Adding radiation therapy to surgery significantly improves overall survival in patients diagnosed with node-positive head and neck cancer when compared to treating with surgery alone, according to a study in the June issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, the official journal of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology.
Radiation therapy is commonly [...]
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Gastric bypass surgery in obese people significantly improves quality of life by cutting the risk for cancers, diabetes and a number of other diseases.
Bariatric surgery – gastric bypass surgery – is designed to control the way food passes from stomach to small intestine. Those people who have had the weight loss surgery have significantly cut [...]
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Personal health behaviors and family history have a significant impact on the potential for a healthy pregnancy, yet very few women receive preconception counseling before becoming pregnant, according to a recent study conducted by the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH).
OSDH officials utilized the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System (PRAMS), a statewide random survey, to [...]
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Gene mutations that make cells cancerous can sometimes also make them more sensitive to chemotherapy. A new study led by cancer researchers at The Ohio State University shows that a mutation present in some cases of acute leukemia makes the disease more susceptible to high doses of a particular anticancer drug.
The findings, from a Cancer [...]
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Condition Help, a patient safety program launched more than two years ago at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, has significantly improved communication between caregivers and patients and improved patient and family satisfaction, a review of the program has found.
Children’s Hospital became the first pediatric hospital in the nation working with the Josie King Foundation [...]
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