Cancer Diagnosis In The News

WASHINGTON — For years, scientists have held out hope that the rapidly evolving field of genetics could transform medical diagnosis and treatment, moving beyond a trial-and-error approach as old as the Hippocratic Oath.

Zapf home in North College Hill will be lit up, despite illness

Eleven years ago Christiane Brems got the news she had breast cancer over the phone.

Disparities in cervical cancer survival can be traced to differences in access to care for certain racial, ethnic and socioeconomic groups, according to a University of Miami Miller School of Medicine study of more than 5,300 Florida women.

NEW YORK -- The off-color jokes flew around the room. As the anecdotes got bawdier, the laughter intensified. Some recited from memory, others read from notebooks they brought along.

UroToday.com - The current gold standard for diagnosis of prostate cancer is the Transrectal Ultrasound (TRUS) guided prostate biopsy, initiated by elevated PSA-levels or a Digital Rectal Examination (DRE) suspicious for prostate cancer. However TRUS and TRUS-guided biopsies are known to have high false-negative rates, up to 30% with random sextant biopsies 1, 2.

Matt Krueger, 19, was recovering from his first colon cancer surgery on the day he confessed his dream to a hospital nurse. He wanted to get his 1999 Camaro Z28 out onto one of NASCAR's big tracks, to see if it would actually go the 155 mph promised on the speedometer. What Krueger didn't realize, was that his nurse knew somebody at a tire store, who knew somebody at the Carquest Corp., ...

While the verdict is out on whether laughter plays a role in healing, the American Cancer Society and other medical experts say it reduces stress and promotes relaxation by lowering blood pressure, improves breathing and increases muscle function.

( Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center ) A new method of characterizing breast lesions found during an MRI exam could result in fewer biopsies of benign tumors with the benefits of reduced pain and expense for patients and providers, according to a paper that will be presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.

For so long, and so many people, the word cancer was a death sentence. But thanks to a New Castle patient and doctor, new drugs and research have really taken off. It's taking breast cancer from "treatable" to beatable.