NY-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center doctors present at 2007 AUA Meeting
...est prognostic factor when assessing patients with renal cortical tumors (RCT). However, 3-dimensional (3-D) tumor volume calculated from imaging has been demonstrated to be an independent predictor of cancer control in pharyngolaryngeal, lung and breast carcinoma. Investigators evaluated the correlation b...Pfizer Onocology press briefing scheduled during ASCO 2007 Annual Meeting
...leading oncologists on non small-cell lung cancer, renal cell carcinoma, melanoma and thyroid cancer. WHEN: Sunday, June 3, from 6 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. CDT WHERE: Hyatt Regency Chicago 151 E Wacker Drive Room Crystal B...Doctors conclude temsirolimus is effective new treatment for advanced renal cell carcinoma
...ed clinical study involving patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma and poor prognostic features show t...rnal of Medicine. A total of 626 patients with renal cell carcinoma (RCC) were enrolled in the study and received one of three treatments a new drug cal...Liver cancer patients with high serum levels of hepatitis B virus face poorer outcomes
...treatment, the researchers monitored blood counts, renal and liver function and clinical signs and symptoms. They then performed statistical analysis to assess which factors might have influenced patient outcomes. The median survival of all patients was 6.83 months. Patients with high pre-treatment HBV D...Shark cartilage shows no benefit as a therapeutic agent for lung cancer
...ery rare. Early Phase I and II studies in lung and renal cancers suggested some benefit to patients when AE-941 was given at higher doses, says Lu. "This is the first large Phase III randomized trial of shark cartilage as a cancer agent. A unique and important aspect about this shark cartilage study was ...VEGF Trap shows activity in patients with advanced ovarian cancer
... hoarseness, mild and severe protein in the urine, renal dysfunction, and a low incidence of bowel perforation (one percent). Ovarian cancer may be unusual among solid tumors because vascular-targeting agents like VEGF Trap appear to have significant single-agent activity in advanced ovarian cancer, sai...GSK's Pazopanib shows positive results in patients with advanced RCC and ovarian cancer
... II studies of pazopanib in advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and ovarian cancer. These tri... clear clinical activity in advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma, and a number of ongoing studies also demonstrate therapeutic promise in several othe...GSK's Pazopanib shows positive results in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma
... II studies of pazopanib in advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma (RCC). These trials were presented ... clear clinical activity in advanced or metastatic renal cell carcinoma, and a number of ongoing studies also demonstrate therapeutic promise in several othe...Intensive-care patients with alcohol problems are more likely to require mechanical ventilation
...ness have multiple comorbidities such as diabetes, renal failure, heart failure, cirrhosis of the liver, and chronic obstructive lung disease. These comorbidities make it more difficult to recover from critical illness. Furthermore, said de Wit, certain critical illnesses such as acute respiratory distre...Study shows radiofrequency ablation highly effective in treating kidney tumors
...e patients, a biopsy had confirmed the presence of renal cell carcinomas (RCC), a common type of renal malignancy. Of 95 tumors that were smaller than 3.7 cm (about 1.5 in.), all were completely e...Long heat waves boost hospital admissions
... disorders of fluid and electrolyte balance, acute renal failure, and heat stroke rose by 16 percent, and breathing disorders by five percent. Individual hot days cause fewer problems, suggesting that people can recover during cooler breaks in the weather. Usually the first heat wave of the summer is c...Pathway links inflammation, angiogenesis and breast cancer
...One drug, temsirolimus, has been approved to treat renal cell carcinoma. Hung's lab is exploring the possibility that this TNFa-driven activation of mTOR is the molecular link between obesity and heightened cancer risk. Obese mammals have high levels of TNFa secreted by their fat cells. For Hung, the C...Nationwide data highlight encouraging trends, 'staggering' costs of ESRD
...gress in the prevention and treatment of end-stage renal disease (ESRD) in the United States give reason fo.... This represented nearly a one percent decline in renal replacement therapy, compared with the previous year. The decline is especially encouraging at a t...1 of 2 pediatric kidney disease research centers in world established
...atric disorders are still poorly understood. Since renal disease also is a progressive childhood disease, it is often a harbinger of cardiovascular disease in adults. The grant will focus on three major areas: polycystic kidney disease, which is a genetic disorder characterized by the growth of numerous f...