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    Depression negatively affects breast cancer patients’ survival: Study

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    Having depression before or after a breast cancer diagnosis was associated with a lower likelihood of survival, in a recent study. The findings are published by Wiley online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. For the study, Bin Huang, DrPH, of the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center, and his colleagues […] More

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    Study finds sex of blood donor to have no effect on recipient survival

    Study finds sex of blood donor to have no effect on recipient survival

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    The possible impact of the sex of a blood donor on recipient survival has been an unanswered question in transfusion medicine since 2015, when the American National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute identified it as a research priority. Some evidence suggested that sex-related differences such as hormone levels in male and female blood might affect […] More

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    PET CT better than contrast-enhanced CT as survival predictor in metastatic breast cancer patients

    PET CT better than contrast-enhanced CT as survival predictor in metastatic breast cancer patients

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    Researchers have found in a new research that PET CT better than contrast-enhanced CT as survival predictor in metastatic breast cancer patients. 2-[18F]FDG-PET/CT, when used to monitor metastatic breast cancer, appears to be a stronger predictor of progression-free and disease-specific survival than conventional contrast-enhanced CT (CE-CT), says an article published in Scientific Reports. Metastatic breast […] More