European radiotherapy provision has ‘significant shortfalls’
A review published in The Lancet Oncology reveals significant shortfalls in radiotherapy equipment and manpower across Europe. (Source: MedWire News - Oncology)
Source: MedWire News - Oncology - January 29, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Prediagnostic androgen level not linked to prostate cancer outcome
Low prediagnostic levels of circulating sex hormones are not associated with more aggressive disease in patients with prostate cancer, say US researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Oncology)
Source: MedWire News - Oncology - January 28, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Cancer risk independent of folic acid supplementation
Folic acid supplementation does not increase or decrease the risk for cancer, suggests research published in The Lancet. (Source: MedWire News - Oncology)
Source: MedWire News - Oncology - January 28, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Five genes hold key to meningioma make up
Research published in Science shows that mutations in five genes characterize most meningiomas. (Source: MedWire News - Oncology)
Source: MedWire News - Oncology - January 28, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Shorter surveillance intervals detect HCC earlier
Hepatocellular carcinoma surveillance in at-risk patients at intervals of less than 6 months picks up smaller tumors compared with longer intervals, show two recently published studies. (Source: MedWire News - Oncology)
Source: MedWire News - Oncology - January 28, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Smoking continues to threaten US public health
Research published in The New England Journal of Medicine shows that disease and mortality due to smoking have continually increased over the past 50 years in the USA. (Source: MedWire News - Oncology)
Source: MedWire News - Oncology - January 25, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Periodontal health influences stem cell transplant success
Periodontal infection can increase the risk for developing bacteremia during the neutropenic phase of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, research suggests. (Source: MedWire News - Oncology)
Source: MedWire News - Oncology - January 25, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
HDL cholesterol key to fighting lymphoma
High-density lipoprotein cholesterol could provide a novel treatment target for patients with lymphoma, US scientists believe. (Source: MedWire News - Oncology)
Source: MedWire News - Oncology - January 23, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
VRAM flap success for dorsal vaginal and perineal reconstruction
Reconstruction of the dorsal vagina or perineum using the vertical rectus abdominus myocutaneous flap following extensive surgery and intraoperative radiotherapy for rectal cancer results in favorable surgical and quality of life outcomes, research shows. (Source: MedWire News - Oncology)
Source: MedWire News - Oncology - January 23, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Bladder cancer risk associated with childbearing factors
The risk for bladder cancer in women may decline with increased parity and older age at first birth, researchers report. (Source: MedWire News - Oncology)
Source: MedWire News - Oncology - January 22, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Hospital-based home care can work for children with cancer
Hospital-based home care is a feasible alternative for children with cancer both regarding price and efficacy, show study findings. (Source: MedWire News - Oncology)
Source: MedWire News - Oncology - January 22, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
MRI ‘good accuracy’ for detecting residual breast cancer
Magnetic resonance imaging is superior to mammography for the detection of residual breast cancer after neoadjuvant chemotherapy, research confirms. (Source: MedWire News - Oncology)
Source: MedWire News - Oncology - January 21, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Bevacizumab QoL impact highlighted in ovarian cancer patients
The ICON7 study results suggest that improved progression-free survival with bevacizumab therapy for high-risk ovarian cancer may come at the cost of health-related quality of life. (Source: MedWire News - Oncology)
Source: MedWire News - Oncology - January 21, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Smartphone melanoma apps cause for concern
Smartphone applications that claim to be able to diagnose melanoma should be treated with extreme caution, say researchers. (Source: MedWire News - Oncology)
Source: MedWire News - Oncology - January 19, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Benchmark study details rare spine pathology
A long-term analysis of a large intraspinal hemangiopericytoma patient cohort to date finds that survival and tumor recurrence is significantly associated with the pathologic grade of the cancer and not its location or degree of resection. (Source: MedWire News - Oncology)
Source: MedWire News - Oncology - January 18, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
