The president of the leading advocacy group for Oregon’s physician-assisted suicide law blasted US Attorney General John Ashcroft Wednesday, accusing him of acting on his
Key groups in Washington reacted Wednesday to reports that the Bush Administration has broadened the charge of an important research advisory committee to include human
Canada’s AEterna Laboratories Inc. said on Tuesday that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted its lead product, a compound extracted from the
The European Medicines Evaluation Agency said on Tuesday that five patients had died of severe anaphylactic reactions to the anticoagulant Refludan (lepirudin), a recombinant version
Results of a study published in the October 20th issue of the International Journal of Cancer suggest an association between elevated circulatory insulin-like growth factor
For melanomas less than 2 mm in thickness, extending the excision margins beyond 1 cm does not improve patient survival, according to a report published
Canada’s AEterna Laboratories Inc. said on Tuesday that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted its lead product, a compound extracted from the
In a recent study, parenteral ketamine provided safe, effective sedation and analgesia to children undergoing emergency limb removal. Ketamine also provided amnesia of the reduction
Recurrences of nasopharyngeal carcinoma with a high T stage, involvement of the skull base, repeated pre-surgical recurrence, nodal metastasis, and positive surgical margins are associated
By Steven Reinberg NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Oct 25 – Breast cancer patients in the US fare worse if they come from a low socioeconomic
Laurie Barclay, MD Oct. 25, 2002 Cryosurgery seems to be as effective for the treatment of early localized prostate cancer as the standard treatments,
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Oct 25 – Taking into account reporting delays and reporting error gives a more precise representation of actual cancer incidence, researchers
Adjuvant chemotherapy with cisplatin and 5-fluorouracil infusion followed by surgery does not improve overall survival in patients with locally advanced squamous esophageal cancer. Chinese researchers
Increased haemoglobin (Hb) and improved quality of life (QoL) can result from treatment with erythropoietin in cancer patients undergoing radiotherapy. These study findings were described
Early treatment with epoetin alpha can improve overall quality of life in breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, an Italian researcher reported on at the European
High dose chemotherapy with adjuvant peripheral blood progenitor support does not increase the survival or improve relapse rate in node-positive breast cancer patients, according to
Disseminated malignant melanoma is more sensitive to chemotherapy in women–particularly elderly women–than in men, research presented at the European Society for Medical Oncology congress showed.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Oct 18 – Menopausal women who receive estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) after being successfully treated for localized breast cancer have disease-free
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Oct 18 – The clustering of gastric cancer in families may, in part, be explained by intrafamilial aggregation of Helicobacter pylori
By Ori Twersky WASHINGTON (Reuters Health) Oct 18 – Director of the US Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office for Human Research Protections