A Review of Articles From Last Month's Archives of Pathology & Laboratory...

Archives of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine;  July 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......which of the following results concerning metastatic patterns among different primary cancers is false? a. the most common primary...contributed 23.6% of all metastases (from Metastatic Patterns of Cancer-diSibio & French) 4. A...

Fluorescence-guided biopsy in the diagnosis of an unknown primary cancer...

The Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology;  July 1, 1999 ;     700+ words ......fluorescence-guided biopsy in diagnosis of unknown primary cancers in the head and neck. Thirteen patients...tonsillectomy. In this series, the unknown primary cancers were localized by LIF imaging and...revealing a greater proportion of occult primary cancers, but also helped in ...

Distribution of primary cancers among living persons who have ever...

OB GYN News;  September 15, 2004 ;     84 words ...Distribution of Primary Cancers Among Living Persons Who Have Ever Received a Cancer Diagnosis, 2001. Other 16% Lung & Bronchus 4% Melanomas 6% Other Genitourinary...

The Multifunctional Carotenoids: Insights into Their Behavior1,2

The Journal of Nutrition;  October 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......increased occurrence of secondary primary cancers during the supplementation period...median follow-up of 52 mo, second primary cancers and recurrences of the first tumor...supplements had a higher rate of second primary cancers during the supplementation period...

Primary Cancers of the Skin. (CD-ROM Titles) (Brief Article) (Product...

Online;  September 1, 1994 ;     109 words ......accelerated learning programs (both are available for Mac/Windows, $245 individual, $599 libraries & institutions). Primary Cancers of the Skin concentrates on the identification of different skin cancers based on malignant cutaneous tumors. Also released...

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Information Today;  July 1, 1994 ;     367 words ......clearly distinguish among the variety of lesions of the skin. Primary Cancers of the Skin concentrates on the identification of different...greater understanding of the underlying cell mechanisms. Primary Cancers of the Skin and Pigmented Lesions of the Skin are available...

PET/CT and Second Primaries at Initial Staging

The Journal of Nuclear Medicine;  December 1, 2005 ;     219 words ......CT and conventional staging work-up in detecting second primary cancers at the time of initial staging in patients with a variety...Conventional staging, however, failed to identify 16 of the second primary cancers and 1 metastatic lesion. The authors concluded that with...

Bone cancer.(Educators Speak)

Manila Bulletin;  July 2, 2006 ;     700+ words ......These secondary bone cancers come from primary cancers of other organs, not bone, e.g. the...tendency to spread to bone: These primary cancers include those from the breast, the...older patients, mainly because many primary cancers develop in patients beyond 40 years...

Treatment phases can dictate diet plan

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  August 6, 2001 ;     567 words ......muscle mass. Phase 3: Preventing cancer recurrence, second primary cancers, and nutrition-related disease There is little research...the primary cancer, survivors can be at risk for second primary cancers, either at the same site or other sites. Phase 4: Living...

New compound turns 'good' viruses into 'magic bullet' to kill cancer cells

The Hindustan Times;  September 17, 2008 ;     514 words ......one of the research leaders. He, however, added that many primary cancers had proven resistant to a pure virotherapy approach. "One...experimental therapies for breast, prostate, colon and other primary cancers that are currently resistant to virotherapy. "Virotherapy...

Trekking in the country for charity

Yorkshire Post;  August 23, 2006 ;     700+ words ......from Harwood Dale, Scarborough, who has suffered from two primary cancers, will be joined on the trek by Elizabeth Kirk, who at 78...celebrate the good parts of the network. "I have had two primary cancers and am sure I sailed through the treatment because I found...

Can't you see the world has just caved in?

The Independent - London;  November 24, 1995 ;     700+ words ......throat, like a necklace of peas beneath the surface of the skin, had snapped the naive assumption that, having survived primary cancers of the breast and ovaries, I could now travel, hopefully, towards old age. Recording the progress of a terminal disease...

How to report... Metastatic bone scans

Synergy;  November 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......depending on the primary, though they do occur in children with primary cancers such as neuroblastoma and leukaemia. More than 90% of bone...compromised bone marrow. In the case of the more common primary cancers, bone scanning can now form part of the staging and follow-...

Viral 'Magic Bullet' Targets Cancer Cells With Help of New Compound;...

Ascribe Higher Education News Service;  September 16, 2008 ;     576 words ......but not normal cells. However, Dr. Hiscott explained, many primary cancers have proven resistant to a pure virotherapy approach. One...experimental therapies for breast, prostate, colon and other primary cancers that are currently resistant to virotherapy. Virotherapy...

Older Aussies at greater risk of sun-related skin cancer death

The Hindustan Times;  April 14, 2008 ;     524 words ......of deaths from non-melanoma skin cancer in WA, and most primary cancers occurred in areas of high sun exposure. The study has prompted...of death caused by NMSC was about 77 years old, and most primary cancers appeared in areas of high sun exposure - for men, the scalp...