IMN || Oncology

Decreased weight, increased activity improved breast cancer survival for some women

Posted on: 19/12/2014 - 19:23

SAN ANTONIO – Losing weight and exercising may be an important key to good outcomes in some women with breast cancer – especially those with hormone receptor–negative tumors. For women with tumors...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Decreased weight, increased activity improved breast cancer survival for some women

Posted on: 19/12/2014 - 19:23

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

High serum vitamin D levels linked to prostate cancer risk

Posted on: 18/12/2014 - 20:07

Mounting evidence suggests that there may be an increased risk of prostate cancer among men with the highest levels of vitamin D. At a public conference on vitamin D sponsored by the National...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Genetic test predicts 10-year risk of DCIS recurrence

Posted on: 17/12/2014 - 16:28

SAN ANTONIO – A genetic assay specific for ductal cancer in situ accurately predicted 10-year recurrence risk in women who underwent breast-conserving surgery as treatment for the disease. Women...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Genetic test predicts 10-year risk of DCIS recurrence

Posted on: 17/12/2014 - 16:28

SAN ANTONIO – A genetic assay specific for ductal cancer in situ accurately predicted 10-year recurrence risk in women who underwent breast-conserving surgery as treatment for the disease. Women...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Acupuncture beats gabapentin for hot flashes in RCT

Posted on: 16/12/2014 - 21:54

SAN ANTONIO – Electroacupuncture proved significantly more effective than gabapentin for treatment of hot flashes in breast cancer survivors in a randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial....

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Acupuncture beats gabapentin for hot flashes in RCT

Posted on: 16/12/2014 - 21:54

SAN ANTONIO – Electroacupuncture proved significantly more effective than gabapentin for treatment of hot flashes in breast cancer survivors in a randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial....

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

SOFT trial endorses selective ovarian suppression in early breast cancer

Posted on: 12/12/2014 - 16:57

SAN ANTONIO – Adding ovarian suppression to 5 years of tamoxifen in women with hormone receptor–positive early breast cancer who remain premenopausal following chemotherapy provides a markedly...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Adjuvant capecitabine adds no advantage to bisphosphonate in elderly breast cancer patients

Posted on: 12/12/2014 - 14:03

SAN ANTONIO – The combination of capecitabine plus the bisphosphonate ibandronate didn’t improve disease-free survival in elderly women with moderate- or high-risk breast cancers. After 5 years,...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

North America has highest rate of obesity-related cancers

Posted on: 11/12/2014 - 21:08

For those cancers in which risk is associated with high body mass index, North America has the highest percentage of cancer incidence attributable to obesity, according to a population-based study in...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

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