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Kinase inhibitor could be viable in thyroid cancer therapy — trial
A kinase inhibitor called cabozantinib could be a viable therapy option for patients with metastatic, radioactive iodine-resistant thyroid cancer. In a trial initiated and...
Even disclosed placebos help cancer patients with fatigue
Long after cancer treatment ends, many continue to deal with one particular symptom that refuses to go away: fatigue. In a study, researchers at...
EU and WHO reports 'incomplete, unbalanced and uncritical' — international review
Recent reports from the European Union and the World Health Organisation that there is no safe limit for exposure to UV radiation from sunbeds,...
Higher body-fat levels link to invasive breast cancer risk
Among postmenopausal women with normal body mass index (BMI), those with higher body fat levels had an increased risk for invasive breast cancer, according...
Some cancer patients with depression have poorer survival rates
In a study of patients with head and neck cancer, even mild depressive symptoms were associated with poorer overall survival. The findings indicate that...
New cancer diagnostic blood test could 'save countless lives'
A ground-breaking new blood test that can detect eight common types of cancer before they spread will save countless lives, reports The Guardian. Scientists...
Shorter treatment may provide better outcome for some prostate cancer
Treatment with a shorter course of radiation, using higher doses per treatment over fewer days, may be the preferred approach in appropriately selected patients...
Compound may restore immune response in melanoma patients
A novel compound may restore immune response in patients with melanoma, according to a study presented at the ESMO Immuno Oncology Congress 2017. "Checkpoint...
Algerian men rejecting 'mutilated' breast cancer victims
As if losing a breast to cancer was not traumatic enough, Algerian mother-of-three Linda was then spurned by her husband for being “mutilated” and...
Cancer survivors age faster and die earlier
People who have had cancer age faster than those who haven’t lived with the disease, found researchers at the College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic...
Diabetes drug metformin inhibits MDR breast cancer
The drug metformin, typically prescribed to treat type 2 diabetes, keeps breast cancer cells from developing multiple drug resistance (MDR) and can reverse MDR...
Lobectomy best prolongs lives of early stage lung cancer patients
Patients with early stage lung cancer live longer when they receive a lobectomy – the most common type of operation for the disease –...
Drug starts clinical trials in human brain-cancer patients
A drug that spurs cancer cells to self-destruct has been cleared for use in a clinical trial of patients with anaplastic astrocytoma, a rare...
Cancer patients suffering from PTSD
A recent study showed approximately one-fifth of patients with cancer experienced post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) several months after diagnosis, and many of these patients...
Osimertinib improves progression-free survival for NSCLC patients
Osimertinib improves progression-free survival compared to standard first line therapy in Asian patients with EGFR-mutated non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), according to the Asian subset...
For cancer patients with HIV, immunotherapy appears safe
Checkpoint inhibitors appear safe to use in patients with both advanced malignancies and HIV according to an early-phase trial.
Medical Xpress reports that study principal...
Biomarker for breast cancer unaffected by breast density
A study has demonstrated that Videssa Breast, a multi-protein biomarker blood test for breast cancer, is unaffected by breast density and can reliably rule...
Most new cancer drugs don't work — 5-year European study
More than half (57%) of cancer drugs authorised by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) between 2009 and 2013 came onto the market without any...
High-tech radiotherapy improves prostate cancer outcomes
A high-tech form of radiotherapy that shapes radiation beams to tumours can dramatically improve outcomes for patients with prostate cancer, long-term clinical trial results...
Exercise improves cognitive ability in breast cancer survivors
In breast cancer survivors, an increase in physical activity more than doubled the women's post-treatment mental processing speed, found a small US pilot study.
It...
Trials raise questions over guidelines against routine PSA screening
After differences in implementation and settings were accounted for, two important prostate cancer screening trials provide compatible evidence that screening reduces prostate cancer mortality....
Cardiovascular Tx link to 50% reduction in lung cancer mortality risk
In most clinical trials for cancer therapy, investigators test treatments in patients with advanced disease. But a recent cardiovascular secondary prevention study has given...
Aspirin cuts colon cancer risk but may make it harder to treat
Daily aspirin use – known to reduce the risk of colon cancer – could also make the disease harder to treat if it does...
Stroke survivors should be checked for cancer development
Some stroke survivors may have 50% higher risk of underlying cancer, according to an observational study presented at the ESMO 2017 Congress in Madrid.
“Post-mortem...
Advance in the treatment of a nal cancer
A European study suggests that rates of lymph node spread from anal cancer are being overestimated, potentially leading to overtreatment of patients with chemo...
Nanolaser finds and kills off metastasised cancer cells
A nanolaser can serve as a super-bright, water-soluble, bio-compatible probe capable of finding metastasised cancer cells in the blood stream and then killing these cells,...
Worse outcomes when receiving alternative therapy for curable cancers
Patients who choose to receive alternative therapy as the treatment for curable cancers, instead of conventional cancer treatment, have a higher risk of death,...
Cadmium exposure increases endometrial cancer risk
Women with increased levels of cadmium – a metal commonly found in foods such as kidneys, liver and shellfish as well as tobacco –...
Pre-surgery radiation cuts risk of secondary tumours in breast cancer
Neoadjuvant radiation therapy may significantly improve disease-free survival, especially for oestrogen receptor-positive patients with early-stage breast cancer.
Women patients who have neoadjuvant radiation therapy have...
Improved lung cancer survival with chemo plus proton therapy
For patients with advanced, inoperable stage 3 lung cancer, concurrent chemotherapy and the specialised radiation treatment, proton therapy, offers improved survival compared to historical...
Blood test for early detection of pancreatic cancer headed to the clinic
A newly identified biomarker panel could pave the way to earlier detection and better treatment for pancreatic cancer, according to research from the Perelman...
FDA panel recommends approval for gene-altering leukaemia treatment
A US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) panel has opened a new era in medicine, unanimously recommending that the agency approve the first-ever treatment...
Influence of high-fat diet on colorectal cancer
US research showed in pre-clinical models that cancer stem cell growth in the colon was enhanced by a high-fat, Western diet.
Poor diet is associated with 80%...
Molecular test predicts breast cancer mortality risk
A molecular test can pinpoint which patients will have a very low risk of death from breast cancer even 20 years after diagnosis and...
'Light' cigarettes linked to increase in adenocarcinoma cases
A new study shows that so-called “light” cigarettes have no health benefits to smokers and have likely contributed to the rise of a certain...
Stereotactic radiation highly effective for kidney cancer
Treating metastatic kidney cancer with stereotactic ablative radiation therapy achieves more than 90% control of local tumours, and offers the possibility of safely delaying...
Shorter radiation after mastectomy is safe and effective
A shorter course of radiation therapy given to breast cancer patients following mastectomy is safe and effective and cuts treatment time in half. That...
Low-dose aspirin reduces breast cancer risk
The use of low-dose aspirin reduced the risk of breast cancer in women who are part of the California's Teacher's Study.
This study – which...
UK's experiment with cancer drugs' funding 'a failure'
A special UK Cancer Drugs Fund (CDF) set up to help patients receive cancer drugs not routinely paid for by the NHS, spent over $1.55bn failed...
Vaccine and chemo combo increase glioblastoma patient survival
A phase one study of 11 patients with glioblastoma who received injections of an investigational vaccine therapy and an approved chemotherapy showed the combination...