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 Patient Outcomes

BI-RADS and breast MRI useful in predicting malignancy

Delicia Honen Yard May 30, 2012

The Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) terminology is useful in predicting malignancy in breast lesions detected with MRI.
 

Integrative care options help pain management

May 29, 2012

The variety of options available to help patients manage their pain can improve quality of life during and after cancer treatment.
 

Posttransplant lenalidomide can slow down multiple myeloma

Delicia Honen Yard May 29, 2012

Lenalidomide use after autologous stem-cell transplant significantly improved progression-free and overall survival in patients with myeloma.
 

Modified stem cells keep glioblastoma at bay

Delicia Honen Yard May 25, 2012

Three patients with glioblastoma lived longer than predicted after receiving transplants of their own blood stem cells that had been gene-modified.
 

Physical activity linked to lower breast, colon cancer death rates

May 24, 2012

Consistent evidence from 27 observational studies demonstrated a link between exercise and reduced all-cause mortality for breast, colon cancers.
 

Gene anomaly can predict behavior of prostate cancer

Delicia Honen Yard May 23, 2012

A specific genomic abnormality found in either benign or malignant prostate tissues is predictive of the clinical outcome of prostate cancer.
 

SPECT/CT guides postop management of thyroid cancer

Delicia Honen Yard May 21, 2012

Information from SPECT/ CT scans helps determine the need for radioiodine therapy in persons with thyroid cancer and influences follow-up strategy.
 

Minimally invasive esophagectomy reduces morbidity

Delicia Honen Yard May 18, 2012

Minimally invasive surgery for esophageal cancer may result in fewer lung infections and shorter hospitalizations than seen with open surgery.
 

"Ex vivo" surgery works for abdominal tumors

Delicia Honen Yard May 17, 2012

A novel surgical technique involving the temporary removal of entire abdominal organs enables surgeons to take out otherwise unresectable tumors.
 

Bringing radiotherapy into the personalized medicine revolution

May 15, 2012

Researchers are investigating the use of genomics to achieve better cure rates with less morbidity in patients undergoing radiation treatment.
 

More chemotherapy might be best move for some children with leukemia

Delicia Honen Yard May 15, 2012

When induction therapy fails in acute lymphoblastic leukemia, some youths have better outcomes with more chemotherapy than with stem cell transplant.
 

Review supports aspirin for cancer prevention

Delicia Honen Yard May 14, 2012

Provocative evidence indicates that daily aspirin at doses of 75 mg and above might lower overall cancer incidence and overall cancer mortality.
 

Potentially treatable side effects plague breast cancer survivors for years

Delicia Honen Yard May 11, 2012

Six years after breast cancer treatment, more than 60% of women experienced at least one side effect amenable to rehabilitative intervention.
 

Fewer cycles of higher-dose chemotherapy best in advanced Hodgkin lymphoma

Delicia Honen Yard May 10, 2012

Six cycles of higher-dose chemotherapy, not the standard eight cycles or a lower-dose variant, should be the treatment of choice for advanced Hodgkin.
 

Lung cancer drug lowers testosterone

Delicia Honen Yard May 09, 2012

Crizotinib appears to be the culprit in reducing testosterone levels among men taking the drug as a treatment for a form of lung cancer.
 

Bedside handoffs transform nursing shift changes into relationship-based care

May 08, 2012

Patient handoffs conducted at bedside support the principles of relationship-based care and benefits both nurses and patients.
 

Heart risks heightened for partners of cancer patients

Delicia Honen Yard May 08, 2012

Spousal caregivers of cancer patients have increased risks of coronary heart disease and stroke that persist over time, researchers have discovered.
 

Walking wards off fatigue in pancreatic, periampullary cancers

Delicia Honen Yard May 07, 2012

A home walking program significantly improves fatigue levels and physical functioning in persons with pancreatic and periampullary cancers.
 

An interdisciplinary collaboration updates clinical practice guidelines for mucositis

May 04, 2012

A systematic evaluation of the literature produced updated evidence-based clinical practice guidelines for preventing and treating mucositis.
 

Study will compare stool DNA screens with colonoscopy

Delicia Honen Yard May 04, 2012

Researchers at Seidman Cancer Center in Cleveland are recruiting patients for a study of a new, noninvasive technology for colon cancer screening.
 

Experimental agent acts against aggressive lymphoma subtype

Delicia Honen Yard May 03, 2012

The drug ibrutinib can provide significant anticancer responses with modest side effects in persons with diffuse large B-cell lymphomas (DLBCLs).
 

PET response signals increased survival in soft-tissue sarcoma

Delicia Honen Yard May 02, 2012

Patients with soft-tissue sarcoma who have an early PET response after initial chemotherapy survive longer than patients showing no such response.
 

Robotic surgery effective but costly in bladder cancer

Delicia Honen Yard May 01, 2012

Robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical cystectomy (RARC) results in fewer problems and deaths than open cystectomy, but lengths of stay are similar and RARC costs more.
 

A second gene may predispose women to breast cancer

April 30, 2012

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.
 

IMRT shows better side-effect profile in breast cancer

Delicia Honen Yard April 30, 2012

Intensity-modulated radiation therapy is associated with fewer toxicities than is the standard approach of whole breast irradiation.
 

Polyps missed after poor colonoscopy prep

April 27, 2012

Adenomas and high-risk lesions were frequently detected on repeat colonoscopy, suggesting the lesions were missed on initial colonoscopy.
 

No link between BMI and surgical outcome in esophageal cancer

Delicia Honen Yard April 25, 2012

BMI appears to have no bearing on surgical complications or survival after esophagectomy following neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for adenocarcinoma.
 

New marker flags DNA repair response to platinum therapy

Delicia Honen Yard April 24, 2012

A new marker of DNA damage may predict which triple-negative breast cancers or serous ovarian cancers will respond to platinum-based chemotherapy.
 

Stress management boosts immune system in breast cancer

Delicia Honen Yard April 23, 2012

A stress-management program for women with breast cancer can alter tumor-promoting processes at the molecular level, according to researchers.
 

Opioids may spur tumor growth

Delicia Honen Yard April 20, 2012

Although opioid-based painkillers are a standard treatment for relieving cancer pain, they may actually contribute to disease progression.
 

Web Exclusives

BI-RADS and breast MRI useful in predicting malignancy

Delicia Honen Yard May 30, 2012

The Breast Imaging Reporting and Data System (BI-RADS) terminology is useful in predicting malignancy in breast lesions detected with MRI.
 

Posttransplant lenalidomide can slow down multiple myeloma

Delicia Honen Yard May 29, 2012

Lenalidomide use after autologous stem-cell transplant significantly improved progression-free and overall survival in patients with myeloma.
 

Melanoma genome study implicates sun and new genetic culprits

Delicia Honen Yard May 28, 2012

Genetic mutations increased along with chronic sun exposure in persons with melanoma, and yet another gene may contribute to disease risk as well.
 

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