University of Pittsburgh study shows using expanded critera donors is safe
...CV positive livers. Patient and graft survival and recurrence of the HBV and HCV infections were compared betwee...ransplanted for recurrent HCV cirrhosis. While HCV recurrence in groups one and three were universal, the severity of recurrence and response to interferon-based ...Obesity is risk factor for aggressive prostate cancer
...f aggressive cancer in obese men as well as higher recurrence rates after surgery. That study, for which Dr. Terris was the senior author, looked at 1,106 men who had cancerous prostate glands removed at Veterans Affairs Medical Centers in Augusta, West Los Angeles, San Francisco and Palo Alto, Calif., as well...Steroid-free regimen with CellCept found comparable to standard therapy in liver transplantation
... putting them at an increased risk for hepatitis C recurrence following liver transplantation. "The question ha...nted at ATC. Study results found that hepatitis C recurrence was comparable across all arms. Additionally, the CellCept-based steroid-free regimen was comparabl...Long-term outcomes studied for stem cell transplant recipients
...died during the study period, the main cause was a recurrence of the original disease, followed by deaths due to secondary cancers. Relapse-related mortality was increased among patients with Hodgkin's disease, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, and acute lymphoblastic leukemia. However, those who had undergone total body...Studies on HRT for breast cancer patients can give false hopes
...r Research reveals that qualitative studies on the recurrence of breast cancer in breast cancer survivors underg...s found that all of the qualitative studies on the recurrence of breast cancer in patients taking HRT they looked at have "serious design features that could intr...Several factors can increase risk for recurrent blood clot
...he overall risk of a thrombotic (blood clot) event recurrence vary, reports on contributing factors are contradi...ticle. Knowledge of the risk of a thrombotic event recurrence and its determinants is relevant for clinical policy regarding screening for thrombophilia (increase...Exercise reduces risk of recurrence and death in early stage colon cancer patients
...nical Oncology. A person's risk of having a cancer recurrence or dying was lowered by 40 to 50 percent in the 2 ... MD, MPH, revealed that regular aspirin use reduce recurrence and death risks by about the same magnitude as exercise....Aspirin use may protect against colon cancer recurrence, reduce risk of death
...tter after surgery, reducing their risk of disease recurrence and death by half compared to non-users, researche...howed that aspirin use notably reduced the risk of recurrence in patients with advanced colon cancer, but more research is needed before any treatment recommendat...Ablation therapy improves survival for patients with inoperable liver tumors
...rence, especially in the liver. The median time to recurrence of liver disease in the ablation group was 11 months and in the surgery group it was 17 months. The use of chemotherapy in combination with these therapies was found to improve overall survival. The overall 3-year survival rate for the patients was ...Mayo researchers to announce new findings about promising early-stage breast cancer treatment
...hether trastuzumab is more effective in preventing recurrence when it's given during (concurrently) or after (sequentially) chemotherapy. These findings will be important tools to help oncologists determine how to optimize trastuzumab's protective effect in the course of treating patients with HER-2 positive br...Breast tumor's biological traits guide hormone therapy
...has been used for many years to reduce the risk of recurrence in women following breast cancer treatment. More recently, drugs called aromatase inhibitors that inhibit the production of estrogen in the body have been found highly effective and in some cases superior. But whether women should take tamoxifen alon...Study finds Herceptin may have role in bladder cancer treatment
...n with HER2-positive breast cancer cut the risk of recurrence in half. Here, researchers found Herceptin may also play a role in treating HER2-postive bladder cancer. "The model for Herceptin is breast cancer. While we are still in the beginning, I think this trial provides an approach for metastatic bladder ca...Tamoxifen shows no benefit, risk for breast cancer survivors' heart health
...romatase inhibitors, in preventing breast cancer's recurrence among postmenopausal women. Tamoxifen, though, con... 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 ...Substantial 15-year survival gains from standard breast cancer treatments
... have long been used to help prevent breast cancer recurrence have much greater effects on 15-year than on 5-year survival, according to a study published in this week's issue of THE LANCET. This extra effect is one of the main reasons why breast cancer death rates have been falling rapidly ever since the early...Keyhole surgery set to become the new gold standard for colon cancer treatment
...ned the tumour, the investigators found that local recurrence rates were unlikely to be higher for keyhole surgery than for local surgery. They also found that cancer-related survival and quality of life was similar for the two groups. Conversions from keyhole to open surgery were more common in patients with c...New treatments for common vaginal infection being studied
...r treatments for this very common infection with a recurrence rate of about 80 percent. Women age 18 and older with bacterial vaginosis are eligible for both studies. The douching study is sponsored by Abbott Research Laboratories and the antibiotic study by Presutti Laboratories....More effort needed to prevent pattern of child abuse
...04) - Children who have been abused are at risk of recurrence and effective prevention strategies are urgently n...ular home visits by public-health nurses prevented recurrence of abuse when compared to standard services from child protection agencies (CPA). Standard service...More effort needed to prevent pattern of child abuse developing in families
Children who have been abused are at high risk of recurrence and effective prevention strategies are urgently n...ular home visits by public-health nurses prevented recurrence of abuse when compared with standard services from child protection agencies (CPA). Standard service...Jefferson scientists create plant factories churning out antibodies against tumor cells
...d in treating metastatic disease and in preventing recurrence in certain high-risk patients. But the technology to produce large amounts of antibody is expensive, and researchers would like to find alternatives. Dr. Koprowski, Dr. Ko and their co-workers had previously shown that tobacco plant-made monoclonal a...Specific behaviors seen in infants can predict autism, new research shows
...econd child being diagnosed with autism, a rate of recurrence about 50 times higher than the general population. The Canadian study, which began as a collaboration of McMaster University's Offord Centre for Child Studies in Hamilton, The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto and the IWK Health Centre in Halifa...