Combining Targeted Drug With Chemotherapy Offers Longer Life to B-Cell Cancer

Patients
May 30, 2015 Because of the significant benefit found in combining the targeted drug ibrutinib
with standard chemotherapy for relapsed chronic lymphocytic leukemia or small lymphocytic
lymphoma, an interim ...

Scale to Stratify Magnitude of Clinical Benefit of Anticancer Medicines

May 30, 2015 ESMO, the European Society for Medical Oncology, has announced the publication
of the ESMO Magnitude of Clinical Benefit Scale, a tool to assist oncology clinicians in evaluating the
most effective

Practice-Changing Study Offers New Option for Tough Breast Cancer Cases
May 30, 2015 A new phase 3 study in some of the most difficult-to-treat patients, women with
endocrine-resistant disease, showed that the newly approved drug, palbociclib, more than doubled
the time to cancer ..

Removing More Tissue During Breast Cancer Surgery Reduces by Half the Need for
Second Procedure

May 30, 2015 Removing more tissue during a partial mastectomy could spare thousands of breast
cancer patients a second surgery, according to a Yale Cancer Center ...

Many UK Patients With Gonorrhea Prescribed Outdated Antibiotics

May 29, 2015 Many UK patients with gonorrhea are being prescribed antibiotics that are no longer
recommended for treating the infection by their family doctor, reveals research published in the
online journal Bm

Smokers and Those Exposed to Passive Smoke Require More Anesthetic and
Painkiller During Operations
May 29, 2015 New research shows that both smokers and those exposed to passive smoke
require more anesthetic and painkillers to reach the same level of anesthesia as ...

Before an Operation, Low Blood Pressure Rather Than High Is a Risk Factor for
Death

May 29, 2015 New research suggests that, before an operation, low blood pressure rather
than high blood pressure is an independent risk factor for

Hypothermia Occurs During Surgery in Around Half of Patients

May 29, 2015 A study shows that hypothermia occurs in around half of patients undergoing
surgery, despite national guidelines for its ...

Blood Pressure Medications Can Lead to Increased Risk of Stroke

May 29, 2015 The importance of preventing hypertension is reinforced by a study showing antihypertension medicines can increase stroke risk by 248 percent, according to new ...

Phase 2 Trial Identifies Genetic Dysfunction That Makes Many Types of Cancer
Vulnerable to an Immunotherapy
May 29, 2015 A team of researchers has identified a genetic malfunction that predicts the
effectiveness of response to a groundbreaking immunotherapy. The results of their Phase 2 clinical
trial reveal that, ...

Less-Invasive Method for Kidney Diagnostics

May 29, 2015 Researchers have identified a new, less-invasive method to provide diagnostic
information on kidney disease and its ...

Alzheimer's Culprit Causes Memory Loss Even Before Brain Degeneration

May 29, 2015 A brain protein believed to be a key component in the progress of dementia can
cause memory loss in healthy brains even before physical signs of degeneration appear, according
to new ...
May 29, 2015 A social work research team has proposed and tested an alternative method to
using the Trauma Symptoms Checklist for Children in assessing trauma in children -- especially
those in the juvenile ...