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Social support is most decisive factor linked with life satisfaction in young cancer patients

Among adolescents and young adults with cancer, social support was the most decisive factor associated with life satisfaction.

10 Sep 2018

Study explores whether chemotherapy affects older woman's ability to function

Older women are at higher risk for developing breast cancer than younger women are--almost half of all breast cancer cases, and most breast cancer deaths, occur in women who are 65 or older. Despite this, we know very little about how breast cancer and its treatments affect older women.

29 Aug 2018

New approach to assess kidney tumors could prevent patients from undergoing unnecessary surgery

A research team from Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center has discovered a way to use computed tomography imaging to assess kidney tumors that test positive for the biomarker CD117 and accurately determine before surgery, whether the tumor is benign or malignant.

29 Aug 2018

Researchers develop new way to detect cancer cells in the blood using malaria protein

Cancer tumor cells in the blood can be more accurately and cheaply detected using a malaria protein, new research led by UNSW’s Chris Heeschen shows.

28 Aug 2018

Mccain’s complicated health care legacy: He hated the ACA. He also saved it.

There are many lawmakers who made their names in health care, seeking to usher through historic changes to a broken system.

27 Aug 2018

Researchers develop new system for effective cancer diagnosis and treatment

A research group consisting of scientists from NUST MISIS, the Technical University of Munich, Helmholtz Zentrum München, the University of Duisburg-Essen, and the University of Oldenburg has developed a system that allows doctors to both improve the accuracy of diagnosing malignant cells and to provide additional opportunities for cancer treatment.

24 Aug 2018

Most of current and former cancer patients are mentally flourishing, shows new study

Two-thirds of current cancer patients, and more than three-quarters of former cancer patients aged 50 and over, are mentally flourishing despite their illness, according to a large, new, nationally representative study from researchers at the University of Toronto's Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work.

24 Aug 2018

Men who consume alcohol during adolescence are more likely to have prostate cancer

Compared with non-drinkers, men who consumed at least seven drinks per week during adolescence had three times the odds of being diagnosed with clinically significant prostate cancer.

23 Aug 2018

Innovative platform developed to destroy cancer cells

The new treatment will serve as both diagnosis and treatment of malignant tumors. This breakthrough in the technologies of cancer diagnosis and treatment was made by an interdisciplinary Russian-German collaboration of chemists, physicists, and biologists from NUST MISIS, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Pirogov Russian National Research Medical University (RNRMU), and the University of Duisburg-Essen (Germany).

17 Aug 2018

Researchers develop novel statistical method to evaluate gene-to-gene interactions linked with cancer

Research led by Hui-Yi Lin, PhD, Associate Professor of Biostatistics at LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health, has developed another novel statistical method for evaluating gene-to-gene interactions associated with cancer and other complex diseases.

15 Aug 2018

Immunovia's new blood-based testing platform accurately detects non-small cell lung cancer

Immunovia AB announced today that in a new collaborative study with a major global pharma company, Immunovia ́s innovative blood-based testing platform, IMMray could differentiate healthy controls from non-small cell lung cancer samples with a 95 % accuracy.

14 Aug 2018

Palliative care associated with reduced risk of suicide in veterans with lung cancer

Results from a large-scale patient population study, recently published in the Annals of the American Thoracic Society, reveal palliative care is associated with a reduced risk of suicide in veterans diagnosed with advanced stage lung cancer.

10 Aug 2018

Scientists find new molecular biomarker for gastric cancer

Although immunotherapy is seen as a very promising treatment for cancer, currently only 20 to 30 percent of patients respond positively. Being able to identify the people most likely to benefit from the costly therapy is a Holy Grail for oncologists.

9 Aug 2018

Childhood trauma associated with anxiety and depression in adults with head and neck cancer

Among individuals with head and neck cancer, those who experienced childhood trauma were more likely to have advanced cancer, to have higher alcohol consumption, and to experience symptoms of anxiety and depression.

6 Aug 2018

Palliative care offers extra layer of support while dealing with cancer

When you or a loved one is diagnosed with cancer, it is normal to be overwhelmed by thoughts of prognosis, treatments, and potential complications. Patients wonder how their lives are going to change and whether their quality of life will ever return to normal.

2 Aug 2018

Cancer Diagnosis News and Research

Social support is most decisive factor linked with life satisfaction in young cancer patients

Study explores whether chemotherapy affects older woman's ability to function

New approach to assess kidney tumors could prevent patients from undergoing unnecessary surgery

Researchers develop new way to detect cancer cells in the blood using malaria protein

Mccain’s complicated health care legacy: He hated the ACA. He also saved it.

Researchers develop new system for effective cancer diagnosis and treatment

Most of current and former cancer patients are mentally flourishing, shows new study

Men who consume alcohol during adolescence are more likely to have prostate cancer

Innovative platform developed to destroy cancer cells

Researchers develop novel statistical method to evaluate gene-to-gene interactions linked with cancer

Immunovia's new blood-based testing platform accurately detects non-small cell lung cancer

Palliative care associated with reduced risk of suicide in veterans with lung cancer

Scientists find new molecular biomarker for gastric cancer

Childhood trauma associated with anxiety and depression in adults with head and neck cancer

Palliative care offers extra layer of support while dealing with cancer

Philips and Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust join hands to set up digital pathology network

Experts highlight the need to avoid overdiagnosis and 'excessive' treatment of thyroid cancer

Study: Many patients concerned about financial impact of cancer diagnosis and treatment

'Financial toxicity' of cancer treatment not adequately addressed by doctors, reveals study

Researchers develop new way to uncover hidden breast cancer tumors

Cancer Research - Second Edition eBook

Professor Nancy Ip: Pioneering New Paths in Neurodegenerative Therapy

Utilizing process Raman in optimizing cultivated meat production

Exploring the G:Box and for high-quality imaging

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