The term “chemo brain” was coined to describe mild cognitive problems in cancer patients attributed to chemotherapy. Although minor chemotherapy-induced memory and cognitive impairments have been described previously, a case-cohort study suggests that these effects can persist more than 20 years posttherapy.
Primary gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) sited outside the gastrointestinal (GI) tract carries a poorer prognosis than primary GIST within the GI tract, according to a study presented at the recent ASCO GI Symposium in January 2012.
In patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD), decreasing glomerular filtration rate (GFR) is associated with increased risk of kidney and urothelial cancer in a step-wise fashion, according to a large community-based study. An adjusted multivariate analysis found a 2-fold increase in risk of renal cancer and a substantially increased risk of urothelial cancer at GFR <30 mL/min/1.73 m2. The study was presented at the 2012 ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Symposium, held February 2-4 in San Francisco, California.
The previous installment in this cancer care series examined the growing importance of oral therapies for the treatment of cancer and the implications of patient adherence on its success. At the present time, more than 20 oral medications are approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for first-line treatment of cancer. Read More ›
As many as 1 in 5 cancer patients may experience obstacles in their care, according to a new study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. These obstacles include communication issues between patients and their healthcare providers, along with traditional medical errors.
Multidisciplinary collaboration in cancer care is becoming the standard philosophy for treating cancer patients. However, due to varying opinions among specialists regarding patient care, not all specialists are working together.
According to a new study published in the current issue of European Urology, robot-assisted surgery is far more successful than radical “open” surgery in the treatment of prostate cancer in the United States.
The research is the first nationwide comparison of robot-assisted radical prostatectomy (RARP) results with the standard, open radical prostatectomy (ORP) results, using a 20% population sample.
Researchers at Henry Ford Hospital’s Vattikuti Urology Institute (VUI) found that:
For years after a cancer diagnosis and completion of treatment, a husband’s health can be negatively affected as a result of tending to a wife with breast cancer, according to research published in a recent issue of the journal Brain, Behavior and Immunity.
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