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FDA approves Xgeva to help prevent cancer-related bone injury
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Xgeva (denosumab) on Thursday to help prevent skeletal-related events (SREs) in patients with cancer that has spread (metastasized) and damaged the bone. Skeletal-related events include bone fractures from cancer and bone pain requiring … Continue reading
Study examines end-of-life care for cancer patients
Many in their final days receive costly, aggressive treatments they may not want, according to researchers at the Dartmouth Atlas of Health Care. In California, Los Angeles County had the highest percentage of patients dying in hospitals. One in three … Continue reading
To Best Fight Cancer, New Guidelines Urge Exercise
People undergoing cancer treatment traditionally have been told to rest as much as possible and avoid exertion, to save all their strength to battle the dreaded disease. But a growing number of physicians and researchers now say that people who … Continue reading
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Preserving the Self: The Process of Decision Making About Hereditary Breast Cancer and Ovarian Cancer Risk Reduction
Women who carry BRCA1 or BRCA2 (BRCA1/2) gene mutations have up to an 88% lifetime risk of breast cancer and up to a 65% lifetime risk of ovarian cancer. Strategies to address these risks include cancer screening and risk-reducing surgery … Continue reading
Cancer Patients’ Secondary Symptoms Need Attention: Study
Many with pain, depression also bothered by fatigue, nausea and dry mouth, experts say Many cancer patients with pain or depression also experience physical symptoms, such as fatigue, dry mouth and nausea, that can cause disability, a new study shows. … Continue reading
More painkillers needed for cancer patients-experts
Cancer patients, particularly in developing regions, are in dire need of painkillers and affordable drugs, experts said. “It’s shocking and shameful the number of people who suffer needlessly because of the lack of access to analgesics,” John Seffrin, chief executive … Continue reading
Weight, Physical Activity, Diet, and Prognosis in Breast and Gynecologic Cancers
Diet, physical activity, and weight may affect prognosis among women who are diagnosed with breast or gynecologic cancer. Observational studies show associations between being overweight or obese and weight gain with several measures of reduced prognosis in women with breast … Continue reading
Is chemotherapy-induced neutropenia a prognostic factor in patients with ovarian cancer?
OBJECTIVE: This study sought to determine if relative neutropenia (RN) following six cycles of paclitaxel/carboplatin could serve as a prognostic factor in patients with ovarian cancer. DESIGN: A single institution, retrospective study. SETTING: Tertiary academic referral center, Seoul, Korea Population. … Continue reading
In Reporting Symptoms, Don’t Patients Know Best? (NYT)
About six years ago, my doctor gave me some samples of a drug to treat pain from an injury. I took it for a few days and then woke up one morning with a big red blister on my tongue. … Continue reading
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Tamoxifen for relapse of ovarian cancer
BACKGROUND: Tamoxifen is an important drug for treating breast cancer. Ovarian cancer cells are known to possess receptors for hormones and may thus also respond to tamoxifen. OBJECTIVES: Tamoxifen is used to treat breast cancer in women whose tumours have … Continue reading
OU doctor leads treatment study for ovarian cancer
A doctor at the OU Health Sciences Center and OU Cancer Institute is directing a nationwide clinical trial to study treatments for ovarian cancer. Dr. Joan Walker, gynecologic oncologist, is leading the trial for the Gynecological Oncology Group. The trial … Continue reading
Cancer Costs More Than Doubled in 40-Year Fight
The rising cost of cancer research and care, which helped reduce death rates by 16 percent over 40 years, is straining the U.S. health system and needs to be restrained, commentators said in a special edition of the Journal of … Continue reading
