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Bone Pain Control Using MRI and Ultrasound

Saturday, November 15 2008 13:49

Magnetic resonance-guided focused ultrasound surgery (MRgFUS), a noninvasive thermal ablation technique that has been shown to be clinically effective in the treatment of uterine fibroids, is now being evaluated as a method for treating painful bone metastases.

Now physicians in North America are running a full scale clinical trial to see if the method really does work as well or better than traditional pain management methods.

Minority Patients Prefer Empowering Cancer Messages

Equal Cancer Care - African American

Thursday, October 30 2008 00:00

Harping on negative consequences of a lack of cancer screening among minorities can actually make African-Americans less likely to go for screening, according to behavioral science research published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

Selenium Blood Levels and Prostate Cancer Risk, European Results

Preventing Prostate Cancer - Selenium

Monday, December 08 2008 07:10

Selenium is widely sold to men who takein supplement form witht he aim of preventing prostate cancer. Now evidence from a large study suggests that selenium does not offer the protection hoped for.

Pre-Existing Diabetes Raises Cancer Patients' Risks

Prostate Cancer Plus - Diabetes

By Monday, December 15 2008 18:56

Frederick Brancati MD People with diabetes at the time of a cancer diagnosis have an increased risk of death compared to patients without diabetes, according to a study led by Frederick Brancati, M.D., Johns Hopkins University and published in the December 17 issue of The Journal of the American Medical Association today.

Low-Income Men More Likely to be Diagnosed with Advanced Prostate Cancers

Equal Cancer Care - Income

Wednesday, December 17 2008 00:00

Low-income men are more likely to present with advanced prostate cancers, most likely because they don’t receive screening services shown to reduce the diagnosis of later-stage cancers, a UCLA study found.

The study focused on a group of disadvantaged men enrolled in the state’s IMPACT (Improving Access, Counseling and Treatment for Californians with Prostate Cancer) program, which provides high-quality care to poor, underinsured and uninsured men. Researchers found that of the 570 men studied, 19 percent had metastatic cancer at diagnosis, compared to 4 percent of men from the general population who were followed in other studies.