Executive function is associated with balance and falls in older cancer survivors treated with chemotherapy: a cross-sectional study - McNeish BL, Dittus K, Mossburg J, Krant N, Steinharter JA, Feb K, Cote H, Hehir MK, Reynolds R, Redfern MS, Rosano C, Richardson JK, Kolb N.
INTRODUCTION: Balance decrements and increased fall risk in older cancer survivors have been attributed to chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN). Cognition is also affected by chemotherapy and may be an additional contributing factor to poor ba... (Source: SafetyLit)
Source: SafetyLit - October 2, 2023 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news
‘I’m an audiologist - hearing loss could be a sign of certain cancers’
Cancer treatments such as chemotherapy can also cause problems with hearing. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - October 1, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Platinum-containing chemotherapy for women before or after surgery for early triple-negative breast cancer
Tuesday, September 26, 2023 (Source: Cochrane News and Events)
Source: Cochrane News and Events - September 26, 2023 Category: Information Technology Authors: Paolo Rosati Source Type: news
What a Doctor Is Seeing In COVID-19 Today
Hospitalizations for COVID-19 have been on the rise since the beginning of July. Then came the identification of the heavily mutated and possibly highly-transmissible BA.2.86 variant by the global surveillance network. Such a variant has the potential to evade our vaccine- and infection-induced antibodies and cause a surge of seasonal hospitalizations. The recommendation by the FDA’s VRBPAC in June that the Fall updated vaccine be composed of an XBB-lineage of the Omicron variant appeared to be at risk. There was mounting concern we be faced with a similar situation from last year where the virus had already mutated ...
Source: TIME: Health - September 25, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Michael Daignault Tags: Uncategorized COVID-19 freelance Source Type: news
Bexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to Participate in the 2023 Cantor Global Healthcare Conference
COVINGTON, Ky., Sept. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Bexion Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company developing a new generation of biologic therapy to treat solid tumor cancers and chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy (CIPN), announced today that the Company will... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - September 25, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
NCCN Senior Director Evelyn Handel Zapata is Named a '40 Under 40 in Cancer: Emerging Leader' for Milestone Work Improving Safe Use of Chemotherapy
Dr. Handel Zapata oversees the NCCN Chemotherapy Order Templates program, which is marking 15 years of sharing evidence-based drug delivery information and just published new resources for children's cancer. PLYMOUTH MEETING, Pa., Sept. 25, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Evelyn Handel Zapata,... (Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals)
Source: PRWeb: Medical Pharmaceuticals - September 25, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Tags: AWD PDT NPT Source Type: news
Diet, exercise improve chemotherapy outcomes for women with breast canceer
A new Yale Cancer Center study finds a targeted diet and exercise intervention could improve outcomes for women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - September 25, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Diet, exercise improve chemotherapy outcomes for breast cancer patients
A new Yale Cancer Center study finds that a targeted diet and exercise intervention could improve outcomes for breast cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. (Source: Yale Science and Health News)
Source: Yale Science and Health News - September 25, 2023 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
AstraZeneca Surges As It Takes A Shot At Gilead's Second-Biggest Cancer Drug
and Daiichi Sankyo said Friday their breast cancer treatment outperformed chemotherapy in a Phase 3 study, and AZN stock jumped to its 50-day line. The companies are in the antibody drug conjugate, or ADC, space with a medicine called datopotamab deruxteca. ADCs are like smart bombs, targeting…#daiichisankyo #azn #astrazeneca #adc #marketsmithcom #trodelvy #gileadsciences #gild #isi #umerraffat (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - September 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Mum suffered tiredness and was ‘bumping into things’ prior to fatal brain tumour diagnosis
Despite undergoing surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy, Alina Hunter died at the age of just 55. (Source: Daily Express - Health)
Source: Daily Express - Health - September 22, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Dabrafenib, Trametinib Active in Pediatric Glioma With BRAF V600
THURSDAY, Sept. 21, 2023 -- Dabrafenib plus trametinib results in significantly more responses and longer progression-free survival than standard chemotherapy for pediatric patients with low-grade glioma with BRAF V600 mutations, according to a... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - September 21, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
I'm a cancer patient whose operation has been cancelled because of NHS walkouts. I think it's a scandal that doctors can strike
EXCLUSIVE: Monika Schiffer, from Bournemouth, was diagnosed with breast cancer in January and endured six rounds of chemotherapy. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - September 21, 2023 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Surgery Approach May Improve Survival in Ovarian Cancer Surgery Approach May Improve Survival in Ovarian Cancer
Adding hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy to interval cytoreductive surgery was associated with improved outcomes in women with advanced ovarian cancer, new data show.Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Hematology-Oncology Headlines - September 19, 2023 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Diet, Exercise Intervention May Aid Chemotherapy Outcomes in Breast Cancer
FRIDAY, Sept. 15, 2023 -- A home-based diet and exercise intervention could improve outcomes for women undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer, according to a study published online Sept. 1 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.
Tara Sanft, M.D.,... (Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News)
Source: Drugs.com - Pharma News - September 15, 2023 Category: Pharmaceuticals Source Type: news
Trial Shows Keytruda With Chemotherapy Superior to Chemo Alone
Results of a new phase 3 clinical trial published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology indicate that a chemoimmunotherapy regimen combining chemotherapy with immunotherapy drugs improves patient survival more than chemotherapy alone for pleural mesothelioma.
Study researchers used pembrolizumab (Keytruda) alongside platinum and pemetrexed chemotherapy. Christina S. Baik, MD, MPH, reviewed the phase 3 trial results during the American Society of Clinical Oncology’s 2023 Best of ASCO Seattle annual meeting.
The overall response rate for patients receiving Keytruda with chemotherapy was 63% compared to 40% for th...
Source: Asbestos and Mesothelioma News - September 13, 2023 Category: Environmental Health Authors: Fran Mannino Tags: Chemotherapy/Chemo drugs Immunotherapy Mesothelioma Treatment Source Type: news
