Another Link Between Prostate Cancer Hormone Tx and Impaired Cognition
Hormonal therapy for advanced prostate cancer, particularly enzalutamide (Xtandi), had a significant association with cognitive impairment, an analysis of a large drug-safety database showed. Traditional hormonal therapy increased the odds of cognitive impairment by 47% versus men who did not receive the therapy. The odds more than doubled among men who received novel androgen receptor […]
Microplastics Found in Mussels That Humans Eat – MedicineNet Health News
Latest Cancer News TUESDAY, April 19, 2022 When you eat mussels or other seafood, you might also be getting a serving of microplastics, a new study suggests. Demonstrating that plastic trash is everywhere, researchers discovered microplastics from plastic pollution in edible blue mussels from 10 of southern Australia’s most popular and more remote beach areas. […]
Testicular Mass Serendipitously Found 12 Years After Prostate Cancer Dx
A 79-year-old man with a 12-year history of clinically localized prostate cancer presented to a hospital with a urethral stricture. He had developed radiation cystitis and low-grade non-invasive urothelial carcinoma of the bladder some time after he received proton therapy following his prostate cancer diagnosis. In the process of prepping the patient for cystoscopic dilation […]
Study Confirms Declining Mammography Rates in Breast Cancer Survivors
Rates of follow-up mammography among breast cancer survivors declined significantly during the last decade, particularly among younger women, an analysis of health claims data showed. Rates of annual mammography decreased from 74.1% in 2004 to 67.1% in 2016, with all of the decline occurring from 2009 to 2016. Among breast cancer survivors ages 40 to […]
For Men on ADT, Checking Bone Density May Thwart Fractures
Bone density testing in older prostate cancer patients on androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) was significantly associated with a decreased risk for major osteoporotic fractures, but remains little used, a prospective population-based study found. In the cohort of nearly 55,000 men treated with ADT from 2005 to 2015, those who received dual x-ray absorptiometry (DXA) screening […]
Missed Cancer Screenings During Pandemic Could Raise Death Rate for Years
Title: Missed Cancer Screenings During Pandemic Could Raise Death Rate for YearsCategory: Health NewsCreated: 3/21/2022 12:00:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 3/22/2022 12:00:00 AM
Fluorescence-Guided Lumpectomy Shows Promise
A fluorescence-guided imaging system could improve intraoperative detection of residual breast cancer in women undergoing lumpectomy, a prospective single-arm study suggested. The system, which incorporates the activatable fluorescent imaging agent pegulicianine (LUM015) had higher sensitivity, though lower specificity, than standard pathology review of the main lumpectomy specimen, reported Shelley Hwang, MD, MPH, of Duke University […]
New discovery may help reduce side effects of multiple sclerosis drugs
Investigators from Weill Cornell Medicine and Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center have discovered how a drug for multiple sclerosis interacts with its targets, a finding that may pave the way for better treatments. The study, published Feb. 8 in Nature Communications, details the precise molecular structure of the multiple sclerosis drug siponimod as it interacts […]
Cancer May Heighten Odds of Guillain-Barre Syndrome
People with certain types of cancer may have an increased risk of developing Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), according to a Danish population-based study. Over a 30-year period, 2% of individuals with GBS also had a recent cancer diagnosis, as compared to 0.6% of those in a matched control group (odds ratio [OR] 3.6, 95% CI 2.6-5.1), […]
Getting Rid of Meat in Your Diet May Lower Cancer Risk
Latest Cancer News THURSDAY, Feb. 24, 2022 (HealthDay News) People who go meat-free, or at least put limits on it, may have lower risks of some of the most common cancers, a new, large study suggests. British researchers stressed that their findings do not prove definitively that vegetarian/vegan diets cut people’s cancer risks. In fact, […]