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April 2012
These tips and resources can help oncology nurses and other clinicians ease the burden of caring for both parents and children.
Meditation can help relieve stress in cancer patients. The following article details several types of meditation and includes related clinical trials.
Cancer patients may wish to explore acupuncture or other integrative care options. The following article details several options and provides related resources.
This review describes the four major groups of leukemia, plus diagnostic tests and treatment regimens for each group.
In response to critical shortages, the FDA has issued draft guidance on mandatory and voluntary notifications to the agency.
New guidelines call for screening at age 50 years in average-risk adults and age 40 years or 10 years younger than age of diagnosis in ...
CT colonography accurately detects cancer and precancerous polyps in persons aged 65 years and older.
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) released Statistical Brief #125 Cancer Hospitalizations for Adults, 2009.
A new service has helped reduce the number of women who need additional surgery after an initial resection for breast cancer.
Scientists have discovered that the Abraxas gene may advance the mission of BRCA1 and may even act on its own to help breast cancer develop.
A large UK study found a wide variation between cancer types in patients who had visited their general practitioner 3 or more times before cancer ...
Physicians have changed management recommendations for almost half of patients with known or suspected brain tumors after PET/CT findings.
New research is showing that sequence and timing have significant impact on the efficacy of therapeutic regimens that include bevacizumab.
A group at the Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida, uses modern technology to provide survivorship care and counseling to patients.
Cabazitaxel is a taxane derivative indicated to treat hormone-refractory metastatic prostate cancer in patients previously treated with docetaxel.
Researchers are investigating the use of genomics to achieve better cure rates with less morbidity in patients undergoing radiation treatment.
Nurses anticipate a patient's need for pain meds. But understanding why a patient has no need for them may be difficult.
The variety of options available to help patients manage their pain can improve quality of life during and after cancer treatment.
What is the risk for endometrial cancer in a patient taking tamoxifen to reduce recurrence of ER/PR positive breast cancer after treatment?
What specific visual changes are associated with the new drug crizotinib and what causes them?
Prognosis for patients with esophageal cancer is poor. Care options focus on minimizing discomfort and maintaining nutritional status.
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