Medical News on Cancer
Tailored intervention has low impact on colorectal cancer screening
May 14, 2014
Colorectal cancer screening saves lives, but too few people get tested. In an effort to increase these numbers,researchers from UC Davis and elsewhere investigated whether an individualized... Read More
News from Annals of Family Medicine: May/June 2014
May 14, 2014
Despite Benefits, Many Patients at High Risk for Cardiovascular Events Not on StatinsMany people at high risk for cardiovascular events, including those with coronary artery disease, diabetes or... Read More
First trial restored under new initiative casts doubt on repeat bowel cancer surgery
May 14, 2014
A trial that remained unpublished for 20 years casts doubt on the survival benefit of repeat ("second look") surgery for bowel cancer. The trial is published in the online journal BMJ Open. Read More
Study findings question benefit of additional imaging before cancer surgery
May 13, 2014
Among patients with a certain type of colorectal cancer with limited spread to the liver, imaging using positron emission tomography and computed tomography (CT) before surgery did not... Read More
Metastasis of ovarian cancer cells is more aggressive on soft tissues
May 13, 2014
When ovarian cancer spreads from the ovaries it almost always does so to a layer of fatty tissue that lines the gut. Read More
Genetic counseling for hereditary breast and ovarian cancer often not received by high-risk women
May 13, 2014
Mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes account for nearly 25 percent of hereditary breast cancers and most hereditary ovarian cancers, yet a study by cancer prevention and control researchers at... Read More
Study shows how ovarian cancer metabolism changes between early, late stages
May 08, 2014
A Rice University-led analysis of the metabolic profiles of hundreds of ovarian tumors has revealed a new test to determine whether ovarian cancer cells have the potential to metastasize, or spread... Read More
Decreasing chemoresistance in ovarian cancer
May 06, 2014
Inhibiting enzymes that cause changes in gene expression could decrease chemotherapy resistance in ovarian cancer patients, researchers at Georgia State University and the University of Georgia say. Read More
Researchers identify potential new strategy to treat ovarian cancer
Apr 29, 2014
Scientists studying cancerous tumour tissues in a laboratory believe they have identified a potential new strategy to treat ovarian cancer - which affects around 7,000 women in the UK each year. Read More
Ovarian cancer patients may benefit from nanoparticles designed to deliver three cancer drugs at a time
Apr 18, 2014
Delivering chemotherapy drugs in nanoparticle form could help reduce side effects by targeting the drugs directly to the tumors. Read More
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