Cancer drug can extend survival in patients with deadly brain tumors
...ectancy of three to nine months. "When the tumor recurs after treatment, there are no standard therapies," Vredenburgh said. "This study may lead to options where there previously were none." Avastin may be effective in treating gliomas because these tumors have a high concentration of vascular endothel...Obesity in prostate cancer patients predicts cancer recurrence and progression
...a 66 percent increased risk of having a tumor that recurs or becomes metastatic than did non-obese patients. This finding mirrors results from a parallel study by M. D. Anderson researchers, reported last year in Clinical Cancer Research, that found that a history of weight gain or obesity at the time of di...Hepatitis C recurs rapidly after liver transplant
...r liver transplantation, however, the virus always recurs in the new liver. Since mathematical models have been useful in the study of the viral dynamics of HIV and hepatitis B, researchers, led by Kimberly A. Powers and Ruy M. Ribeiro of the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, sought to use a mat...Cyclosporine inhibits hepatitis C virus in vitro
...ournal/livertransplantation ). Hepatitis C always recurs after liver transplantation, often damaging the new organ and rendering patients ineligible for retransplantation. To address this problem, patients with hepatitis C often undergo interferon-ribavirin combination therapy after receiving a liver trans...Treatment regimen offers greater survival advantage for recurrent head and neck cancers
...ancers who develop a second tumor or whose disease recurs in an area that has previously received radiation. Data from an international study reveal a possible new combination treatment regimen that offers a significant survival advantage for many of these patients. The details of the study were presente...Data further examines Seroquel (quetiapine fumarate) treatment for bipolar depression
...ften emerges in adolescence or young adulthood and recurs throughout life. 3 IMPORTANT SAFETY INFORMATION SEROQUEL is indicated for the treatment of acute manic episodes associated with bipolar I disorder, as either monotherapy or adjunct therapy with lithium or divalproex, and the treatment of schizop...Molecular testing in patients with rare cancer predicts response to Gleevec
...r localized tumors, but in many patients the tumor recurs and spreads elsewhere, particularly to the liver. Without Gleevec, at this metastatic stage the disease is rapidly fatal because chemotherapy, radiation and surgery are ineffective in advanced cases. Gleevec works by inhibiting a protein called K...Older children can benefit from treatment for childhood's most common eye disorder
...tudy to determine the percentage of amblyopia that recurs among the children who responded well to treatment, as well as many other clinical studies of amblyopia at eye centers nationwide. Dr. Sieving also commented that the current study results are "a wonderful example of the adaptability of the human vi...Hopkins study shows older children also benefit from 'lazy eye' treatment
...nned to determine the percentage of amblyopia that recurs among the children who responded well to treatment....