New treatment holds promise for resistant lung cancer
A new chemotherapy regimen appears to produce minimal side effects in patients with lung cancer that has not responded to previous therapy, paving the way for additional research to determine if the...
View ArticleStudy confirms adding chemotherapy to surgery improves survival in advanced...
For patients with advanced gastric cancer, treatment with chemotherapy after surgery can reduce the risk of cancer related death by 34% over five years compared to surgery alone, researchers said at...
View ArticleEpoetin alfa reduces anemia in breast cancer patients with no negative impact...
In patients with high-risk breast cancer, addition of the erythropoiesis-stimulating agent (ESA) epoetin alfa to the chemotherapy regimen may help avoid the decrease in hemoglobin levels and resulting...
View ArticleChemotherapy following radiation treatment improves survival for adults with...
Adults with low-grade gliomas, a form of brain tumor, who received a chemotherapy regimen following completion of radiation therapy, lived longer than patients who received radiation therapy alone,...
View ArticleNew drug treatment helps prevent early menopause in breast cancer patients
Among young women treated for breast cancer, one of the most distressing side effects of chemotherapy is early menopause. But a major clinical trial has found that the risk of early menopause can be...
View ArticleStereotactic body radiation therapy plus chemotherapy improves survival among...
A clinical trial that combined stereotactic body radiation therapy with a specific chemotherapy regimen more than doubled survival rates for certain stage 4 lung cancer patients, UT Southwestern...
View ArticleNovel approach helps prevent early menopause in breast cancer patients, study...
Early menopause can be prevented and fertility may be preserved in young women with early stage breast cancer, according to a study published today in The New England Journal of Medicine.
View ArticleCancer drug shortages mean higher costs and greater risk for patients
A national survey of health professionals showed that drug shortages are taking a heavy toll on cancer patients, forcing treatment changes and delays that for some patients meant worse outcomes, more...
View ArticleExercise could reduce bone tumor growth
(Medical Xpress)—Weight-bearing exercise, often prescribed to combat bone loss, might have anti-cancer effects. Cornell biomedical researchers report that mechanical stimulation of cancerous bone, in...
View ArticleCancer drug shortages hit 83 percent of US oncologists
Eighty-three percent of cancer doctors report that they've faced oncology drug shortages, and of those, nearly all say that their patients' treatment has been impacted, according to a study from...
View ArticleStudy finds greater potential benefit in overall survival for eribulin...
Subgroup analyses from a phase III clinical trial comparing a newer chemotherapy agent called eribulin mesylate, with capecitabine, a standard chemotherapy medication in women with previously treated...
View ArticleStudy links Hodgkin lymphoma treatment to possible risk of stomach cancer
(Medical Xpress)—Hodgkin lymphoma survivors who received certain radiation and chemotherapy regimens were at increased risk of subsequently developing stomach cancer, according to a study by scientists...
View ArticleStudy identifies risk of chemotherapy related hospitalization for eary-stage...
Oncologists now have a new understanding of the toxicity levels of specific chemotherapy regimens used for women with early stage breast cancer, according to research from The University of Texas MD...
View ArticleTrial uncovers potential dangers of chemotherapy regimen for bladder cancer...
Patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer often benefit from chemotherapy before surgery to remove the tumor, but a test of one regimen by researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center was halted when too...
View ArticleExercise boosts tumor-fighting ability of chemotherapy, research finds
Study after study has proven it true: exercise is good for you. But new research from University of Pennsylvania scientists suggests that exercise may have an added benefit for cancer patients...
View ArticleNivolumab shows signs of superior response rate compared to standard chemo in...
The monoclonal antibody nivolumab achieves superior response rates and a longer duration of response than standard chemotherapy[1] in patients whose melanoma has progressed after treatment with...
View ArticleMultimodality treatment for metastatic lung cancer with surgery may improve...
Patients diagnosed with an advanced form of metastatic non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) may benefit from surgical resection (removal of all or part of the lung) in combination with chemotherapy and...
View ArticleNew drug combination suggests promising treatment for mantle cell lymphoma
A combination therapy lacking many of the debilitating effects of traditional cancer treatment effectively manages mantle cell lymphoma, shrinking the aggressive and incurable malignancy and inducing...
View ArticleMedication protects fertility and defense system during chemotherapy
While targeted cancer treatments have reduced side effects and improved efficacy, chemotherapy remains the backbone of combination therapies for many forms of cancer. Unfortunately, cancer patients may...
View ArticleASCO: new regimen effective for locally advanced rectal cancer
(HealthDay)—For patients with rectal cancer, short-course radiation followed by chemotherapy appears similar in effectiveness to a five-week chemoradiation regimen, according to a study presented at...
View Article'Dose-dense' chemo for premenopausal breast cancer patients improves survival
Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Premenopausal women with breast cancer have a better chance of survival if they are given cycles of adjuvant chemotherapy closer together, every two weeks rather than every...
View ArticleStudy suggests most female childhood cancer survivors have good chance of...
For women who have survived childhood cancer, the impact of modern chemotherapy regimens on the likelihood of becoming pregnant is generally small, and most have a good chance of conceiving, according...
View ArticlePET scans guiding chemo boosts remission for Hodgkin patients
Using PET imaging to guide chemotherapy treatment significantly increases the number of people who go into remission and also decreases toxic side effects for people with advanced Hodgkin lymphoma,...
View ArticleAnalytics approach could improve chemo combinations
(HealthDay)—Models based on machine learning and optimization could improve chemotherapy regimens to be tested in phase III clinical trials without altering the toxicity outcomes, according to a study...
View ArticleNew stem cell transplantation method may halt multiple sclerosis symptoms...
A new use of chemotherapy followed by autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (aHSCT) has fully halted clinical relapses and development of new brain lesions in 23 of 24 patients with...
View ArticleStudy confirms long-term effects of 'chemobrain' in mice
Women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer have long complained of lingering cognitive impairments after treatment. These effects are referred to as "chemobrain," a feeling of mental fogginess. A...
View ArticleMore chemo drugs don't improve treatment of rare bone cancer
Osteosarcoma patients with tumors that haven't responded well to the standard chemotherapy regimen have unimproved outcomes and more side effects when given two additional drugs, a large international...
View ArticleSignificant survival gains from neoadjuvant chemotherapy for high-risk soft...
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy with an anthracycline plus ifosfamide was associated with significant survival gains in patients with soft tissue sarcoma of the trunk or extremities who are at high-risk of...
View ArticleGlobal study sets new risk-based standard to personalize chemotherapy for...
After surgery for lymph-node positive colon cancer (stage III), some patients may only need half of the long-standing standard course of chemotherapy. In an analysis of six clinical trials with over...
View ArticleRight-sided colorectal tumors: An internal radiation advantage
For patients with colorectal cancer that has metastasized to the liver, having a primary tumour on the left side, as opposed to the right side of the colon, is known to be a significant advantage in...
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