Frequent Prostate Screens Fail to Improve Aggressive Cancer Diagnoses (HealthDay via Yahoo! News)
TUESDAY, Aug. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Being screened for prostate cancer more often does improve disease detection overall, but it doesn't help doctors spot aggressive cancers better, a new study finds....more...Biologic Treatment For Rheumatoid Arthritis And The Risk Of Cancer (Science Daily)
Findings of various clinical trials and observational studies conflict over the risk of malignancy related to the use of tumor necrosis factor alpha blockers. The relationship between rheumatoid arthritis (RA), an autoimmune disease marked by chronic inflammation of the joints and tissue surrounding vital organs, and the incidence of cancer is complicated. Epidemiologic studies have generally ......more... Biologic treatment for rheumatoid arthritis and the risk of cancer (EurekAlert!)
The relationship between rheumatoid arthritis (RA), an autoimmune disease marked by chronic inflammation of the joints and tissue surrounding vital organs, and the incidence of cancer is complicated....more... Local advice: Radiation treatment for cancer (Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
Because cancer cells grow and divide more rapidly than most of the normal cells around them, radiation therapy can successfully treat many kinds of cancer....more... Frequent Prostate Screens Fail to Improve Aggressive Cancer Diagnoses (HealthCentral.com)
Copyright © 2007 ScoutNews, LLC . All rights reserved. TUESDAY, Aug. 28 (HealthDay News) -- Being screened for prostate cancer more often does improve disease detection overall, but it doesn't help doctors spot aggressive cancers better, a new study finds....more... Breast Cancer Rates, Hormone Use 'in Tandem' (ThirdAge)
A drop in the use of hormone therapy beginning in 2002 was followed by a sharp decrease in breast cancer rates, according to a Kaiser Permanente study that included the about 1,000 women in Clark County, Wash....more... Regular cancer tests 'do not aid detection of tumours' (The Scotsman)
FREQUENT screening for prostate cancer does not improve the detection of aggressive life-threatening tumours, new research suggests....more... Medical Mondays: Dr. Mark Augspurger - Prostate Cancer (First Coast News)
JACKSONVILLE, FL -- Early detection is key when it comes to prostate cancer. If caught early, most men can lead normal active lives. Dr. Mark Augspurger, a radiation oncologist at Baptist Health, discussed the disease and symptoms during First Coast News at Noon on August 27, 2007....more... Trading a lethal form of cancer for diabetes (International Herald Tribune)
The room lights were dimmed, and all eyes turned to the grainy pictures on a pair of overhead monitors in a small room at Johns Hopkins Hospital....more... |