News articles tagged with 'cancer'
Cancer patients and doctors report drug side effects differently
— 18 Nov 2009 12:10 | HealthIn clinical trials for cancer, it is standard for clinicians rather than patients to report adverse symptom side effects from treatments, such as nausea and fatigue. At present, patient... — full story
Adverse symptom reporting by patients vs. clinicians
— 18 Nov 2009 10:05 | HealthClinician's and patient's adverse symptom reports may be discrepant from each other, but provide complementary, clinically meaningful information, according to a new study published... — full story
Treatment with folic acid, vitamin B12 associated with increased risk of cancer, death
— 18 Nov 2009 09:15 | HealthPatients with heart disease in Norway, a country with no fortification of foods with folic acid, had an associated increased risk of cancer and death from any cause if they had received... — full story
Text message reminders can encourage healthy action
— 17 Nov 2009 16:14 | HealthPeople who received daily text messages reminding them to apply sunscreen were nearly twice as likely to use it as those who did not receive such messages, a new study led by a UC Davis... — full story
Nanoparticles used in common household items caused genetic damage in mice
— 17 Nov 2009 15:34 | HealthTitanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles, found in everything from cosmetics to sunscreen to paint to vitamins, caused systemic genetic damage in mice, according to a comprehensive study... — full story
Wistar researchers show targeting 'normal' cells in tumours slows growth
— 17 Nov 2009 14:29 | HealthTargeting the normal cells that surround cancer cells within and around a tumour is a strategy that could greatly increase the effectiveness of traditional anti-cancer treatments, say... — full story
New combination therapy could deliver powerful punch to breast cancer
— 17 Nov 2009 14:09 | HealthA powerful new breast cancer treatment could result from packaging one of the newer drugs that inhibits cancer's hallmark wild growth with another that blocks a primordial survival... — full story
Imaging techniques may help predict response to head and neck cancer treatment
— 17 Nov 2009 13:39 | HealthA combination of imaging tests conducted six to eight weeks after patients complete chemoradiotherapy for head and neck cancer may help identify patients who will respond to treatment... — full story
Bladder cancer risks increase over time for smokers
— 17 Nov 2009 13:19 | HealthRisk of bladder cancer for smokers has increased since the mid-1990s, with a risk progressively increasing to a level five times higher among current smokers in New Hampshire than that... — full story
Text message reminders may encourage sunscreen use
— 17 Nov 2009 12:54 | HealthDaily text-message reminders appear to increase sunscreen use over a six-week period, according to a report in the November issue of Archives of Dermatology, one of the JAMA/Archives... — full story