Posts Tagged ‘risk’
Appendicitis linked to risk for Crohn’s disease.(Brief Article): An article from: AORN Journal Reviews
May 17th, 2011
Posted in Appendicitis Symptoms | 
Tags: AORN, Appendicitis, article, Crohn's, disease.Brief, from, Journal, linked, reviews, risk | 
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Positive Results: Making the Best Decisions When You’re at High Risk for Breast or Ovarian Cancer
April 25th, 2011
Positive Results: Making the Best Decisions When You're at High Risk for Breast or Ovarian Cancer
This unique and important guidebook is a single, comprehensive source of information and advice to help women (and some men) at high risk for breast and for ovarian cancer because of family history and genetic profile. One part memoir, three parts 'how to' manual, this book explains in a clear and steady manner the myths and realities of 'the breast cancer genes'. It lays out all the options in easy-to-follow, compassionate language. It will help women and men to decide if they want to pursue ge
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Positive Results: Making the Best Decisions When You’re at High Risk for Breast or Ovarian Cancer
April 4th, 2011
Positive Results: Making the Best Decisions When You're at High Risk for Breast or Ovarian Cancer
This unique and important guidebook is a single, comprehensive source of information and advice to help women (and some men) at high risk for breast and for ovarian cancer because of family history and genetic profile. One part memoir, three parts 'how to' manual, this book explains in a clear and steady manner the myths and realities of 'the breast cancer genes'. It lays out all the options in easy-to-follow, compassionate language. It will help women and men to decide if they want to pursue ge
Study: MicroRNA can predict risk of BM in lung cancer patients
April 2nd, 2011
Study: MicroRNA can predict risk of BM in lung cancer patients
Conducting genetic profiles using microRNA can help doctors predict which lung cancer patients are likely to also develop brain metastasis, according to a study published today by Scottsdale Healthcare and the Translational Genomics Research Institute.
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Breast cancer fight extends to a drug
Targeted by the FDA, Avastin halts tumor growth by more than five months longer than chemotherapy alone.
Read more on San Diego Union-Tribune
Posted in Ovarian Tumors |
Tags: cancer, Lung, MicroRNA, Patients', predict, risk, Study |
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Treatment Benefits Of Radiotherapy Outweigh Small Increased Risk Of Developing A Second Cancer
April 2nd, 2011
Treatment Benefits Of Radiotherapy Outweigh Small Increased Risk Of Developing A Second Cancer
The proportion of second cancers related to radiotherapy treatment for the first cancer in adulthood is small (about 8%), concludes an Article published Online First in The Lancet Oncology. The findings, from the first study to quantify the risk from routine radiation therapy for multiple first cancers*, suggest that most second cancers are due to other factors such as lifestyle and genetics …
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Dunedin firm to market cancer test across Tasman
Dunedin-based biomedical company Pacific Edge has signed an agreement with Australian health care provider Healthscope to market its test for the detection of bladder cancer. read more
Read more on Otago Daily Times
Posted in Endometrial Cancer |
Tags: Benefits, cancer, Developing, increased, Outweigh, Radiotherapy, risk, Second, Small, treatment |
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