By: Emma Smith, Science Communications team at Cancer Research UK Source: Cancer Research UK – Science Blog From: onmedica.com In a study published today in the journal Genome Research, researchers led by Dr Chris Bakal from The Institute of Cancer Research, London and funded by Cancer Research UK, reveal some key information about this strong link between cancer cell shape and patients’ outlook. This …
Blood test that detects changes in tumor DNA predicts survival of women with advanced breast cancer
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine From: sciencedaily.com Results of a multicenter study of 129 women with advanced breast cancer show that a blood test that spots cancer-linked DNA correctly predicted that most of those patients with higher levels of the tumor markers died significantly earlier than those with lower levels. The Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center scientists, who developed the test …
Giving Advice to Cancer Patients
View PostNearly half of breast cancer patients have severe treatment side effects
By: Lisa Rapaport From: reuters.com Many women being treated for breast cancer suffer from severe treatment side effects even when they don’t receive chemotherapy, a recent study suggests. For the study, researchers surveyed 1,945 women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer about the severity of seven treatment side effects: nausea and vomiting, diarrhea, constipation, pain, arm swelling, shortness of breath and …
Helping Cancer Patients Who Help Themselves
View PostCancer Screening Costs $88.7B Annually; New Tool Reduces Invasiveness and Price
One thing common to all types of cancer is that it’s a tremendously expensive disease not only to treat, but to test for, as well. The money spent screening for and treating cancer in the United States is estimated to be $88.7 billion every year.(1) Doctors in the U.S. screen patients for cancer more than in any other country that …
Social isolation may worsen breast cancer prospects
By: Liz Szabo, Kaiser Health News Patients with early breast cancer who are socially isolated have a higher risk of dying from their disease, a new study suggests. Women with fewer social ties — to friends, family, community and religious groups, as well as spouses or romantic partners — were 43 percent more likely to see their breast cancer return, …
Nine Years of Let Life Happen on Cancer
View PostStudy finds unnecessary breast cancer treatment
By: Kumasi Aaron From: fox4now It’s hard to imagine getting chemotherapy or radiation without really needing it. But a new study says that may be more common than we think. It found a third of breast cancer patients are treated unnecessarily. Myra Robinson didn’t know what to think when doctors told her she had DCIS. “Complete devastation,” she says she …
Cancer spreads even before tumours form
By: Sushmi Dey, TNN From: economictimes.indiatimes.com In a new discovery that might challenge the existing knowledge of cancer and methods to treat it, researchers have found cancer cells spread to organs much earlier than was thought. In fact, cancer cells can spread even before a tumour develops, remain quiet for long periods of time and then awaken to form aggressive …