Hormone therapy linked to lower non-Hodgkin lymphoma risk — ScienceDaily
source : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/04/140407164602.htm
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Twenty-five percent of breast cancer survivors report financial decline due to treatment — ScienceDaily
source : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140325113236.htm
Colon cancer incidence rates decreasing steeply in older Americans, study shows — ScienceDaily
source : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/03/140317084843.htm
Cancer patients turning to mass media, non-experts for info — ScienceDaily
source : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/02/140224140441.htm
Blacks, Hispanics, older people not benefitting equally from better colon cancer treatment — ScienceDaily
source : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/02/140214111107.htm
Long-term survival among patients with most common childhood brain tumor is high; lower if treatment included radiation — ScienceDaily
source : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/02/140203163439.htm
External beam radiation therapy reduces risk of subsequent mastectomy in patients with invasive breast cancer — ScienceDaily
source : http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/01/140129164646.htm
More targeted form of radiation improves survival in patients with head, neck cancers
The study, published in the journal Cancer, is the first to document this finding in a large population-based group, as well as the first to suggest IMRT could improve outcomes in head and neck cancer patients. …
Nomogram to determine individualized estimates of screen-detected prostate cancer overdiagnosis
The authors used a standard definition of overdiagnosis to refer to a cancer that would not have become symptomatic or clinically identifiable if it had not been detected by screening. Overdiagnosed cancers do not pose a risk to the patient and do not require treatment, which is associated with significant risks of impotence and incontinence. …
Radiation therapy to treat uterine cancer linked to increased risk of bladder cancer later in life
In the United States, uterine cancer is the fourth most common cancer in women, with an estimated 49,560 women diagnosed in 2013. In addition to surgery, 38 percent of patients undergo pelvic radiation therapy to decrease uterine cancer recurrence…