News articles tagged with 'survival'
Physical health scores predict breast cancer outcomes
— 6 Apr 2011 17:58 | HealthBreast cancer survivors with poor physical health scores had an elevated risk of poorer cancer outcomes, including recurrence and death, according to the results of an observational…
GOLFIG increased progression-free survival in colorectal cancer patients
— 6 Apr 2011 17:55 | HealthOncologists can use colorectal cancer patients' own immune system to boost the effects of chemotherapy and increase progression-free survival, according to Phase III study results presented…
Avalanche victims buried in Canada die significantly quicker than those buried in Switzerland
— 28 Mar 2011 18:47 | HealthSignificant differences were observed between the overall survival curves for the two countries; compared with the Swiss curve, the Canadian curve showed a quicker drop at the early…
Personalised dendritic cell vaccine increases survival in patients with deadly brain cancer
— 17 Mar 2011 18:44 | HealthA dendritic cell vaccine personalised for each individual based on the patient's own tumour may increase median survival time in those with a deadly form of brain cancer called glioblastoma,…
Malaria drug slows pancreatic cancer growth in mouse models
— 16 Mar 2011 13:10 | HealthDana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists report they have shrunk or slowed the growth of notoriously resistant pancreatic tumours in mice, using a drug routinely prescribed for malaria…
Tiny gems take big step toward battling cancer
— 10 Mar 2011 18:23 | HealthChemotherapy drug resistance contributes to treatment failure in more than 90 percent of metastatic cancers. Overcoming this hurdle would significantly improve cancer survival rates…
Ohio State study: Targeted ovarian cancer therapy not cost-effective
— 8 Mar 2011 14:44 | HealthAn analysis conducted by Ohio State University cancer researchers has found that adding the targeted therapy bevacizumab to the treatment of patients with advanced ovarian cancer is…
Protein identified that serves as a switch in a key pathway of programmed cell death
— 3 Mar 2011 13:29 | HealthWork led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists identified how cells flip a switch between cell survival and cell death that involves a protein called FLIP…
Portable, less costly peritoneal dialysis shows no additional catheter risk factors
— 3 Mar 2011 13:23 | HealthPatients with end-stage renal disease who opt for peritoneal dialysis experience no greater risk of catheter infection than those who undergo haemodialysis, a retrospective study at…
Study links vitamin D to lung cancer survival
— 2 Mar 2011 12:25 | HealthRecent research suggests vitamin D may be able to stop or prevent cancer. Now, a new study finds an enzyme that plays a role in metabolising vitamin D can predict lung cancer survival…