Aluminum foil lamps outshine incandescent lights
.... Values exceeding 30 lumens per watt are expected when the array design and microcavity phosphor geometry are optimized, Eden said. A typical incandescent light has an efficacy of 10 to 17 lumens per watt. The researchers also demonstrated flexible plasma arrays sealed in polymeric packaging. These devic...Revlimid data presented at ASCO stands to change the way physicians treat multiple myeloma
...ings from the ECOG study were reported last month, when the trial closed early based on one-year data which showed a greater survival advantage for patients receiving low dose dexamethasone compared to those receiving the standard high dose of the steroid. Due to the potential risk of side effects relate...Drug shows activity against brain metastases
.... Results of this study indicate that lapatinib, when given alone, has modest but real activity against brain metastases in women who have had multiple prior treatments for their breast cancer, said Dana-Farbers Nancy Lin, MD, the studys lead author. Lin will present the findings on Sunday, June 3, at...Even when child's cancer prognosis is poor, parent/physician communication can provide hope
...ikely course of the disease can provide hope, even when the childs prognosis is poor, according to a Dana-...ysician communication made them feel hopeful, even when the prognosis was poor. ...Chemotherapy may enhance the effectiveness of brain tumor vaccines
...on and senior investigator on the study. "However, when appropriately timed, chemotherapy seems to enhance the efficacy of the vaccine." This finding means that instead of having to receive the two therapies separately, patients might benefit from the delivery of a one-two punch to brain tumors, Sampson...Brain-boosting pill alleviates post-chemotherapy fogginess
...s called eugeroics, which stimulate the brain only when it is required. The effects of modafinil disappear in about 12 hours. For this reason, sleep-deprived college students, athletes, soldiers or others who want to gain an edge in a competitive environment sometimes seek out the drug, calling it a geniu...Treatment for early prostate cancer associated with type of specialist seen
...e are often other factors that a patient considers when deciding their most optimal treatment," said Justin Bekelman, MD, a physician in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Memorial Sloan-Kettering and co-lead author of the study. "When speaking with physicians who have particular expertise in prostat...Exploring better ways to determine when to change the course of treatment
...tic colorectal cancer could help doctors determine when or if a change in treatment should be made. The r...eatment is best for which patients or to determine when a change in treatment is warranted. "If we had a way to know early on that a tumor isn't respond...Nonhormonal drug reduces hot flashes in men treated for prostate cancer
...abapentin to reduce hot flashes was first detected when it was being used for other reasons. Since then, several clinical trials testing gabapentin in women found that a dose of about 900 milligrams a day decreased hot flashes by about half -- the same dose and a similar degree of effectiveness discovered...Phase II study shows combination improves survival of metastatic melanoma patients
...increase in incidence is a big worry, particularly when we still do not have an effective treatment. That's why this step, however small, is important," Dr. Markovic says. ...Tumor cell activity may provide clues for treating breast cancer in young women
...e aggressive and less responsive to treatment than when it occurs in older women. Researchers at the Duke Institute for Genome Sciences & Policy and the Duke University Comprehensive Cancer Center may have discovered a part of the reason why, and their findings may lead to targeted therapies that can help...Harboring hostility may be linked to unhealthy lungs
...sychological Association (APA). This occurred even when asthma and smoking were ruled out as possible causes of lung dysfunction. In a study of 4,629 Black and White 18-30 year olds from four metropolitan areas (sampled from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in (Young) Adults Study cohort (CARDIA), p...E/Tablet technology may provide benefits to patients, researchers
...lipboard and pen that patients typically encounter when providing information in a doctor's office may soon be replaced by wireless, handheld notebook-and-pen-style computers called E/Tablets. Patients in some community cancer clinics have been using E/Tablets for several years, but a new study by Duke ...Pre-operative chemotherapy does not increase survival rates for nonsmall cell lung cancer
... say: Neo-adjuvant chemotherapy might best be used when tumours need down-staging pre-operatively, or where existing comorbities could make recovery from surgery slower and so delay the optimum administration of [post-operative] chemotherapy. Combining the result of this trial with previous trials sugge...GSK's Pazopanib shows positive results in patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma
...rs) which is a set of published rules that defines when cancer patients improve (respond), stay the same (stable), or worsen (progress) during treatments. Almost half of the enrolled patients remain in the study. These results with pazopanib are very encouraging, said lead investigator Dr. Thomas Hut...GSK's Pazopanib shows positive results in patients with advanced RCC and ovarian cancer
...rs) which is a set of published rules that defines when cancer patients improve (respond), stay the same (stable), or worsen (progress) during treatments. Almost half of the enrolled patients remain in the study. These results with pazopanib are very encouraging, said lead investigator Dr. Thomas Hut...Shark cartilage shows no benefit as a therapeutic agent for lung cancer
...astat, has shown no benefit as a therapeutic agent when combined with chemotherapy and radiation for patie...d 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 ...Dasatinib shows high early response rate as first treatment for chronic myelogenous leukemia
...ronic myelogenous leukemia has high response rates when given to newly diagnosed patients as their first t...en on the clinical trial for at least three months when Atallah and lead researcher Jorge Cortes, M.D., professor in the Department of Leukemia, evaluated t...OHSU Cancer Institute, VA researchers find way to identify which men need a second biopsy
... size of the prostate has to be taken into account when measuring PSA. "What we worry about is which men may have high-grade cancer. Now we can prescribe a second biopsy for a few months later. We know that this is a judicious use for a biopsy," Garzotto said. Besides identifying which men may have a dea...MRI detects cancers missed by mammography in breast cancer patients
... because breast cancer tends to be more aggressive when diagnosed in younger women, says Dr. Vallow, the studys lead investigator. This suggests that younger women who want breast-conserving surgery to treat newly diagnosed cancer may benefit from an MRI scan of the entire breast. The second study, whic...