Revlimid data presented at ASCO stands to change the way physicians treat multiple myeloma
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...unter, a method for rapidly identifying persons at high risk for type 2 diabetes would be useful for physicians. Acanthosis Nigricans and Diabetes Risk Factors: Prevalence in Young Persons Seen in Southwestern U.S. Primary Care PracticesBy Alberta S. Kong, M.D., M.P.H., et al ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECO...New drug development facility helps move medicines to market
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...ologist; and 3 percent by all three specialists. A high correlation was observed between the specialist patients saw and the treatment they received. This was especially true in the younger men aged 65 to 69 year old where 70 percent of men who saw only a urologist had a radical prostatectomy. However, if...Exercise lowers insulin in breast cancer survivors
...udies have found an association between relatively high levels of insulin often seen in obese and sedentary people and an increased risk of breast cancer recurrence and breast cancer-related death. We know that women who are overweight at the time of breast cancer diagnosis have a higher risk of recur...GSK's Pazopanib shows positive results in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma
...lor Sammons/Texas Oncology PA, Dallas, Texas. The high response rates seen so far in this study show clear clinical activity in advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma, and a number of ongoing studies also demonstrate therapeutic promise in several other tumor types. The most frequent adverse even...GSK's Pazopanib shows positive results in patients with advanced RCC and ovarian cancer
...lor Sammons/Texas Oncology PA, Dallas, Texas. The high response rates seen so far in this study show clear clinical activity in advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma, and a number of ongoing studies also demonstrate therapeutic promise in several other tumor types. The most frequent adverse even...Medical management of another condition may not lead to early cancer diagnosis
...o were being medically managed for conditions like high blood pressure or diabetes might be diagnosed sooner since they interact with the health care system so often," said Yousuf Zafar, a fellow in hematology-oncology at Duke and lead investigator on the study. "But it turns out that was not the case." ...Protein may be linked to melanoma recurrence
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...ond-line drug for chronic myelogenous leukemia has high response rates when given to newly diagnosed patients as their first therapy for the disease, according to early results from a Phase II clinical trial at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. "Patients taking dasatinib achieve comp...OHSU Cancer Institute, VA researchers find way to identify which men need a second biopsy
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...e able to show, for the first time, that there was high levels of oxidative stress in the lungs. In addition, we treated the increased oxidative stress by using of an antioxidant, N-acetyl cysteine - which has no side effects. Since she has been on this treatment she has had no lung bleeds, and the steroi...Highlights from the June 2007 Journal of the American Dietetic Association
...d be encouraged to limit the quantity of beverages high in energy and sugar because of their propensity to increase weight, the researchers conclude. American Dietetic Association Issues Updated Position Statement on Food and Nutrition Professionals Can Implement Practices to Conserve Natural Resources ...Liver cancer patients with high serum levels of hepatitis B virus face poorer outcomes
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