Despite Doubts, Cancer Therapy Draws Patients
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Americans with prostate cancer are traveling abroad for a treatment that is not approved in the United States.
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NEW YORK  - 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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Often, patientsâ âhave you ever ...â questions are less a therapeutic riddle to be solved than an expression of genuine skepticism that they can indeed be helped.
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Many cancer survivors develop lymphedema. And while there is no cure, experts say effective treatments are not only available but critically important.
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A Delhi clinic is offering hope to the desperately ill. But the medical establishment is not convinced.
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Many clinical cancer trials are not published in order to keep industry secrets. A British cancer research group calls for all studies to be published -- even those with marginal results -- so doctors are not misled.
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A small study shows its cancer treatment is comparable to others in terms of usefulness. Safety data is unknown.
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WASHINGTON &#151; When federal regulators delayed approving a promising new prostate cancer therapy, patients and the drug&#146;s advocates reacted with more than disappointment.
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The use of herbal medicine is  common among patients with advanced cancer who are  participating in early-stage clinical trials (phase I) of  experimental drugs, according to a new study.
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A third of cancer patients are using complementary and alternative therapies, research suggests.
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For some patients, it can be difficult to determine how much treatment is just too much.
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If tuberculosis is not detected in patients being treated for cancer, it can easily spread to other hospitalized cancer patients, a new report shows.
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Treatment errors often leave patients and families feeling guilty and afraid.
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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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The effectiveness of therapy for advanced breast cancer can be rapidly predicted by an analysis of the level of cancer cells in the patient's blood, according to a study.
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WEDNESDAY, Dec. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Most cancer specialists do not respond to the emotional concerns of their patients with verbal expressions of empathy and support, a new study reveals.
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Dr. Daniel F. Hayes doesn&#39;t want women to be afraid of breast cancer. That fear, he said, can keep women from seeking safe and effective treatment.