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(American Society of Clinical Oncology) New research into the treatment, prognosis and early detection of gastrointestinal cancers was released today in advance of the ninth annual Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium being held Jan. 19-21, 2012, at the Moscone West Building in San Francisco, Calif.

(University of Nottingham) A computer-based tool could help GPs to speed up the diagnosis and treatment of patients suffering from two of the most common forms of cancer, potentially saving thousands of lives every year.

(MedPage Today) -- The prognosis of chronic granulomatous disease may depend more on immune cells' residual production of reactive oxygen intermediates than the specific mutation that caused the disease, researchers found.

Almost two-thirds of Medicare patients who are discharged after having a stroke will die or be readmitted to the hospital within a year, according to a new study in the journal Stroke.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs has an "excellent prognosis" after receiving a liver transplant at a Tennessee hospital, a doctor confirmed Tuesday.

Global health officials have moved the swine flu alert a step closer to a pandemic, but many questions remain about the prognosis of the outbreak