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Proton therapy can allow doctors to produce higher levels of radiation while zeroing in on the tumor. Traditional radiation treatment can also pinpoint the tumor but it does so with a lower level of radiation. What is promising about Proton therapy is that it targets the cancer but can spare the healthy tissue surrounding the [...]
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A test used to detect prostate cancer can also help doctors know when treatment is working. A man’s prostate specific antigen, or PSA, level after seven months of hormone therapy for advanced prostate cancer predicted how long he would survive, according to a new multicenter study conducted by the Southwest Oncology Group and led by [...]
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Health Minister Brian Gibbons approved the use of cetuximab in June, making Welsh patients the first in the UK to receive the drug. But the UK’s health watchdog said on Monday it would not recommend its use as it was not cost effective. Swansea oncologist Professor John Wagstaff said the decision was a “significant blow” [...]
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India: Terminally-ill cancer patients can finally hope to live a pain-free life without the daily needle pricks, thanks to a new mode of pain relief which has been perfected by doctors at the Armed Forces Medical College (AFMC) here. Medically referred to as the para vertebral neurolytic block, wherein a mixture of local anaesthetic and [...]
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Mayor Bob O’Connor received his first treatment of whole-brain radiation yesterday — several days earlier than expected — and will have another today because of “worsening symptoms” of his rare brain cancer, according to his doctors. In a prepared statement, Mr. O’Connor’s medical team said his symptoms “included headache and increased lethargy,” and were thought [...]
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Pregnant women with breast cancer can be safely treated with a common chemotherapy combination during both the second and third trimesters, researchers report. The majority of babies will not experience significant short-term complications linked to maternal treatment, they added. “Further follow-up of the children is required to determine the potential long-term effects of this exposure,” [...]
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Rather than receiving radiotherapy or having their prostate removed, as is sometimes currently the case, many low-risk prostate cancer patients would be better off if their doctors kept an eye on their cancer until treatment became necessary, say researchers from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, USA. You can read about this in the [...]
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Almost one in five children treated for acute lymphoblastic leukemia does not receive the appropriate chemotherapy regimen due to medication errors, according to a new study. The study reveals that 10% of chemotherapeutic medications for outpatients were prescribed or administered incorrectly. Although most were of little clinical significance, in some patients the errors may have [...]
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Scientists hope to improve the effectiveness of keyhole surgery and cancer treatment by making patients magnetic. Giving tissue magnetic properties would allow better imaging before and during an operation, experts believe. Applied to tumors, it could also help surgeons avoid “spilling” cancer cells that may spread. The development of keyhole surgery has done much to [...]
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A new test has the potential to save the lives of thousands of lung cancer patients each year. That’s according to scientists at Duke University Medical Center who developed a genomic test that could help guide doctors in their treatment decisions. Leanne Gregg has the details. Mildred Bluestein – lung cancer survivor, “I’m a 14 [...]
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MEN with prostate cancer are disadvantaged as they try to access an expensive chemotherapy drug, which is listed on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme only for women, a urologist says. Men without health insurance are struggling to afford the drug, Taxotere (docetaxel), which could help save their lives. Reports show that Taxotere costs almost $3000 for [...]
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A new survey by Cancer Research UK says that obese people are unaware that they face the higher risk of cancer and think they must slim down only to look good. The survey conducted in over 4,000 adults found that 40% thought looking good was the main reason for losing weight, while 32% were aware [...]
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