In the first ever investigation of the hope experience of male spouses of breast cancer patients, researchers discovered that these male partners are more likely to exercise or spend an evening out with friends than attend spousal support groups in order to cope with stresses associated with the disease.
Prostate cancer is the most frequently diagnosed form of cancer. Yet, according to a recent study, men diagnosed with prostate cancer are more likely to die from largely preventable conditions such as heart disease. The new study, from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), is the largest study to date that examines causes of death among men with prostate cancer. The data suggest that 1 important aspect of prostate cancer management should be the promotion of healthy lifestyle changes.
New research shows that depression symptoms in patients with newly diagnosed metastatic kidney cancer are related to patient survival. Researchers believe inflammatory gene regulation may explain this association. The study, published in the journal PLoS ONE, explores the relationship between patient psychological condition, stress hormone regulation, and the role of inflammatory gene expression.
Results from a large 6-year study of individuals at high risk for basal cell carcinoma (BCC) support the developing belief that BCC is a chronic disease that often repeatedly affects older people. According to researchers, major predictors of BCC include high sun exposure before the age of 30 along with a history of eczema. Study findings were published online July 19 in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology.
A recent study of adults aged 50 to 85 years showed that a majority of these patients facing a chronic condition do not embrace healthier behaviors. In fact, only 19% of study participants diagnosed with lung disease quit smoking within 2 years. Study findings are presented in the Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences.
A University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC) analysis suggests that early detection and the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test can prevent up to 17,000 cases of metastatic prostate cancer per year. In fact, projecting incidence rates from age-specific pre-PSA era to the present day would result in tripling the number of men whose cancer had already spread at diagnosis.
Job-related burnout among nurses is linked to greater healthcare-associated infection rates (HAIs) and cost hospitals millions of dollars annually, according to a study published in the American Journal of Infection Control.
Afinitor (everolimus) was recently approved by the FDA for use in combination with Aromasin (exemestane). The drug combination is intended to treat some postmenopausal women with advanced hormone-receptor positive, HER2-negative breast cancer who experience cancer recurrence or progression following treatment with Femara (letrozole) or Arimidex (anastrozole).
A woman’s breast cancer risk more than doubles as a result of delivering a high-birth-weight infant, according to research published recently in PLoS ONE. Researchers from the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston suggest that a large infant is linked to a hormonal environment during pregnancy that promotes future breast cancer development and progression in the mother.
The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2012, 12,170 women will be diagnosed with cervical cancer and 4220 will die of the disease. With cervical cancer, prognosis is strongly related to disease stage: the 5-year relative survival rate is only 57.8% for patients with regional disease and 17.0% for those with distant disease. Now researchers say one of the strongest predictors of a late-stage cervical cancer diagnosis is lack of insurance, which is second only to age as a factor. Study authors believe the results are likely related to lack of screening.
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