Doctors Say: Sharing News Breast Cancer Has Come Back Is Worse Than Giving Initial Diagnosis

"Hearing the sad news that breast cancer has returned can be a devastating experience for patients, especially as this means that the disease is no longer curable. Doctors also find imparting this information to women with whom they have developed a trusting relationship over the years extremely distressing.

The Relationship Of EPO Over-Expression To VHL Mutations And Hif1 Icirc; plusmn; And 2 Icirc; plusmn; In SCCRCC

ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Pathogenesis of clear cell renal cell carcinoma (RCC) involves a mutation in the VHL gene, resulting in upregulation of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF). The authors evaluated expression of erythropoietin (EPO), a target gene of HIF, and correlated this to expression of HIF-1alpha and HIF-2alpha in 82 patients with sporadic RCC.

The High-Resolution Genomic Profiling Using Whole-Genome Single Nucleotide Polymorphism Genotyping In Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma

ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - A chip with some 370, 00 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) markers was used to evaluate the DNA fingerprint of clear cell renal cell carcinoma (ccRCC). Extremely high resolution DNA changes were detected. Most changes were seen on the short arm of the chromosome 3, confirming the role of the VHL gene in pathogenesis of ccRCC.

Tumor Architecture Is Independent Prognostic Factor For Disease Relapse And Cancer-Specific Survival In Patients Treated With Nephroureterectomy

ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds. -- Alexander Graham BellAnother fantastic abstract from this international 13-institution group of authors who joined efforts to produce data on upper tract TCC -- a disease with a reported incidence of only 1-2 per 100, 000 individuals per year.

Type Of VHL Mutation And Tumor Size Affect Growth Rates Of Renal Masses In VHL Patients

ORLANDO, FL (UroToday.com) - This group from the National Cancer Institute manages a large number of patients with von Hippel Lindau (VHL) disease. The current study examined 74 VHL patients who had one or more tumors >1.8 cm and had at least two previous imaging studies.

Managing Symptoms By Mobile Phone: Teenage-Friendly System May Revolutionise Cancer Care For Young People

Researchers are harnessing the powers of digital communications technology to help young cancer patients at home manage the side-effects caused by chemotherapy. They have given the teenagers and young adults specially adapted mobile phones on which the patients can record and send details of all their symptoms to the medical professionals managing their care.

'Cancer Was One Of The Best Things To Happen To Me . . . But I Worry That I Won't Have The Reassurance Of Medical Checks In The Future'

For Dan Savage, surviving testicular cancer has been a spur to him making the most of his life and taking more adventurous decisions, and he says, that in retrospect, it was probably one of the best things that has happened to him.

Heart Healthy Chinese Red Yeast Rice

A clinical study on patients who have suffered a heart attack found that a partially purified extract of Chinese red yeast rice, Xuezhikang (XZK), reduced the risk of repeat heart attacks by 45%, revascularization (bypass surgery/angioplasty), cardiovascular mortality and total mortality by one-third and cancer mortality by two-thirds.

Helping Cancer Patients Handle Their Stress May Reduce Cancer Progression

Scientists have been aware for many years that if cancer patients are not able to deal with the stress associated with being sick, the cancer will progress faster than in calmer patients. To counteract this phenomenon, physicians encourage treatments that help cancer patients handle their stress.

Higher Cure Rates Bring New Problems For Cancer Patients, Doctors And Governments, Says US Cancer Expert

Over 95% of patients with testicular cancer are cured nowadays, but this success has produced a new problem for cancer survivors, the medical profession and national governments, a cancer expert will tell Teenage Cancer Trust's Fifth International Conference on Teenage and Young Adult Cancer Medicine, which is meeting in London on Monday and Tuesday (June 9 and 10).