All Blog Posts Tagged 'Aggressive' (2)

Earlier End of Life Care Discussions are Linked to Less Aggressive Care in Final Days of Life and Increased Use of Hospice Care for Patients

A large population- and health systems-based prospective study reports earlier discussions about end of life (EOL) care preferences are strongly associated with less aggressive care in the last days of life and increased use of hospice care for patients with advanced cancer. The study, published November 13, 2012 issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology, provides the first-of-its –kind scientific evidence that timing of End of…

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Added by Editorial Team on November 13, 2012 at 2:00pm — No Comments

'Smart drug' Targets New Mutation And Dramatically Shrinks Aggressive Sarcoma And Lung Cancer

A new oral drug caused dramatic shrinkage of a patient's rare, aggressive form of soft-tissue cancer that was driven by an abnormally activated protein, physician-scientists from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute report in the Oct. 28 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).

A second patient who had a similar tumor that was not fueled by the mutant protein, called ALK (named for the first… Continue

Added by Peter Hofland, PhD on October 27, 2010 at 11:30am — No Comments