Items Tagged ‘treatment’
April 22, 2013
New multiple myeloma treatment guidelines personalize therapy for patients
New guidelines have been developed to treat recently diagnosed multiple myeloma in patients who are not participating in clinical trials. The guidelines give physicians practical, easy to follow recommendations for providing initial therapy, stem cell transplant, and maintenance therapy. “Multiple myeloma is an incurable blood cancer that affects more than 20,000 people in the US […]
Tags: Dr. Joseph Mikhael, multiple mylenoma, Oncology Nurse Advisor, stem cell transplant, treatment
April 22, 2013
Study to Treat Deadly Form of Thyroid Cancer Shows Promise, Mayo Clinic Says
A combination of therapies may prove to be a promising advance for the treatment of anaplastic thyroid cancer based on results of a phase I clinical trial, say researchers at Mayo Clinic in Florida…”This is good news, because we did not reach a maximum tolerated dose, meaning that the drug is well tolerated,” says the […]
Tags: anaplastic thyroid cancer, clinical trial, Dr. Robert Smallridge, HealthCanal, thyroid cancer, treatment
April 17, 2013
Lilly Signals New Direction In Its Alzheimer’s Research
Eli Lilly & Co. is taking its Alzheimer’s disease research in a new direction, a move that deepens the drug maker’s efforts to find tests and treatments for the memory-robby disorder despite a costly setback last year…In 2009, the company hired Michael Hutton, a tau specialist from the Mayo Clinic, to bolster its efforts. Within […]
Tags: alzheimer's disease, Eli Lilly & Co., Michael Hutton, treatment, Wall Street Journal
April 16, 2013
A study investigating the effects of cryoablation – the freezing of tumours – in the lungs was also presented at the Society of Interventional Radiology’s Annual Scientific Meeting. ‘Cryoablation has potential as a treatment for cancer that has spread to the lungs from other parts of the body and could prolong the lives of patients […]
Tags: cryoablation, Daily Mail (UK), Dr. David Woodrum, freezing tumors, Lung Cancer, Society of Interventional Radiology, treatment
March 25, 2013
Oncologist reveals new leukemia treatment
A new breakthrough in treating leukemia in children shows how far research has come in combating cancer, according to an oncologist at Mayo Clinic Health System in Eau Claire. Dr. Dan Burns said the goal is to get the body’s own immune system to fight cancer cells, and that’s the case in a study released […]
Tags: Dr. Dan Burns, Eau Claire Leader-Telegram, Griffith University, immune system, Institute for Glycomics, leukemia, Saban Research Institute, treatment
June 18, 2012
Are You a Hoarder? How Clutter Can Take Over Your home, Life
The Mayo Clinic defines hoarding as the excessive collection of things, along with the inability to discard them. Such behavior creates unsanitary conditions and, in severe cases, the inability to function normally. Although hoarding has become more recognized in recent years thanks to television reality shows, it is a psychological disease that experts say is […]
Tags: hoarding, obsessive-complusive disorder, treatment, USA Today
October 23, 2009
ASCO Rx for High Drug Costs: Doctors and Patients Need To Talk
A special task force of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) recently issued a Guidance Statement on the Cost of Care, which advises oncologists to speak with their patients about the cost of treatment. While urging ASCO to also address underlying economic factors that drive costs, the guidance focused on issues at the practice […]