By: Andrew M. Seaman From: reuters.com After treatment for cancer, survivors often complain about a loss of personal control, a new study found. The study’s lead author said that while the responses can’t be generalized to all cancer survivors, people in the study often mentioned a physical problem or a wish to return to “normal.” “Cancer survivors are often caught …
Simple steps that could stop cancer coming back: Just going for a stroll
By: Lucy Elkins From: dailymail.co.uk Even when it’s raining, Elaine Frazer refuses her husband’s offer of a lift to work. She’d rather take the 20-minute walk because she is determined to stay well. The 45-year-old shop assistant from Lisburn in Northern Ireland hasn’t always been so conscientious about her health. For years until recently she often spent her evenings on …
The Coming Wave of New Cancer Fighting Drugs
By: Caroline Chen From: bloomberg.com The hottest area in cancer drugs is going mainstream this year. If 2014 proved that the most promising new group of oncology drugs in generations could work, 2015 brings a crowded field that sees winners and losers in a market eventually worth $30 billion a year or more in the next decade. The treatments, known …
Testosterone therapy helps suppress advanced prostate cancer
By Indo Asian News Service From: yahoo.com In a surprising paradox, the male hormone testosterone, generally thought to be a feeder of prostate cancer, has been found to suppress some advanced prostate cancers. The scientists at the Johns Hopkins University’s Kimmel Cancer Centre also said testosterone therapy may also reverse resistance to testosterone-blocking drugs used to treat prostate cancer. “These …
Link Found Between Cancer Diagnosis, Stroke Risk
By: Robert Preidt From: HealthDay As published on: usnews.com Newly diagnosed cancer patients are at increased risk for stroke in the months after they find out they have the disease. And the risk of stroke is higher among those with more aggressive cancer, a new study says. The findings come from an analysis of Medicare claims submitted between 2001 and …
‘Outrage’ at NHS cancer drugs move
By: James Gallagher From: bbc.com The Cancer Drugs Fund is overspent and 42 drugs are being reassessed as price caps are brought in for the first time. Pharmaceutical companies say they are “outraged” at a “fundamentally flawed” decision that will damage patient care. NHS England said the current system was unsustainable and that there were new drugs “that will do …
Breast cancer breakthrough as Cambridge University finds gene behind killer disease
By: Sarah Knapton From: telegraph.co.uk Scientists have identified the gene behind one of most aggressive forms of breast cancer in a breakthrough which could bring life-saving new treatments. Triple-negative breast cancer is one of the most deadly forms of the disease and nearly one quarter of patients diagnosed will not survive for more than five years. Now researchers at Cambridge …
Cancer survivors can cause ‘unmanageable crisis’ for NHS
By: Charlie Cooper From: independent.co.uk A record 2.5 million people are now living with cancer or the after-effects of it, threatening “a crisis of unmanageable proportions” for the NHS, a leading charity has warned. Macmillan Cancer Support said improving survival rates had created a growing number of people who had not returned to full health because of serious side effects. …
Analysts: Pfizer’s New Type of Cancer Drug May Get OK Early
By Linda a. Johnson From: AP As shared on: yahoo.com The first in a new class of cancer medicines, Pfizer’s Ibrance, appears poised for approval to treat advanced breast cancer within a few months and could quickly become a blockbuster, some analysts believe. Pfizer shares rose 74 cents, or 2.3 percent, to $32.59 Thursday following analysts’ forecasts that the U.S. …
Thyroid Cancer Is Easy to Cure, but Only If You Can Find It
By: Cameron Scott From: healthline.com Few Americans would list thyroid cancer as a health condition they worry about. Although it’s among the ten most common types of cancer in the United States, and diagnosis rates continue to rise, the vast majority of thyroid cancers grow slowly and respond well to treatment. Thyroid cancer wasn’t something Dr. Stacie Chasin worried about, …