Cancer

Although men who undergo a PSA test do increase the possibility of their prostate cancer being detected, regular screening is not now thought to reduce the number of deaths which occur from the disease.Milwaukee, WI -- (SBWIRE) -- 02/13/2012 -- Since 1986, when a reliable blood test first became available, hundreds of thousands of men have been screened for prostate cancer. The message was simple: find the cancer early, save your life. Now a...  

OVARIAN cancer shares so many symptoms with other health problems that it can be difficult to detect, a specialist at Norwest Private Hospital has said. Associate Professor Russell Hogg is a gynaecological oncologist who works with a team of specialists ...  

UBM Medica's ONCOLOGY and CancerNetwork (http://www.cancernetwork.com/) today announced that the April issue will feature insights by physicians from the clinical genetics (http://www.cancernetwork.com/cancer-genetics) service at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (http://www.cancernetwork.com/home) in which they explain the role of genetic testing (http://www.cancernetwork.com/cancer-genetics) in gastrointestinal cancers (http://www...  

(NAPSI)—One in three people 50 years old or older has not been screened for colon cancer, yet screening could help save their lives. This statistic is just one of the troubling findings of a national study by the Colon Cancer Alliance, the ...  

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A controversial radiation treatment for patients who've had lung cancer surgery may not help elderly people live longer, U.S. researchers have found. Postoperative radiotherapy, or PORT, is thought to cut the chances ...  

Pancreatic cancer has the lowest relative survival rate of all the cancers tracked by the American Cancer Society and the National Cancer Institute (NCI), with a five-year survival rate in the single digits at just six percent. This insidious disease is ...  

Women with early cervical cancer usually don’t have symptoms. The following signs may arise ... menstrual periods that last longer and are heavier than before; bleeding after menopause.) » Increased vaginal discharge.  

Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is the most lethal form of breast cancer . It spreads easily through the lymphatic and blood vessels, forming metastasis which can lead to multi-organ failure. New research demonstrates how IBC cells use IL-8, secreted as part of the anti-inflammatory response by a specific set of white blood cells (monocytes), to increase fibronectin expression.  

Jason Morton went to the doctor about his back pain. The then-30-year-old had first consulted ... He also underwent left radical orchiectomy, or removal of a testicle. Man up Now Morton, 33, has been in remission for two-and-a-half years ...  

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/043314/global_liver_cance) has announced the addition of the "Global Liver Cancer Drug Pipeline Capsule - 2012" report to their offering. Fore Pharma's latest report Global Liver Cancer Drug Pipeline Capsule - 2012' is an outline of all the key research and development (R) activities of the global Liver Cancer drug market. It covers information on key...  

Human papillomavirus (HPV) has been observed repeatedly in esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) tissues. However, the causal relationship between HPV infection and the onset of ESCC remains unknown. A large cohort study focusing on this topic is being ...  

Clapper, Patti, Schweizer & Mason (CPSM) urges all U.S. Army veterans diagnosed with mesothelioma, asbestos cancer, or asbestosis to use the resources their law firm offers to help them know the best way to get financial compensation to help pay for their ...  

Depending on the stage of the cancer, it is treated with surgery, chemotherapy, radiation or biological therapy with monoclonal antibodies. NICE is the UK authority that authorizes treatments for use in the National Health Service. Currently, it recommends ...  

NEW YORK, Feb. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A hip condition will prevent him from running in a Feb. 12 Florida race to raise funds for asbestos cancer research, but that won't stop mesothelioma attorney Kevin Mulderig of the New York-based law firm Weitz & Luxenberg, P.C., from walking to...  

Inlyta is indicated for the treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma after failure of one prior systemic therapy. Renal cell carcinoma is a type of kidney cancer that starts in the lining of very small tubes within the kidney. Inlyta works by blocking ...