Obesity Linked with Worse Colon Cancer Outcomes
March 16, 2010 — Researchers from the Mayo Clinic have reported that obese colon cancer patients have a higher risk of cancer recurrence and death than healthy-weight patients. The results of this study were published in the March 15, 2010 issue of Clinical Cancer Research.
Iressa® plus Arimidex® Improves Progression-free Survival in Patients with Metastatic Breast Cancer
March 16, 2010 — Researchers from the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have reported that the addition of Iressa® (gefitinib) to Arimidex® (anastrozole) improves progression-free survival (PFS) in postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive metastatic breast cancer. The details of this study were published in the March 15, 2010 issue of Clinical Cancer Research.
Children and Teens Have Better NHL Survival than Young Adults
March 16, 2010 — Researchers from the National Institutes of Health have reported that children and teens with non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) have better survival than young adults. These results were published in the March 2010 issue of the Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine.
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