Posts Tagged Cancer Patients
Senators fail to agree on privacy approach
Posted by Newspapers Today in Science, Technology and Environment on July 28th, 2010
During marathon hearing, politicians worry about everything from Facebook to peer-to-peer software, spam, NebuAd, cancer patients, and advertising, with no consensus on what to do next.
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Published on Wed, 28 Jul 2010 04:00:00 PDT
Gene test hope for cancer therapy
Posted by Newspapers Today in Health on June 3rd, 2010
NHS patients are to be offered personalised cancer treatment under a pilot scheme to carry out genetic tests on individuals’ tumours.
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Published on Thu, 03 Jun 2010 15:11:37 GMT
Poor ‘missing out on cancer care’
Posted by Newspapers Today in Europe on January 14th, 2010
Cancer patients from poor areas are more likely to be diagnosed late and go to hospital as an emergency, a study suggests.
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Published on Fri, 15 Jan 2010 00:15:33 GMT
Fuel aid plea for cancer patients
Posted by Newspapers Today in Europe on December 5th, 2009
The UK’s leading cancer specialist calls for sufferers facing spiralling winter fuel bills to be given urgent help.
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Published on Sat, 05 Dec 2009 07:54:18 GMT
Feeding ’speeds surgery recovery’
Posted by Newspapers Today in Europe on October 2nd, 2009
Cancer patients recover faster from gastrointestinal surgery if given liquid food directly into the intestine, a study suggests.
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Published on Fri, 02 Oct 2009 23:01:24 GMT
Cancer patients face parking fees
Posted by Newspapers Today in Europe on September 6th, 2009
More than half of patients are not getting free or discounted parking when they visit hospital, a poll shows.
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Published on Sun, 06 Sep 2009 23:13:35 GMT
Researchers accelerate proton cancer treatment
Posted by Newspapers Today in Science, Technology and Environment on August 20th, 2009
Technology being developed at Lawrence Livermore lab could soon make more precise radiation therapy widely available to cancer patients by making the specialized machines more compact.
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Published on Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:45:09 PDT
US Study: Aspirin Cuts Colon Cancer Death Risk
Posted by Newspapers Today in Health on August 12th, 2009
A study in Journal of the American Medical Association shows aspirin can prevent colorectal cancer deaths in patients already diagnosed with disease
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Published on Wed, 12 Aug 2009 18:57:38 +0200
Immune therapy Alzheimer’s hope
Posted by Newspapers Today in Health on July 20th, 2009
An immune system therapy given to cancer patients could have the added benefit of reducing the risk of Alzheimer’s disease.
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Published on Tue, 21 Jul 2009 01:06:56 GMT
Ministers to unveil cancer pledge
Posted by Newspapers Today in Europe on June 27th, 2009
Patients in England thought to have cancer will have the right to see a specialist within two weeks, ministers will announce.
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Published on Sun, 28 Jun 2009 01:33:17 GMT
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