "The findings suggest that for married/cohabiting men, drinking and livi...Binge drinking leads to neurocognitive deficits among college students
... deleterious for brain functioning." Researchers examined 200 participants in an ongoing student-health study at the University of Missouri-Columbia. They formed four subgroups (n=50, 50% male) according to estimated binge-drinking trajectories during pre-college through to second year: low-binge drinkers;...Advances in screening and markers improve early detection of colorectal cancer
...onal Taiwan University Hospital in Taipei, Taiwan, examined levels of CRP in both men and women, finding that elevated levels may be associated with increased risk of colorectal adenoma, but only in men. Study authors conducted a cross-sectional study of plasma CRP levels in 6,695 Chinese patients. All pat...COX inhibitors may weaken protective qualities of estrogen hormone therapy
... inhibitors of COX-2 and estrogen, the researchers examined the medical records of 1,673 women between 50 and 84 from the United Kingdoms General Practice Research Database who had heart attacks or who died from coronary heart disease and compared them with 7,005 control participants. The researchers found ...Investigational nonstimulant Guanfacine XR significantly improved child, adolescent ADHD symptoms
...In the second short-term trial, 304, investigators examined 1 mg, 2 mg, 3 mg and 4 mg doses and placebo during nine weeks of treatment. During the first three weeks, patients started at 1 mg with doses escalating in once-weekly 1 mg increments to achieve their randomized dose at week three. Then, participan...