By Laurie Stoneham Thu, Oct 03, 2013 Researchers and scientists continue to find new and better ways of treating breast cancer. And may of these improvements not only help patients live longer, but are gentler...
ReadTHURSDAY, Oct. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Treatments that ease hot flashes in menopausal women are not effective against hot flashes in men undergoing hormone therapy for prostate cancer, a new study finds. Hormone therapy in...
ReadMONDAY, Sept. 30 (HealthDay News) -- The anti-cancer drug Perjeta (pertuzumab) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat early-stage breast cancer before surgery, the agency said Monday. In 2012, the...
ReadFRIDAY, Sept. 27 (HealthDay News) -- Smoking increases the risk of complications and death following colorectal surgery, a new study says. The study is based on an analysis of data from 47,000 patients in the...
ReadFRIDAY, Sept. 27 (HealthDay News) -- An older and little-used class of antidepressants may help combat a particularly deadly form of lung cancer, according to a new study. Using a unique computer program, researchers from...
ReadTHURSDAY, Sept. 26 (HealthDay News) -- The sexually transmitted human papillomavirus (HPV) may be behind the sharp rise in cases of throat and mouth cancers among young American adults, researchers say. In a new study,...
ReadBy Nancy Christie Thirty-seven-year-old Michelle Hastings, like others with cancer, is dealing with the one-two punch that the disease delivers. The self-described “wife, mother, daughter, sister, friend and cancer warrior” is currently undergoing treatment for...
ReadRachael Rettner, Senior Writer | September 23, 2013 04:00pm ET For people with cancer, being married may improve survival, a new study suggests. In the study, married people with cancer were about 20 percent less...
ReadMONDAY, Sept. 23 (HealthDay News) -- Many older women with newly diagnosed breast cancer have difficulty doing daily tasks, and the problem is especially common among black patients, according to a new study. The findings...
ReadMONDAY, Sept. 23 (HealthDay News) -- A simple two-question survey can accurately screen cancer patients for depression, according to a new study. The survey asks patients whether, in the last two weeks, they have experienced...
ReadTHURSDAY, Sept. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Throat cancer patients appear to benefit from continuing to eat and doing swallowing exercises while undergoing radiation treatment or chemotherapy, researchers say. Radiation treatment can interfere with a person's...
ReadWEDNESDAY, Sept. 18 (HealthDay News) -- In women with early breast cancer, three weeks of high-dose radiation is as effective as the current standard -- five weeks of lower-dose treatment, British researchers say. A short...
ReadTUESDAY, Sept. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Some women who take tamoxifen to treat or prevent breast cancer report experiencing a mental fogginess while on the drug, and researchers have now confirmed that there's a biological...
ReadTHURSDAY, Sept. 12 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. advisers endorsed on Thursday the broader use of a drug already used to treat advanced breast cancer that also appears to shrink early stage breast tumors. This could...
ReadWEDNESDAY, Sept. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Regular physical activity and maintaining a healthy weight can prevent three of every five new cases of endometrial cancer in the United States, according to a new review of...
ReadTUESDAY, Sept. 10 (HealthDay News) -- The United States faces a cancer care crisis because of its aging population, rising health costs, complexity of care and a shrinking pool cancer care workers, a new report...
ReadTUESDAY, Sept. 10 (HealthDay News) -- A drug already used to treat advanced breast cancer also appears to shrink early stage breast tumors, potentially offering women a first-of-its-kind treatment option, U.S. health regulators say. If...
ReadTUESDAY, Sept. 10 (HealthDay News) -- After common surgeries, nearly one in five older Americans ends up in the emergency department within a month of being discharged from the hospital, according to a new study....
ReadFRIDAY, Sept. 6 (HealthDay News) -- U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval for Abraxane (paclitaxel) has been expanded to include advanced pancreatic cancer, the agency said Friday in a news release. The agency previously approved...
ReadSeptember 5, 2013 by Henry Scowcroft So-called ‘targeted’ therapies don’t always hit the mark All drugs have side effects. But as anyone who’s been through chemotherapy will know only too well, those caused by cancer...
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