Skip Chemo? That could come soon for more patients
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Doctors are closer to predicting which cancer patients can skip chemotherapy and avoid the brutal side effects of that staple of cancer care, doctors at a major medical meeting said on Tuesday.
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A drug that helps the immune system attack lung cancer cells may improve survival time.
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In general, chemotherapy appears to increase the risk of stroke in patients with breast cancer. However, researchers report in the October 20th issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
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The treatment that more cancer patients receive may one day depend on their genes
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BOSTON Elderly women in treatment for early-stage breast cancer may safely forgo radiation therapy - which is expensive, inconvenient and often difficult - without substantially increasing the prospects for the return of the disease, researchers reported
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People with advanced cancer may  suffer substantial emotional distress, but relatively few may  be discussing it with their doctors, new research suggests.
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A genetic test for patients with  early breast cancer can identify that only some of them will be  helped by chemotherapy, but for those women the benefits far  outweigh the drawbacks, researchers said on Friday.
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Women who undergo mastectomy for breast cancer can have their breast rebuilt at the time of surgery without delaying chemotherapy, if this treatment is also needed, new research shows.
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NEW YORK  - Many people with colon cancer  may not be diagnosed until after symptoms arise, even though  the disease can be caught earlier with routine screening, a  study released Monday suggests.
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A pill that starves tumors of their blood supply can help patients live longer, without adding to some of the worst effects of chemotherapy, researchers reported on Thursday.
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Cancer cells often have a way of outsmarting new targeted drug therapies, but U.S. researchers said on Thursday a combination of targeted drugs could shut down a tumor's backup plan, resulting in much more effective treatments.
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Approximately half of the patients in the US with aggressive non-Hodgkin&#39;s lymphoma (NHL) are not receiving the full dose of chemotherapy that is recommended
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SUNDAY, June 3 (HealthDay News) -- Not every cancer patient is reaping the benefits of advances in medical care, new research shows.
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Thousands of breast cancer patients each year could be spared chemotherapy or get gentler versions of it without harming their odds of beating the disease, new research suggests.
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A new genetic test can tell doctors which breast cancer patients need to undergo the discomfort of chemotherapy -- and suggests many women don&#39;t need to, researchers said on Friday.
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It's running trials to see if the drug can be used in earlier stages of cancer.
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Women diagnosed with breast cancer should be given a new drug instead of the standard treatment because it is safer, more effective and may increase overall survival rates, doctors have suggested.