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Dose-dense chemo improves durvival in advanced ovarian cancer

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Ovarian cancer patients who received an intensive 'dose-dense' chemotherapy regimen survived longer and had a higher-rate of progression-free survival, according to a new study by Dr Noriyuki Katsumata, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan, and colleagues. ... Read More

 

Bone loss in breast cancer survivors

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Osteoporosis, which can be caused by certain cancer drugs, is a growing concern among breast cancer survivors and their doctors. Many breast cancer patients also experience secondary causes of bone loss, such as vitamin D deficiency. Primary causes of osteoporosis a... Read More

 

Is medical imaging worth the cancer risk?

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- From CT scans to nuclear stress tests, America is receiving skyrocketing rates of radiation through medical imaging. Experts say research is necessary to determine whether the benefits outweigh the known cancer risks of radiation. In a study including about 1 millio... Read More

 

Hormone therapy for prostate cancer patients with heart disease may increase mortality

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Men with congestive heart failure or heart attack who receive both hormone therapy and radiation therapy for treatment of prostate cancer have an increased risk of death, according to a new study. Patients with localized prostate cancer have several treatment option... Read More

 

Majority of women not getting follow-up care

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new Canadian study finds a big gap in cancer screening among women. Less than half of Ontario women with abnormal Pap tests received recommended and potentially life-saving follow-up care. "Cervical cancer is one of the most preventable forms of cancer, yet in Ont... Read More

 

Young ovarian cancer patients can preserve fertility

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Young women with early-stage ovarian cancer can preserve fertility by keeping at least one ovary or the uterus without increasing the risk of dying from the disease, a new study finds. Although ovarian cancer occurs most often in older women, up to 17 percent of ova... Read More

 

Study: Breastfeeding reduces breast cancer risk

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- According to a new study, women with a family history of breast cancer were 59 percent less likely to develop breast cancer themselves if they breastfed their children. Read More

 

Skin cancer: It's about the ABC's

This year, more than 1 million people will be told they have skin cancer. The worst kind, melanoma, will affect more than 60,000 Americans. 90 percent of skin cancers are caused by the sun. Read More

 

Skin cancer: It's about the ABC's - Research summary

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Thyroid cancer rate on the rise

Studies have reported a sharp increase in thyroid cancer since 1980. A possible explanation is increased detection through widespread and aggressive screening, but that does not tell the whole story. Read More

 

Heavy drinking linked to prostate cancer

Although current research regarding the relationship between alcohol consumption and prostate cancer is still inconclusive, researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, led by Zhihong Gong Ph.D., found that men who reported regular heavy drinking -- more than four drinks a day on more than five days per week -- were twice as likely to be diagnosed with high-grade prostate cancer. Read More

 

Ultrasound detects ovarian cancer

One of the great dangers of ovarian cancer is the absence of symptoms, making early diagnosis and treatment difficult. Read More

 

African-Americans fare worse with some cancers

(Ivanhoe Newswire). -- An analysis of almost 20,000 patient records from the Southwest Oncology Group's database of clinical trials finds that African-American breast, ovarian, and prostate cancer patients tend to die earlier than patients of other races, even when they get identical medical tr... Read More

 

Vitamin D3 fights colon cancer

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The active form of vitamin D3, essential to calcium absorption and bone health, also seems to have anticancer effects. To try and understand the underlying mechanisms, researchers set out to identify genes whose expression in a human colon cancer cell line was altered by t... Read More