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Researchers in Norway found that patients with low-grade gliomas appear to have better overall survival rates when they receive treatment at centers favoring early surgical resection when compared with those that favor biopsy and watchful waiting. The estimated 5-year survival rate was 60% for biopsy and watchful waiting, compared with 74% for early resection.…
December 27, 2012
An analysis from Wake Forest University suggests that cancer survivors living in rural areas of the United States are at greater risk for poor health outcomes when compared with survivors from urban areas. When compared with urban survivors, rural survivors were more likely to report fair or poor health (odds ratio [OR], 1.39), psychological distress (OR, 1.23), two or more non-cancer comorbidities (OR, 1.15), and health-related unemployment (OR, 1.66).…
December 20, 2012
Australian investigators suggest that physical activity helps reduce the risk of proximal and distal colon cancers. In a study, the risk of proximal colon cancer was 27% lower among the most physically active participants when compared with the least active. Similar results were seen with risk for distal colon cancer.…
November 13, 2012
October 11, 2012
A cohort study of patients with advanced cancer and their informal caregivers has found that five factors appear to be associated with the highest quality of life (QOL) at the end of life: 1. Avoidance of hospitalization and the ICU. 2.…
