... developed colon cancer later in life had a statistically significant 37 percent increase in recurrence or death compared to nonsmokers.
The data (abstract 4039) will be presented during a poster ...
... a family history of colorectal cancer is associated with a significant reduction in cancer recurrence and death, with the risk reduced further by having an increasing number of affected first-degree ...
... of biomarkers can accurately predict whether a patient who has had prostate cancer surgery will have a recurrence or spread of the disease. Calling their findings a major step forward in prostate ...
... cancer may benefit from receiving radiation therapy in addition to surgery to prevent recurrence, according to a study in the July issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology* ...
... patients with metastatic disease, the sensitivity and specificity of these markers in the diagnosis of recurrent cancer has not been compared.
"The diagnosis of metastatic esophageal cancer prior to ...
... North America and if approved by the FDA, would be an important new option for women with recurrent ovarian cancer."
Trabectedin, a synthetic version of a compound first isolated from sea-squirts, ...
... assessment and treatment after a TIA and minor stroke can significantly reduce the risk of recurrent disabling or fatal stroke. The national stroke strategy and guidance from the National Institute ...
... Provincial People's Hospital reported that local recurrence occurred in 12.5% (7 of 56 ... status are significant risk factors of local recurrence after curative resection in patients with middle and lower ...
... have also been suggested. Researchers did an airway evaluation on 80 children who had recurrent croup to see if there had been any narrowing in the upper airways which could indicate reflux. Of the ...
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Turaka notes, "These results are specific to one institution. The reasons for the low rates of recurrence in young women could be related to the careful patient selection and a high utilization of ...
... and urgent referral to specialist care of patients with a transient ischaemic attack or minor stroke, which could prevent over 500 recurrent strokes a year in England alone, concludes a new study.
... disorder; among those with prior depression, sleep disturbance could predict a relapse or recurrence; and sleep disturbances could act as a risk factor for depression recurrence separate from other ...
... affected.
"Timeliness of post-surgical radiotherapy is important in reducing the risk of subsequent recurrence or new breast malignancies in patients with early breast cancer. Delaying treatment by ...
... ages up to 80 years, was 60 percent; 43 percent were at failure-free survival, with no recurrence of the disease, at seven years of median follow-up.
Survival is about the same for patients who ...
... breast cancer patients with HER2 positive tumours one centimetre or smaller are at significant risk of recurrence of their disease, compared to those with early-stage disease who do not express the ...
