by University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Smokers who are diagnosed with cancer now have more incentive to quit, as researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center have found survival outcomes were optimized when patients quit smoking within six months of their diagnosis. Study results, published in JAMA...
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Test-at-home kit for cancer patients approved for use
10 May 2024 By Shiona McCallum,Technology reporter A new device to help reduce the time cancer patients spend in hospital has been given regulatory approval. The Liberty allows patients to take blood tests – and upload the results – at home, and without supervision. Its users say it allows them to cut down on draining...
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Sharp pain in your feet? Researchers test promising therapy for cancer patients’ neuropathy
by Leslie Orr, University of Rochester Medical Center Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public DomainA wearable, app-controlled wireless device that stimulates nerves in the legs and feet may help individuals with cancer who suffer from burning and shooting pain and cramping in their lower limbs brought on by chemotherapy, a new study showed. The clinical trial, led by Wilmot...
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How a controversial US drug policy could be harming cancer patients worldwide
The FDA’s accelerated-approval process was designed to help people access life-saving drugs. But gaps in communication could mean that people are undergoing treatments known to be ineffective. Jyoti Madhusoodanan Illustration by Karol Banach In August 2021, Amol Akhade, an oncologist at Nair Medical Hospital in Mumbai, India, received an e-mail from the Swiss drug manufacturer...
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Researchers find a new class of biomarkers to predict treatment outcomes in cancer patients
by Kathryn F. Sykes, Medical Xpress Cancer is the result of the uncontrolled division and spread of cells into surrounding tissue. Recently researchers have begun to focus on biomarkers as a source of information about different cancers, how they work in the body, and how they can be fought. Credit: Colin Behrens/Pixabay, CC0 Public Domain One of...
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How cannabis may ease ‘chemo brain’ and improve sleep for cancer patients
by Lisa Marshall, University of Colorado at Boulder Time X CBD ingested over two-week ad libitum use period interactions for (A) sleep quality and (B) pain intensity over the last seven days. Sleep quality was rated on a scale from 0 (“very good”) to 3 (“very bad”), such that lower values reflect higher ratings of sleep...
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Groundbreaking trial of fecal transplant treatment for cancer patients
By Paul McClure March 29, 2023 Researchers in Australia are about to start a pioneering clinical trial using fecal transplantation to treat complications in patients with blood cancers QIMR Berghofer Australia is poised to undertake its first clinical trial using fecal transplantation to treat blood cancer patients who’ve developed serious complications following bone marrow transplantation....
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Cancer patients who don’t respond to immunotherapy may lack crucial immune cells
by Washington University School of Medicine CD5+ DC frequency was reduced in tumor-affected lymph nodes, and their presence correlated with greater patient survival in multiple tumors. CD5+ DC numbers increased during ICB therapy, and low IL-6 concentrations promoted their de novo differentiation. The requirement for CD5 on DCs was linked to the priming of effector CD5hiT cells and...
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Study finds older cancer patients would benefit from geriatric assessment screening
by Rebecca Biason, University of Toronto EORTC QLQ C30 global health subscale QOL over time. Model predicted QOL stratified by curative versus palliative on the basis of our latent growth curve modeling, no difference by treatment arm (P > .05). EORTC QLQ C30, European Organisation of Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire...
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High fat ketogenic diet envisioned as potential life-saving therapy to combat low platelets in cancer patients
by Delthia Ricks , Medical Xpress Ketogenic diet promotes megakaryopoiesis and platelet production via β-OHB (A) ELISA detection of serum TPO, c-Mpl, and IL-6 concentrations in control or KDtreated mice at day 7 (n = 6 samples per group). (B) Representative immunofluorescence micrograph of isolated primary MKs stained with CD41 (red) and DAPI (blue). Scale...