Most patients do not have ongoing speaking or swallowing difficulties following combined chemotherapy and radiation treatment for advanced head or neck cancer, but several factors may be associated with worse outcomes in…
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Gene Alteration Identified That Predisposes To Syndrome With High Risk Of Cancer
Researchers have identified a new genetic alteration that predisposes individuals to Cowden syndrome, a rare disorder that is characterized by high risks of breast, thyroid and other cancers, according to preliminary research…
Outcomes After Recurrence Of Oral Cancer Vary By Timing
Patients who have recurrence of oral squamous cell carcinoma tend to do worse if the new cancer appears at the same site early or if it appears in the lymph nodes six…
Thalassaemia centre to be set up at Vehari
Punjab Health Department will establish Thalasemia Centre at Children Hospital Complex Vehari in collaboration with Plan Pakistan, an international NGO. The Children Hospital Complex Vehari is a joint venture of Public-Private partnership,…
Use The Right Metaphor To Get Patients To Enroll In Clinical Trials
The language that doctors use with low-income, rural patients can help determine whether these patients agree to participate in clinical trials testing new cancer treatments, a new study found. Researchers found that…
Calypso Medical And Elekta Corporation Enter Into Master Development Agreement For Radiation Therapy Cancer Treatment
Calypso Medical Technologies, Inc., a developer of real-time localization technology used for the precise tracking of tumors, and Elekta, a leading manufacturer of medical devices and software for treating cancer, announced a…
MHRA Gives An Insight Into New ICH S9 Guidelines At Clinical Development In Oncology, 15-16 March 2011, London
JW McBlane, Clinical Assessor, MHRA will be giving an exclusive insight into the agency’s views of the new ICH S9 guidelines. His case study, Early Stage Clinical Trials In Patients With Advanced…
Genome Code Cracked For Most Common Form Of Pediatric Brain Cancer
Scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center have deciphered the genetic code for medulloblastoma, the most common pediatric brain cancer and a leading killer of children with cancer. The genetic “map”…
Now, Thyrocare promoter scans low-cost cancer diagnostics, treatment
Thyrocare promoter Dr A. Velumani shies away from being called the Captain Gopinath of diagnostics. But like Captain Gopinath, who made flying an option for more people through low-cost carriers, Dr Velumani…
Arsenic To Poison Brain Tumors:
Arsenic is usually thought of as a poison. Despite this, it has been used in medicine for over 2000 years, and the arsenic compound arsenic trioxide (ATO) is FDA approved for the…
Link Between High Folate Levels In Red Blood Cells And Silenced Tumor-Suppressors
People with higher levels of folate in their red blood cells were more likely to have two tumor-suppressing genes shut down by methylation, a chemical off switch for genes, researchers report in…
Treating Spinal Cord Gliomas – Photons Vs. Protons
A study comparing the long-term outcomes of patients with spinal-cord tumors following radiation therapy suggests that certain subsets of patients have better long-term survival. It also suggests that photon-based radiation therapy may…
Most Common Adult Brain Cancer Linked To Gene Deletion, Stanford Doctors Say
A study fast-tracked for online publication Dec. 22 in the New England Journal of Medicine has identified an important gene deletion in up to one of every four cases of glioblastoma, the…
Robotic Surgery For Head And Neck Cancer Shows Promise
Less-invasive robotic surgery for upper airway and digestive track malignant tumors is as effective as other minimally invasive surgical techniques based on patient function and survival, according to University of Alabama at…
Blacks With Liver Cancer More Likely To Die
Black people with early stage liver cancer were more likely than white patients to die from their disease, according to a new study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. Five…