News For: chase BpYoung women w/ early form of breast cancer no more likely to experience recurrence than older women Fox Chase Cancer Center Young women with DCIS, a common form of early breast cancer that arises in and is confined to the mammary ducts, are presumed more likely to have recurrences than older women with the same diagnosis. But a new study from Fox Chase Cancer Center rebuffs this conventional thinking. 'Flesh-eating bacteria' linked to man's death CHIPLEY - Medical officials are trying to determine how a man died after being a passenger in the car of another man who lawmen say led them on a two-county chase.The car chase began Tuesday afternoon in Chipley and ended in Bonifay. Age alone should not be used to determine whether to treat prostate cancer with hormones Fox Chase Cancer Center Concerns regarding the association of hormone therapy used to treat prostate cancer with cardiovascular disease in some older men may lead doctors to forgo hormone treatment solely on the basis of age. But a new study by physicians at Fox Chase Cancer Center shows that men over age 70 with high-risk prostate cancer lived longer and experienced increases in PSA less ... When/If To Start Hormones For Prostate Cancer Patients Whose PSA Rises After Radiation: New Study A new Fox Chase Cancer Center study suggests men with early stage prostate cancer treated with radiation therapy should begin hormone therapy immediately if their PSA level rises quickly and doubles within six months at any time after treatment. The study also supports foregoing hormones if the PSA doesn't rise as quickly. For High-Risk Prostate Cancer Patients, New Tool Helps Physicians Tailor Hormone Therapy Using one of the largest databases of prostate cancer outcomes in the United States, Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers have developed a prediction tool that uses a patient's clinical information to estimate the benefit of adding androgen deprivation therapy of various durations to radiation therapy. Early Breast Cancer No More Likely to Return in Young Women WEDNESDAY, Sept. 24 HealthDay News -- Young women diagnosed with a common form of early-stage breast cancer called ductal carcinoma in situ DCIS are no more likely to have recurrences than older women with the disease, a new study finds. Study: When/if to start hormones for prostate cancer patients whose PSA rises after radiation Fox Chase Cancer Center A new Fox Chase Cancer Center study suggests men with early stage prostate cancer treated with radiation therapy should begin hormone therapy immediately if their PSA level rises quickly and doubles within six months at any time after treatment. The study also supports foregoing hormones if the PSA doesn't rise as quickly. Both findings suggest a change in the ... High school scoreboard for Sept. 20 Saturday's results Football Nonnewaug 50, Wolc. Tech 22 Brookfield 40, Oxford 12 Tolland 49, Housatonic 6 Southington 35, Weaver 14 St. Paul 27, N.W. Catholic 26 Avon Old Farms 35, Taft 14 Hotchkiss 27, Salisbury 0 Wilbraham & Munson 28, Gunnery 20 Boys soccer Pomperaug 1, Newtown 0 Millbrook 6, Chase Collegiate 2 Marvelwood 3, Darrow 1 Girls soccer Newtown 2, Pomperaug 1 Weston 4, Oxford 0 ... Early Breast Cancer No More Likely to Return in Young Women Copyright �� 2008 ScoutNews LLC. All rights reserved. WEDNESDAY, Sept. 24 HealthDay News -- Young women diagnosed with a common form of early-stage breast cancer called ductal carcinoma in situ DCIS are no more likely to have recurrences than older women with the disease, a new study finds. |




