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Prostate Cancer Prevention Study Shows No Benefit for Use of Selenium and Vitamin E Supplements
Source: National Cancer Institute (Cancer.gov) Posted: 10/27/2008 Updated: 12/09/2008
Review of Prostate Cancer Prevention Study Shows No Benefit for Use of Selenium and Vitamin E Supplements
Initial, independent review of study data from the Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial (SELECT), funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and other institutes that comprise the National Institutes of Health shows that selenium and vitamin E supplements, taken either alone or together, did not prevent prostate cancer. The data also showed two concerning ......[more]
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Lung Cancer: Radiofrequency Ablation (RFA) of Lung Tumors
RFA is a promising local therapy that has evolved rapidly in recent years for the treatment of primary and secondary cancers in the lung. The feasibility and safety profile in humans are well established. Complications following RFA are similar to th...[more]
Lung Cancer: Who is a Candidate for Surgery?: An Emerging Role for PET Scanning
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States and continues to have a poor survival. Complete surgical resection offers the best chance for cure. This article describes the process used in selecting patients who are eligible...[more]
Alternating Mammography and MRI May Be Best for High-Risk Women
MRI is known to be more sensitive in detecting breast cancers than mammography, with a 71 - 100 percent accuracy compared to a 16 - 40 percent accuracy for mammography. As a result, annual breast cancer screening for high-risk women now typically inc...[more]
Confusing risk information may lead breast cancer patients to make poor treatment choices
ANN ARBOR, Mich - A new study from researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center found that a tool commonly used by doctors to estimate the risk of a woman's breast cancer returning after surgery is not very effective at e...[more]
New Study Examines Effectiveness of Colorectal Cancer Screening Tests for Elderly Patients
NEW YORK, NY - New findings from a Decision Analysis for the US Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF) suggest that routine colorectal cancer screenings can be stopped in patients over the age of 75. The results are based on patients who began scr...[more]
Breast Cancer: Risk Assessment Plays Key Role in Long-Term Treatment
Breast cancer patients and their physicians may make more informed, long-term treatment decisions using risk assessment strategies to help determine probability of recurrence, a research team led by scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anders...[more]
Early Stage, HER2 Positive Breast Cancer Patients at Increased Risk of Recurrence
Early-stage breast cancer patients with HER2 positive tumors one centimeter or smaller are at significant risk of recurrence of their disease, compared to those with early-stage disease who do not express the aggressive protein, according to a study ...[more]
Prostate Cancer Research: Hormone independent prostate cancer more likely to spread
Prostate cancers that are resistant to androgen deprivation therapy are more invasive and more likely to spread to other organs than androgen dependent prostate cancers, UCLA cancer researchers have found....[more]
Jobs with increased activity may decrease risk of prostate cancer
Men with jobs that require them to be physically active may be getting benefits beyond salary and health insurance - they may be at a decreased risk of developing prostate cancer, according to a study at UCLA’s Jonsson Cancer Center....[more]
Inflammatory Breast Cancer: Questions and Answers
Inflammatory breast cancer is a rare but very aggressive type of breast cancer in which the cancer cells block the lymph vessels in the skin of the breast. This type of breast cancer is called “inflammatory” because the breast often looks swollen and...[more]
Oral Contraceptives and Cancer Risk
Oral contraceptives (OCs) first became available to American women in the early 1960s. The convenience, effectiveness, and reversibility of action of birth control pills (popularly known as “the pill”) have made them the most popular form of birth co...[more]
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