New published data from a large pan-European survey indicate that the majority of postmenopausal women with early breast cancer taking post-surgical endocrine therapy are not involved in making key decisions about their treatment, nor are they given sufficient information to make informed treatment choices that could affect their long-term outcome.
GlaxoSmithKline announced an important milestone for advanced breast cancer patients across Europe with approval of the first oral ErbB1 and ErbB2 dual inhibitor, Tyverb? (lapatinib).
Some cancers seem to be linked to extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields, suggests research published ahead of print in Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
Skin reactions to a powerful new class of anti-cancer drugs are frequent, but manageable through a simple and rational treatment approach — usually without the need to reduce the dose or interrupt treatment with potentially life-prolonging chemotherapy, according to an article in the May issue of “The Oncologist.”
Doctor Mom?s admonition, “Don?t peel your apple,” is getting new scientific support from scientists in New York, who are reporting isolation of chemical compounds from apple peel that may be involved in the apple?s beneficial health effects.
In recent years, research has indicated a possible link between dietary fat intake and prostate cancer.
Researchers from the University of Alabama, Birmingham, sought to compare declining prostate cancer mortality rates with the independent epidemiological variables including prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening, insurance coverage, obesity, diabetes and hyperlipidemia (high cholesterol levels).
High levels of LDL cholesterol have been associated with a variety of health concerns, including heart disease and, most recently, prostate cancer.
Reviewing PSA levels among statin users screened in the Finnish Prostate Cancer Screening Trial, researchers from Helsinki found a decrease in prostate cancer incidence in this group, compared to those who did not take the drugs.
Tomatoes do not effectively prevent prostate cancer, revealed by researchers recently. Earlier studies reported usefulness of tomatoes and broccoli in preventing prostate tumors.