According to a survey sponsored by New York’s Memorial Sloan Cancer Center, clinical trials don’t attract the attention of Americans. What is even more concerning, is the fact that even if a clinical trial is advertised, only three in ten individuals show interest in participating. These results are concerning seeing as every medical breakthrough depends on the success of the … [Read more...]
Free Radon Self-Testing Kits are Being Distributed
(The Monitor Daily, US) – The Robeson County Health Department together with the N.C Radon Program have begun to issue radon test kits to all households. Free radon self-testing kits are being distributed during January. Officially, the month of January has been declared National Radon Radiation Awareness Month. According to certain health reports, circa 22.000 people die … [Read more...]
Transplant Recipients Have an elevated Risk of Developing Cancer
(The Monitor Daily, US) – For some patients suffering from life-threatening disease, an organ transplant may be the only option that can save their lives. In light of recent event, doctors will have to take more into account when assessing the recipient’s risk in the postoperative period. According to a new study, transplant recipients have an elevated risk of developing … [Read more...]
Familial Risk of Cancer
Familial risk of cancer has been studied by researchers in Nordic Countries. A new study published in JAMA on January 5 has studied twins to find out more about the familial risk of cancer. Their results show that when one of the twins is diagnosed with cancer the risk of cancer for the second twin increases dramatically. The increased risk of cancer has been confirmed in … [Read more...]
Doctors can Keep Cancer in Check With a New Vaccine
We may be just decades away from devising a cure for all types of cancer, but, at the moment, scientists are struggling to find out a way to prolong the patient’s life. And it would seem that a team from Mary Crowley Cancer Center is on the verge of a major breakthrough. The doctors can keep cancer in check with a new vaccine that uses a patient’s tumor cells. But before … [Read more...]
