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Revlimid Raises Secondary Cancer Risk for Second Primary Malignancies by Bruce Friedman Patient Expert

Posted Mon 14 May 2012 12:00am A new subdiscipline within oncology is getting increased attention -- survivorship (see: Cancer Survivorship, an Emerging Subdiscipline in Oncology ; Cancer Survivorship and the Role of PCPs in Continuing Care of Cancer Patients ). As cancer increasingly comes to be viewed as a chronic disease, more attention is being paid to the lon ... Read on »

Cancer From The Sun - The Scourge Of Malignant Melanoma Skin Cancer by Healthy Living .. Patient Expert

Posted Sun 12 Apr 2009 11:21pm dangerous cancers known. And more than 52,3237 people are told that they have melanoma every year just inside the USA. Risks for getting Malignant Melanoma The most common risk.... Then it was found out that mostly those who had gotten a sunburn that caused blisters were those who tended to go on to get a malignant melanoma. People with fair skin are much more likely Read on »

A New Laser-based Diagnostic to Detect Malignant Breast Cancer Tumors by Irv Arons Healthy Living Professional

Posted Thu 15 Jul 2010 1:28pm density. In the study, the researchers found that potentially dangerous malignant tumors have a different metabolic fingerprint compared to benign tumors. “The LBS spectral.... Characterization of Metabolic Differences between Benign and Malignant Tumors: High-Spectral-Resolution Diffuse Optical Spectroscopy To provide further insight, the following Read on »

Pesticide exposure and lymphoid neoplasms by Annet Lenderink Patient Expert

Posted Fri 08 May 2009 11:39pm Investigating the relationship between occupational exposure to pesticides and the risk of lymphoid neoplasms (LNs) in men in a hospital based case-control study in France... investigation and the findings were consistent with those of previous studies. Occupational exposure to pesticides and lymphoid neoplasms among men: results of a French case-control Read on »

Ow! My neoplasm! by Liz B. Posted Wed 14 Apr 2010 12:00am Almost forgot! I had a minor partial seizure around 5 p.m. at work yesterday. My boss hung out with me as I took Ativan and slinked to the floor--assuming the "holy shit I could be flailing in a second" pose. I counted down from 100, subtracting by the number 7. Around the mid-40s I was totally out of it and D.C. (my boss) coache ... Read on »

Pesticide exposure and lymphoid neoplasms by Annet Lenderink Patient Expert

Posted Wed 04 Nov 2009 10:03pm Investigating the relationship between occupational exposure to pesticides and the risk of lymphoid neoplasms (LNs) in men in a hospital based case-control study in France... investigation and the findings were consistent with those of previous studies. Occupational exposure to pesticides and lymphoid neoplasms among men: results of a French case-control Read on »

Dogs and Cancer by heru m. Patient Expert

Posted Mon 14 Sep 2009 10:05pm sarcoma (soft tissue) • Boxer - lymphoma and brain cancer • Cocker Spaniel - lymphoma • Golden Retriever - lymphoma and hemangiosarcoma (rare, malignant neoplasm characterized... - Mammary gland cancer • Pug - mast cell (a connective tissue cell) • Shar-pei - mast cell • Greyhound - osteosarcoma (malignant primary neoplasm of bone composed of a malignant Read on »

Obesity Associated With Worse Outcomes After Pancreatic Cancer Surgery by Katherine B. Patient Expert

Posted Tue 17 Mar 2009 4:13am neoplasms [cancerous tumors], an increased prevalence of pancreatic cancer has been reported in numerous epidemiologic and cohort studies focusing on obese patients,” the authors... CHICAGO – Obese patients with a body mass index (BMI) of more than 35 appear more likely to have cancer that has spread to their lymph nodes, lower rates of survival Read on »

Patient Symptoms Inadequate Way to Diagnose Ovarian Cancer by Bruce Friedman Patient Expert

Posted Fri 05 Feb 2010 12:00am One of the challenges of malignant neoplasms like ovarian and pancreatic cancer is that the early signs and symptoms are either absent or nonspecific. A recent article that discussed this problem for ovarian cancer is not encouraging (see: Symptoms Poor Indicators Of Ovarian Cancer, Study Finds). Below is an excerpt from it: Only about 1 Read on »

Radiation Exposure Associated With More Aggressive Thyroid Cancer, Worse Outcomes by Katherine B. Patient Expert

Posted Thu 23 Apr 2009 5:09pm –Head & Neck Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. “Thyroid cancer is one of the well-known malignant neoplasms [tumors] associated with radiation exposure,” the authors... CHICAGO – Patients with thyroid cancer who have previously been exposed to radiation—for example, in the workplace, through environmental exposure or for treatment of acne Read on »