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Items tagged as "cancer"
Breakthroughs in Treatments for Melanoma
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcp65g892qs Richard Joseph, M.D., medical oncologist at Mayo Clinic in Florida, talks about the most deadly form of skin cancer, melanoma. In this video clip he explains breakthroughs in treating melanoma that include a novel target agent and two new immune therapies. He later explains how "This, I think, will be [...]
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First Whole Exome Sequence of Small-Intestine Carcinoids
Researchers at Mayo Clinic have completed the world’s first whole exome sequence of small intestine neuroendocrine tumors, also known to patients and physicians as carcinoids, the most common cancer of the small bowel and one that responds poorly to chemotherapy. Mayo oncologist and lead author Michaela Banck, M.D., says, “This is [...]
Created by Dana Sparks Gene Variations that Predict Chemo Side Effects
Seemingly benign differences in genetic code from one person to the next could influence who develops side effects to chemotherapy. A Mayo Clinic study identified gene variations that can predispose people to chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy, a condition that is hard to predict and often debilitating enough to cause cancer patients to [...]
Created by Dana Sparks ‘Quality of Life’ Therapy Helps Cancer Patients
Therapy to ease stress and fatigue, and enhance other quality-of-life issues significantly improves patients’ sense of well-being during cancer treatment, according to new Mayo Clinic research. The study found that patients who kept to their standard routines showed a decline in quality-of-life measures. The findings are published in Cancer. Click here [...]
Created by Dana Sparks Key Molecule Suppresses Growth of Cancerous Liver Tumors
According to a Mayo Clinic Cancer Center study a molecule already implicated in a number of cellular functions can suppress the growth of tumors in the liver. Mayo Clinic biologist and senior study author Ningling Kang, Ph.D., says, “Tumor cells are intelligent — they talk to the cells in their surroundings to change the [...]
Created by Dana Sparks This Super Bowl Weekend a Super Survivor Conquers Cancer (pkg)
The Super Bowl is this weekend and while many people are choosing their favorite team to win, 12-year veteran of the NFL, Chris Draft, is choosing to tackle a different kind of opponent – Lung Cancer. The teammates in his fight include Mayo Clinic and a cancer survivor who’s putting a new [...]
Created by Dana Sparks New Drug Combo to Battle Thyroid Cancer
There's promising news in the battle against anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC), a rare but aggressive and devastating form of thyroid cancer that typically strikes men and women in their 60s and 70s. The median survival is about 5 months from time of diagnosis. A Mayo Clinic-led study, published in the journal Science Translational Medicine , [...]
Created by Dana Sparks How Breast Cancer Patients Metabolize Tamoxifen Affects Outcomes
A new study confirms that a patient’s ability to metabolize the breast cancer drug tamoxifen affects the outcome of her treatment. Researchers at the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center and the Austrian Breast and Colorectal Cancer Study Group confirm that women with early breast cancer who are treated with tamoxifen and [...]
Created by Dana Sparks Fatigue Factors for Cancer Patients
Many people who have been through cancer and its treatment have trouble with their recovery because of severe, debilitating fatigue that can last for months or even years. But, according to a recent Mayo Clinic study appearing in Supportive Care in Cancer, even though a variety of treatments exist for [...]
Created by Dana Sparks Cancer Patients ... Exercise!
It's known that exercise can reduce cancer-related fatigue, improve sleep, boost a sense of wellness and reduce the recurrence of certain types of tumors. Now, a Mayo Clinic study published in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management has found that a brief, at-home exercise program — dubbed the Rapid, [...]
Created by Dana Sparks Diabetes Drug May Treat Ovarian Cancer
Diabetic patients with ovarian cancer who took the drug metformin for their diabetes had a better survival rate than patients who did not take it. When Mayo Clinic researchers analyzed factors such as the patients’ body mass index, the severity of the cancer, type of chemotherapy and quality of surgery, they found [...]
Created by Dana Sparks Less Invasive Lymph Node Surgery After Chemo
Most patients whose breast cancer has spread to their lymph nodes have most of the lymph nodes in their armpit area removed after chemotherapy to see if any cancer remains. A study conducted through the American College of Surgeons Oncology Group and led by Mayo Clinic breast surgeon Judy Boughey, M.D., shows that [...]
Created by Dana Sparks Beating Breast Cancer with Dragon Boats
What do you get when you arm a group of breast cancer survivors and their friends with life vests, boat paddles and pink t-shirts? The answer is a competitive dragon boat team ready to spread the news that exercise and camaraderie are key to beating breast cancer. Vivien Williams reports. [TRT [...]
Created by Dana Sparks Breast Cancer Education Tool (Medical Edge TV)
First the doctor says you have a lump and it could be breast cancer. Then, after the initial shock, comes the flood of questions. What does my diagnosis mean? What type of surgery should I have? What about chemo or radiation? That’s why physicians at Mayo Clinic developed an educational tool ... designed to [...]
Created by Dana Sparks Fighting Ovarian Cancer - Twice (Medical Edge TV)
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more than 20,000 women in the U.S. are diagnosed with ovarian cancer each year. Most of them are over the age of 60 but the woman you’re about to meet was diagnosed, the first time, in her 30’s ... and has beat [...]
Created by Dana Sparks Prescribing Solutions for the High Cost of Cancer Medications
One of the reasons cancer drugs cost so much in the United States is because there's a virtual monopoly held by some drug manufacturers. That's according to a commentary by two Mayo Clinic physicians in the journal Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Mayo Clinic hematologist, Vincent Rajkumar, M.D., says, “Cancer care is not representative of [...]
Created by Dana Sparks #Chatting about Ovarian Cancer
MEDIA ALERT: Twitter chat TODAY about ovarian cancer. September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month and the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center is partnering with the National Ovarian Cancer Coalition to host a Twitter chat moderated by USA TODAY health care journalist Liz Szabo. Join the conversation about ovarian cancer using the Twitter [...]
Created by Dana Sparks Critical Clues about Cancer-Causing Gene
Mayo Clinic researchers have uncovered critical clues on how pancreatic cancer develops and why few patients benefit from current treatment therapies. The findings show that it takes more than a cancer-causing gene to trigger pancreatic cancer. The results also provide ideas about how to improve treatment and prevention of pancreatic cancer. The study is published [...]
Created by Dana Sparks Ovarian Cancer Leads Gynecologic Cancer Deaths
MEDIA ADVISORY: Mayo Clinic Experts Are Available For Interviews Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month Ovarian cancer is the leading cause of death from gynecologic cancers and the fifth leading cause of cancer death among women in the U.S. An estimated 22,000 women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer in 2012 and more than 15,000 will die [...]
Created by Dana Sparks Exercise: Cancer Patients are Reluctant and Oncologists Aren't Suggesting
Exercise can have a powerful affect on cancer care and recovery. Regular exercise has been found to reduce recurrence of the disease by up to 50 percent in some breast and colon cancer survivors. But many patients don't exercise or discuss it with their oncologists, according to Andrea Cheville, M.D., in Mayo Clinic's Physical [...]
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