Advanced prostate cancer previously considered inoperable may be operable, curable
... incidence of prostate cancer death is not reached until 11 years after treatment, so 15-year data is significant," he says. "In contrast, five-year data is less meaningful." Dr. Zincke recommends that patients with cT3 prostate cancer seek a surgeon who performs at least one prostate surgery per week and...Implanted medical device aims to lower blood pressure
..., a graduated scale of stimulation will be applied until the best possible blood pressure response is achie.... Patients will be evaluated on a regular schedule until the device receives FDA approval, and generally will be followed for life. "Findings from this study...Study finds radiation therapy for prostate cancer nearly doubles risk for rectal cancer
...he risk of rectal cancer may still exist and thus, until proven otherwise, men treated with radiation for prostate cancer need monitoring for rectal cancer beginning five years after treatment. This research study was funded by a University of Minnesota Academic Health Center Seed Grant. In addition to Bax...Radiation therapy for prostate cancer nearly doubles the risk of rectal cancer
...f rectal cancer may still be substantial and thus, until proven otherwise, men treated with radiation for prostate cancer need monitoring for rectal cancer beginning five years after treatment. Guidelines of multiple agencies and professional societies underscore the importance of colorectal cancer screeni...AACR awards scholarships for minority and underrepresented scientists
...f the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, until her own life was claimed by cancer in 1994. There are 11 AACR-WICR Brigid G. Leventhal Scholars in 2005. The WICR Council sponsors the awards with the generous support of a grant from AstraZeneca....Angiogenesis factor may help tumors prepare the way for spread to lymph nodes
... growth of new lymphatic vessels was not suspected until 2001. At that time Detmar and his colleagues showed that human breast tumors implanted into mice induce the growth of lymphatic vessels and that lymphangiogenesis plays a key role in tumors' spread to lymph nodes. It had previously been believed tha...Tip sheet Annals of Internal Medicine, April 5, 2005
...t it may not be necessary to discontinue ibuprofen until 24 hours before surgery. However, the authors say that more studies involving patients with many common underlying medical conditions are needed. 3. ACP Publishes Fifth Edition of Ethics Manual (Note to reporters: call for news release or copy of ...Randy 'Duke' Cunningham, Miss America 2005 Deidre Downs and Dan Haney receive public service awards
...was a medical editor for the Associated Press (AP) until he retired late last year after 34 years with the world's oldest and largest news service. After two decades as a science writer and medical editor of AP's Boston bureau, he was named an AP Special Correspondent, a title given to only a handful of A...Young scientists awarded for achievements in cancer research
...k at Buffalo, where he was a member of the faculty until his retirement in 1995 and still holds emeritus status. He has been a member of the AACR for nearly 50 years and has supported the Science Education Awards for college students since 1997. Thanks to Dr. Bardos' support and dedication to the future o...Money doesn't buy happiness - - except when disability strikes
...rveyed regularly, starting in 1992, and continuing until 2000. Participants were classified as disabled if they became unable to carry out routine tasks of daily living such as walking, getting out of bed, eating and dressing without help. The researchers then divided the participants into two income grou...Women with heart attacks benefit from stenting
...ute longer delay once they arrived at the hospital until the time treatment was started. Lansky called on women to go to the hospital as soon as they suspect the symptoms of heart attack. She urged the medical profession to speed evaluations and the time to treatment from the emergency room to the cathet...People with peanut allergy at risk of allergic reaction to lupin flour
...y should avoid all products containing lupin flour until they can be specifically tested to see if they are... be advised to avoid all products containing lupin until they can be specifically tested."...Unchaperoned examinations risk misconduct allegations
...will arise for other healthcare professionals, who until now may see patients unaccompanied."...Data show cyclosporine inhalation solution improves long-term survival in lung-transplant patients
...ted in August 2001, and all subjects were followed until study completion in August 2003. Patients received...fficacy, including chronic rejection and survival, until the last enrolled subject completed the two-year period of dosing. Analysis of data from the initia...Older children may benefit from treatment for lazy eye
...visits occurred every six weeks for up to 24 weeks until the patients were classified as a responder or non-responder. A patient in the study was classified as a responder if the amblyopic eye acuity (sharpness of vision) was 10 or more letters (two lines on the eye chart) better than baseline. A patient w...Study finds no link between cell phone use and brain tumors
...id. "We won't be able to make any firm conclusions until we can confirm these results with studies with more long-term and heavy cell phone users." The researchers also found that brain tumors did not occur more frequently on the side of the head where the phone was typically used. The study was supported ...Technology helps Stanford shed new light on coronary bypass surgery
... pointing to colonoscopy as an example. "It wasn't until we had a video camera illuminating the inside of the gut that we learned how to take out polyps and learned to stage colorectal cancer," he explained. "We finally turned on the light inside. This is the same thing." ...Charter activation brings space dimension to European emergency exercise
...re spreading to pressurised tanks of liquefied gas until one of them explodes violently, even as a passenger train is stopped nearby. Secondary fires reach wagons of hazardous chemicals giving rise to toxic and corrosive fumes that emanate past nearby houses. Casualties are being poisoned as well as seriou...Rats with migraines provide Jefferson scientists insights to improved drug strategy
... most migraine sufferers typically delay treatment until the pounding in their head has spread to their forehead or around their eyes, at this stage they don't respond well to most treatments. These data suggest that treatment with DHE can reverse this sensitization." Dr. Oshinsky would like to better unde...... should not discontinue any prescribed medications until advised by their physician The IMPACT study published in NEJM is preliminary Additional research needs to be conducted to confirm findings from the IMPACT study AAFA also can refer reporters to a physician for a clinical perspective on the IMP...