New Geriatric Assessments Aid Cancer Treatment Decisions
SAN ANTONIO (IMNG) - Breast cancer outcomes haven't improved to nearly the same impressive extent in older women as in younger women, according to Dr. Hyman B. Muss.The reasons for this age-related disparity... (Source: OncologySTAT Latest News)
Source: OncologySTAT Latest News - January 23, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Primary Care Inaccurately Estimates Cancer Risk
NEW ORLEANS (IMNG) - Primary care physicians' assessments of the risks and benefits of cancer screening didn't match with reality, based on the results of a survey of beliefs and behaviors around cancer... (Source: OncologySTAT Latest News)
Source: OncologySTAT Latest News - January 19, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
ACS Weighs in on CT Screens for Lung Cancer
"Clinicians with access to high-volume, high-quality lung cancer screening and treatment centers should initiate a discussion about lung cancer screening with patients aged 55 years to 74 years who have... (Source: OncologySTAT Latest News)
Source: OncologySTAT Latest News - January 19, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Don't Trust Apps to Spot Skin Cancer
Three out of four smartphone applications designed to assess melanoma risk misclassified at least 30% of melanomas as benign in a case-control diagnostic accuracy study.Although these applications are... (Source: OncologySTAT Latest News)
Source: OncologySTAT Latest News - January 17, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
TOPPS: Limit Prophylactic Platelets to Select Groups
ATLANTA(IMNG)–The broad use of prophylactic platelet transfusions in adults with hematologic malignancies and severe thrombocytopenia will likely be narrowed in the wake of the randomized, international... (Source: OncologySTAT Latest News)
Source: OncologySTAT Latest News - January 16, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Double-Unit Cord Blood Transplants Don’t Boost Survival
ATLANTA (IMNG)–Survival was not enhanced among children with blood cancers after transplantation with two units of umbilical cord blood versus an adequately dosed single-unit transplant.Among 224 children... (Source: OncologySTAT Latest News)
Source: OncologySTAT Latest News - January 16, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
MLN9708 Regimen Effective With Reduced Neuropathy Risk in Multiple Myeloma
ATLANTA (IMNG) - Of 65 patients with newly diagnosed multiple myeloma, nearly all had a partial or better response to an all-oral regimen containing the experimental proteasome inhibitor MLN9708.In the... (Source: OncologySTAT Latest News)
Source: OncologySTAT Latest News - January 12, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Chemo-Free Combo Tames 'Worst of the Worst' Acute Leukemia
ATLANTA (IMNG) -Cytotoxic chemotherapy is not needed to achieve excellent results in the first-line treatment of acute promyelocytic leukemia, a most aggressive form of acute leukemia.A phase III trial... (Source: OncologySTAT Latest News)
Source: OncologySTAT Latest News - January 11, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Pomalidomide: A New Option for Relapsed Myeloma
ATLANTA (IMNG) - Patients with refractory multiple myeloma, including those with heavily pretreated disease, lived significantly longer with the immunomodulatory drug pomalidomide plus low-dose dexamethasone... (Source: OncologySTAT Latest News)
Source: OncologySTAT Latest News - January 11, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Lymph Node Count May Not Be Best Predictor of Colon Cancer Survival
Lymph node counts of 12 or higher, widely considered a key marker of surgical quality in colon cancer resection, had no significant effect on 5-year survival rates in settings where surgeons are audited... (Source: OncologySTAT Latest News)
Source: OncologySTAT Latest News - January 8, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Staged Surgery Found Unnecessary for Colorectal Tumors
PALM BEACH, FLA. (IMNG) - Simultaneous and staged removal of primary colorectal cancer and associated liver metastases worked equally well, a review of more than 1,000 cases at four international centers... (Source: OncologySTAT Latest News)
Source: OncologySTAT Latest News - January 5, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
More Women Receiving Pap Tests as Recommended
Women aged 30 years and younger in the United States are undergoing cervical cancer screening in line with recent national recommendations, findings from a new report from the Centers for Disease Control... (Source: OncologySTAT Latest News)
Source: OncologySTAT Latest News - January 5, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Intraoperative Radiation Shown Effective for Breast Cancer
PALM BEACH, FLA. (IMNG) - Targeted intraoperative radiotherapy is a safe and effective form of partial breast irradiation for selected patients with early-stage breast cancer, based on early follow-up... (Source: OncologySTAT Latest News)
Source: OncologySTAT Latest News - January 4, 2013 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
