cancer patients

LONDON (AP) -- Researchers have encouraging news for women who find themselves in a very frightening situation: having cancer while pregnant.

Studies suggest that these women can be treated almost the same as other cancer patients are, with minimal risk to the fetus....

Doctors telling more adults: Get out and exercise Associated Press

(American Chemical Society) Two scientists developed a drug that helped pioneer the era of "personalized medicine" for cancer patients, while another scientist invented today's predominant technology for genetic sequencing, deciphering the DNA that makes up the genes of living things.

The American Chemical Society honored all three today at the ACS' 242nd National Meeting & Exposition, inducting them into its scientific "hall of fame," the ACS Heroes of Chemistry.

(Intermountain Medical Center) People who are at risk for a certain form of colon and other types of cancer may soon have a better chance at surviving or even avoiding the diseases, thanks to a new study done by the Intermountain Clinical Genetics Institute at LDS Hospital in Salt Lake City.

Listening to recorded music or working with a music therapist may reduce anxiety levels of cancer patients and have other positive effects as well, a new study shows.

(Case Western Reserve University) Distance presents a challenge as family members work to gain information about their loved ones and participate in their cancer care.

But it's also challenging to the local caregivers -- nurses, doctors and local family members -- who must adapt short-term to these remote caregivers' special needs.

In hospitals across the country, such challenges have prompted distance caregivers to be labeled "seagulls" and "pigeons" -- references to family members who fly in, make a mess and fly out.

All patients undergoing cancer treatment should be told to do 150 minutes of physical exercise every week, says a report by Macmillan Cancer Support.

(University of California - San Diego) Researchers have created a novel combined technique to treat cancer patients by bathing the brain in chemotherapy and relieving pressure from spinal fluid build-up (hydrocephalus).

The Scottish actor and voice behind Gutsy the Smurf helps cancer patients through music, advocacy.

(Wiley-Blackwell) A new analysis has found that allowing full access to personal medical records increases satisfaction without increasing anxiety in newly diagnosed cancer patients.

Published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study indicates that providing accurate information to patients through medical records can be a beneficial complement to verbal communication with their physicians.