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NEW DELHI: Talking for too long on a mobile phone every day, half an hour or more, could increase the risk of brain cancer. However, a study on cellphone use [...]

Some 800 patients a year are being refused funding for drugs that can tackle - but not cure - rare or advanced cancers, according to a survey by the Rarer [...]

Byline: Allison M. Heinrichs Jul. 9--Feeling angry with or abandoned by God increases depression in women with breast cancer, according to a survey by Pittsburgh doctors, which advises clinicians to […]

- Financial Factors Increasingly Influence Treatment Conversations & Presentation of Therapy Options - PHILADELPHIA -- In the war on cancer, oncologists report that financial concerns are increasingly altering certain aspects [...]

According to a study from Basel, Switzerland, "This study aims at a first evaluation of the outcome of the Swiss national MD-PhD program during the last 16 years. One hundred [...]

According to a study from the United States, "Little is known about the nature of psychosocial care delivered by oncologists. The goal of this study was to survey oncologists about [...]

Current study results from the report, 'Acculturation and colorectal cancer screening among older Latino adults: differential associations by national origin,' have been published. According to recent research from the United [...]

In this recent report, researchers in Netherlands conducted a study "To describe the prevalence of sexual dysfunction and evaluate risk factors in patients just diagnosed with non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIUC), [...]

"Population-based landline telephone surveys are potentially biased due to inclusion of only people with landline telephones. This article examined the degree of telephone coverage bias in a low-income population," scientists [...]

According to a study from the United States, " Consumer perceptions are important measures of the quality of cancer care. This article describes the validation of new measures of the [...]

" To compare expectations for cancer survivorship care between patients and their physicians and between primary care providers (PCPs) and oncologists. Survivors and their physicians were surveyed to evaluate for [...]

"Benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) is a bothersome disease that can progress if left untreated. However, patient and urologist perspectives on BPH management are not fully understood," scientists writing in the [...]

"Few health degree programs incorporate sufficient tobacco cessation education in core curricula. A national survey of 132 PA programs assessed the extent to which tobacco is addressed, educational methods, perceived [...]

"Physicians who provide primary care to women have the opportunity to identify patients at high risk for breast cancer who are candidates for risk reduction strategies. Our objective was to [...]

A new study, 'Cancer survivors' rehabilitation needs in a primary health care context,' is now available. According to a study from Aarhus, Denmark, "Studies of cancer survivors' rehabilitation needs have [...]

" There has been growing interest in providing clinical trial participants with study results yet only limited information exists regarding the process and impact of sharing results. We sought to [...]

"A large percentage of the population continues to be exposed to secondhand smoke (SHS). Although studies have consistently linked active smoking to various pregnancy outcomes, results from the few studies [...]

A report, 'Legal concerns trigger prostate-specific antigen testing,' is newly published data in Journal of Evaluation In Clinical Practice. According to recent research published in the Journal of Evaluation In [...]

A report, 'Breast-conserving surgery with or without radiotherapy vs mastectomy for ductal carcinoma in situ: French Survey experience,' is newly published data in British Journal of Cancer. "From March 2003 [...]

According to a study from the United States, "Concerns have been raised about the safety of switching from a branded antiepileptic drug (AED) to a generic AED. The goal of [...]

"The structure of health care has been rapidly evolving in response to financial pressures and demands to improve quality. Little work has documented the structure of care and its impact [...]

"Women with breast cancer report needs that may interfere with their ability to obtain necessary treatments. High-quality community-based patient assistance programmes exist; however, their ability to identify and meet women's [...]

"Breast cancer is a major health problem and concern of women religious in the USA. Although they have been identified as a high-risk population, only a limited number of breast [...]

Research findings, 'Too many referrals of low-risk women for BRCA1/2 genetic services by family physicians,' are discussed in a new report. "The increasing availability and public awareness of BRCA1/2 genetic [...]

According to a study from the United States, "Little is known about the effect of guidelines that recommend shared decision making on physician practice patterns. The objective of this study [...]

Current study results from the report, 'Smoking and inadequate housing: results from an Australian national survey,' have been published. In this recent study, researchers in Carlton, Australia conducted a study [...]

Researchers detail in 'Skin-sparing mastectomy: a survey based approach to defining standard of care,' new data in cancer. According to a study from the United States, "Skin-sparing mastectomy (SSM) followed [...]

Data detailed in 'Personal background and cognitive factors as predictors of the intention to be screened for stomach cancer' have been presented. "Although stomach cancer screening is effective for reducing [...]

Current study results from the report, 'Serum calcium and incident and fatal prostate cancer in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey,' have been published. "We examined the association between [...]

A new study, 'Racial/ethnic differences in adequacy of information and support for women with breast cancer,' is now available. According to recent research from the United States, "Providing breast cancer [...]

"Context.-Oncogenic, high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) testing is used to evaluate women who are older than 20 years with atypical squamous cells of undetermined significance (ASC-US) and in conjunction with a [...]

Research findings, 'Associations between parental smoking restrictions and adolescent smoking,' are discussed in a new report. "The purpose of this study was to examine the cross-sectional relation between reported levels [...]

"The aim of the present cross-sectional study was to explore patient- and physician-specific determinants of physician empathy (PE) and to analyse the influence of PE on patient-reported long-term outcomes in [...]

A new study, "Depression in terminal illness: the need for primary care-specific research," is now available. According to recent research from Liverpool, the United Kingdom, "Palliative care research highlights depression [...]

Men and their physicians need not hesitate to use a drug proven effective in preventing prostate cancer out of concern that it is likely to cause sexual dysfunction, say authors [...]

A recent report describes complementary and alternative medicine used by women diagnosed with breast cancer. The study, published in Oncology Nursing Forum, sought "to identify use of complementary and alternative [...]