MR spectroscopy may be superior for determining prostate cancer prognosis
...rofiles of prostate tissue can determine a tumor's prognosis better than standard pathological studies do. The report appears in the April 15 issue of Cancer Research. "Our study indicates that analyzing prostate tissue's metabolic profile may give clinicians additional information about the biologic status ...Gene expression pattern predicts multiple drug resistance, treatment failure in pediatric leukemia
...Cross-resistance to multiple drugs suggests a poor prognosis and likely involves biochemical mechanisms that are different from those linked to single-drug resistance. The investigators sought to identify the specific pattern of gene expression in ALL cells that is linked to de novo cross-resistance to four w...Brain imaging study explains Williams syndrome language gifts
...opment of the human cortex, and also aids clinical prognosis and understanding of the syndrome's underlying genetic trigger. Background: Williams Syndrome is a genetic disorder characterized by heart defects, abnormalities in the outer layer of the brain, or cerebral cortex, and mild to moderate mental ret...Color doppler sonography speeds detection of serious illness in premature infants
...sibly leading to bowel perforation and death. "The prognosis for NEC worsens once bowel perforation occurs," said the study's lead author, Ricardo Faingold, M.D., currently an assistant professor of radiology at McGill University in Montreal. "Earlier detection of necrotic or dead bowel in NEC will improve an ...Study evaluates Alzheimer's patients' ability to make decisions about treatment
...ware of their Alzheimer's diagnosis, symptoms, and prognosis were more likely to be able to make competent deci...e who were aware of their diagnosis, symptoms, and prognosis were more likely to be able to make competent decisions. This insight into their condition was not r...Tamoxifen shows no benefit, risk for breast cancer survivors' heart health
...h, continues to be an important tool for improving prognosis and reducing risk of recurrence and a second primary breast cancer," said study senior author Leslie Bernstein, Ph.D., professor of preventive medicine and AFLAC Chair in Cancer Research at the Keck School of Medicine. "As alternative therapies beco...Failed lung cancer drug could help shrink breast tumors
...nsitive breast cancers and is associated with poor prognosis and failure to respond to hormone-blocking therapy. Charles Coombes (Imperial College and Hammersmith Hospital, London, UK) and colleagues tested whether inhibiting this receptor with a drug called gefitinib might suppress breast cancer cell prolifer...Mayo Clinic researchers develop new treatment for incurable recurring form of adult brain cancer
... the Mayo Clinic/NCCTG Research This discouraging prognosis may change as a result of the rational foundation ...nths. For patients in whom the disease recurs, the prognosis is indeed dismal: there are no good treatment options. The Next Step Mayo Clinic researchers are c...High blood pressure causes pathological scars in the heart
...terations which, in the long term, might suggest a prognosis of high blood pressure cases with LVH worse than those without. It was now thought that the heart in high blood pressure cases may suffer structural changes thus producing massive scarring (myocardial fibrosis). Method for diagnosis and treatments ...Richer nations at more risk of schizophrenia
... from the same sites and same times to help answer prognosis and illness duration questions. The report is a companion to an earlier study by the same team on the number of new cases of schizophrenia worldwide. It revealed that schizophrenia affected more men than women, more migrants than native-born citize...High cost of malpractice insurance threatens supply of ob/gyns, especially in some urban areas
...ournal Obstetrics & Gynecology, gives a foreboding prognosis for the supply of doctors specializing in the field because of the rising costs of malpractice premiums. "The high cost of malpractice premiums is beginning to lead providers to drop or reduce obstetrical services. Our study presented evidence that ...Test accurately predicts aggressiveness of breast cancer
...east cancer is detected early, research shows that prognosis is generally excellent. But the group includes dra...t cancer gathers very different tumors in terms of prognosis and Ki67 could be a reliable and easily obtainable marker in order to identify which pT1 have worse ...30 years later, epilepsy surgery shows good results
ST. PAUL, Minn. A new study shows that the prognosis is good for people who have epilepsy surgery, even...urology. "Few studies have looked at the long-term prognosis for epilepsy surgery," said neurologist and study author William H. Theodore, MD, of the National In...Social support linked to prognostic marker for ovarian cancer
...in, which at high levels is associated with a poor prognosis in advanced ovarian cancer. The study, published in the July 15, 2005 issue of CANCER ( http://www.interscience.wiley.com/cancer-newsroom ), a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, reports that factors that improved quality life, such...Doctors argue for new ways to resolve health treatment choices
... aim to determine whether information on patients' prognosis without the new treatment could be used routinely in the kind of decisions made by NICE and the SMC. Many value-for-money assessments already include information on the incremental cost associated with improving not just the quantity of patients' liv...Dartmouth study reveals flaws in screening for TB; Cases in 3rd world HIV patients may go undetected
...ts with subclinical tuberculosis had a much better prognosis than previously observed, perhaps due to earlier diagnosis and treatment. Failure to diagnose an subclinical case of active TB and treat with standard multiple drug treatment could result in improper single drug treatment for latent TB, which has th...Italian law on ART brings problems for doctors and patients
...on of embryo freezing, has meant that even in good prognosis patients, the chances of having a successful pregnancy has been substantially reduced. Dr. Filippo Ubaldi, also from the European Hospital, Rome, told the conference that a study conducted by 7 Italian IVF Centres belonging to the Italian Society of...Some male breast cancer patients may have unnecessary radiotherapy
...his means is that if we do have presumptions about prognosis purely on the basis of sex we would do better to ditch them and apply the same guidelines for radiotherapy treatment to men as we do for women," said lead author, Dr Graham Macdonald, a consultant in clinical oncology at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Sco...Study shows increased risk of common infections in diabetic patients
...f the study. "Further research should focus on the prognosis of common infections in patients with diabetes, thereby providing physicians tailored information on which patients are at high risk." Americans' expanding waistlines carry a heightened risk for diabetes, which could also mean heightened risk for inf...Georgetown cancer researchers develop high throughput method
...omeday lead to more reliable prediction of patient prognosis and improved selection of optimal treatments for cancer and other diseases. The new technology, details of which are published in the July 2005 issue of Nature Methods, "may lead to a better understanding of human cancer, as well as other human disor...