New Type of Radiation Treatment May Up Survival for Older Lung Cancer Patients
2016-09-26
2 new studies find benefit to using stereotactic body radiation therapyContinue Reading
Cancer Treatment More Likely to Leave Blacks in Debt
2016-09-26
Or forego therapies due to cost, study findsContinue Reading
Many Patients Enter Cancer Trials With Unrealistic Expectations
2016-09-26
Study finding is a red flag, researcher saysContinue Reading
More Hispanics Treated at Breast Cancer Center After Obamacare
2016-09-25
Enrollment in clinical trials also increased, study findsContinue Reading
‘Medical Tattoos’ Help Hide Surgical Scars
2016-09-23
Pigments can restore more natural appearance that patients are happy with, study findsContinue Reading
Software Speeds Up Analysis of Breast Cancer Risk: Study
2016-09-22
Doctors were 30 times slower reading mammograms, researchers reportContinue Reading
Tamoxifen OK for Breast Cancer Patients Without Uterine Abnormalities: Study
2016-09-22
Pretreatment ultrasounds may reassure women about their uterine cancer risk, researchers sayContinue Reading
Smoking Losing Its Cool With Kids, CDC Says
2016-09-22
Fewer teens are smoking or showing interest in cigarettes and cigars, but e-cigs a concernContinue Reading
Smoking Tied to Shorter Survival With ALS
2016-09-21
Tobacco use may make patients with the degenerative disease deteriorate faster, Italian study suggestsContinue Reading
Experimental Immune Cell Rx Shows Promise for Leukemia
2016-09-21
In preliminary trial, 4 out of 9 people with acute myeloid leukemia had complete remissionContinue Reading
More Breast Cancer Patients Should Get Radiation, New Guidelines Say
2016-09-21
Mastectomy patients with small tumors, fewer lymph nodes involved, benefit from the therapy, cancer experts agreeContinue Reading
Organ Transplants Linked to Higher Skin Cancer Risk
2016-09-21
Experts say all recipients should have full-body skin evaluations after transplant surgeryContinue Reading
Smoking Leaves Lasting Marks on DNA: Study
2016-09-20
Changes related to disease found in more than 7,000 genes, though many ‘recover’ five years after quittingContinue Reading
Smoking Leaves Lasting Marks on DNA: Study
2016-09-20
Changes related to disease found in more than 7,000 genes, though many ‘recover’ five years after quittingContinue Reading