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...ecretory medication, in most no evidence of reflux recurrence could be found." "In conclusion, the results of this study do not differ significantly from the data reported in the literature, suggesting that laparoscopic antireflux surgery is an effective long-term procedure, is well tolerated, and can be proper...Radiation and hormone therapy after surgery cures breast cancer
...s part of the post-lumpectomy regimen prevents the recurrence of cancer in the breast by almost 100 percent," said Richard Poetter, M.D., lead author of the study and a radiation oncologist at the University Clinic for Radiotherapy and Radiobiology in Vienna, Austria. "It seems that the current standard of care...Radiation after prostate cancer surgery increases survival
...h five and 10 years, radiation reduced the risk of recurrence by 25 percent. The adjuvant radiation also reduced...or of the study. "To see a 25 percent reduction in recurrence of any cancer is considered a major breakthrough as cancer doctors, we should be quite impressed. P...Retinoblastoma researchers find success with two-drug combination
...t standard therapy, and more likely to prevent the recurrence of this cancer. A report on their work appears in ...Neurobiology. The new treatment might also prevent recurrence of retinoblastoma in children whose cancer is very advanced, he noted. Dyer is the senior author of ...Subtypes of ependymomas arise from rare stem cells in the nervous system
...ed treatment might allow physicians to prevent the recurrence of ependymoma following treatment to remove the primary (original) tumor by eliminating the cancer stem cells that give rise to the tumor. The technique the St. Jude team used to identify populations of RGCs as cells of origin of ependymoma could al...Fox Chase study examines which women could benefit from adjuvant therapy with aromatase inhibitor
...igher risk of developing a contralateral cancer or recurrence were generally those who would have been recommended to have chemotherapy in addition to tamoxifen in the first place. Women with-node positive breast cancer and women aged 60 years or younger would be the ones more likely to benefit from the additi...Surviving breast cancerDoes a woman's marital status matter?
...uded, "Treatment recommendations and follow-up for recurrence should not be altered based on a woman's marital status."...Fox Chase study shows TURP patients with intermediate PSA should be considered high-risk
...was no strong relationship between the surgery and recurrence for patients with a pretreatment PSA of less than 10. As D'Ambrosio explained, "Patients with a pretreatment PSA of 10 to 19.9 were more likely to recur if they had prior TURP. This group also had other pretreatment indicators that normally would no...Proteome Systems signs agreement with Prince Henry's Institute for Ovarian Cancer Diagnostic Test
...est is useful for initial diagnosis and monitoring recurrence of the disease in post-menopausal women, but it does not have the required specificity and sensitivity for application to diagnosis of early stage disease. Consequently, there is a need to identify new diagnostic markers for the development of a high...Large sinus tumors can be removed endoscopically, study finds
... watch for regrowth of the tumors that have a high recurrence rate and a small chance of becoming cancer. Patien...techniques." Study patients had about a 50 percent recurrence rate compared to the usual recurrence rate of up to 44 percent, a fact that did not surprise Dr. Kou...Biomarkers used to predict recurrent disease in hepatitis C transplant patients
...is C is the leading cause of liver transplants and recurrence of the disease following transplant is a serious p...ntify patients with hepatitis C at risk for severe recurrence who may benefit from early anti-HCV or anti-fibrotic therapy," the authors conclude. In another stu...Yale procedure cuts recurrence of aggressive uterine cancer
...te stage and appropriate treatment and reduces the recurrence of the cancer. The incidence of UPSC has increased since it was first identified in 1981. About 160 to 170 new cases of uterine cancer per year are seen at Yale. About seven percent are UPSC. UPSC is found in higher rates in African American women...Penn researchers discover a molecular pathway that leads to recurrence of breast cancer
...at high Snail expression predicts more rapid tumor recurrence in women who have been treated for breast cancer. ...urrently living with a diagnosis of breast cancer, recurrence represents the most common cause of death from this disease. Remarkably, recurrences can appear up t...Lymph nodes harbor information on whether breast cancer will recur
...available for all patients, 33 of whom had disease recurrence within that time. They found that, regardless of w...e information from lymph nodes can predict risk of recurrence even in women whose cancers are caught at a very early stage where they have not yet spread to any l...Vitamin D, NSAIDS provide double whammy against prostate cancer, Stanford study finds
... a clinical trial in men who have a post-treatment recurrence of prostate cancer. Both calcitriol and nonselective NSAIDs have been used in humans for years, and the safety and risks of these drugs are well known. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 30,000 men die annually in the...Many choose more aggressive breast cancer surgery despite breast-sparing option
...hose mastectomy were more likely to cite a fear of recurrence or fears about radiation treatment, which is neces...s to accept the idea that the possibility of local recurrence or new cancers in a conserved breast does not translate into any survival decrement." In addition to...Largest study of unrelated bone marrow transplantation for leukemia serves as benchmark
...al infection in general and higher risk of disease recurrence specifically in patients with chronic myelogenous leukemia, eliminated the potential benefit of reduced GVHD," ," said John E. Wagner, M.D., professor of pediatrics and scientific director of clinical research, Blood and Marrow Transplantation Progra...Chronic sinus infection thought to be tissue issue, Mayo Clinic scientists show it's snot
...e mucus behind might predispose patients for early recurrence of the chronic sinus infection." Dr. Ponikau conducted this research along with Hirohito Kita, M.D., and Gail Kephart, Mayo Clinic allergic diseases researchers. David Sherris, M.D., and Eugene Kern, M.D., both former Mayo Clinic ear, nose and throat...Penn named a 'Breast Cancer Center of Excellence' by Department of Defense
...sion from disease onset to distant metastasis and recurrence is ultimately responsible for essentially all breast cancer deaths. "While tumor progression is a problem of unrivaled clinical importance, the mechanisms underlying it are poorly understood," says Chodosh, who is also Leader of the Breast Cancer Pr...New study: Sexually transmitted disease treatment can be effectively administered by sex partners
...er said. And if it helps to prevent the spread and recurrence of STDs, patient-delivered partner treatment could be a valuable tool to add to the physician's black bag....