Sentences with phrase «concerned about cancer»

Your veterinarian may be able to determine why your dog is limping during a thorough exam, but x-rays may be required if he or she is concerned about cancer.

If you're a healthcare provider or individual concerned about cancer — do NOT miss this program.

Massa, in the statement Friday, said he had already decided to quit because of concerns about cancer before he learned that a staffer had complained to the Ethics panel.

It was lowered to 10 ppb after concerns about cancer risks.

When it comes to concerns about cancer, you can not be too careful.

Not exact matches

Yet, while Shelley Hwang, chief of breast surgery at Duke Cancer Institute and vice chair of research at Duke University's Department of Surgery, agrees in principle, she also has concerns about all the new diagnostic potential that will come with precision medicine.

«This puts the existing U.S. bladder cancer approval in serious doubt, and will also, of course, raise market concerns about Tecentriq's efficacy in other cancer types,» Kepler Cheuvreux analyst David Evans wrote in a note to investors.

While most of the attention on pharmaceutical prices has been on new drugs for diseases like cancer, hepatitis C and high cholesterol, there is also growing concern about huge price increases on older drugs, some of them generic, that have long been mainstays of treatment.

For kids, many parents also try to avoid products with bisphenol - A (BPA) because of concerns about its potential to mimic estrogen, lead to reproductive problems, increase the risk of cancer and interfere with brain development and fat metabolism.

«One common thread we found encouraging is that the majority of people polled expressed concern about skin cancer and had awareness of the importance of proper sun protection,» said dermatologist William D. James, MD, FAAD, president of the Academy.

With Shellac's rise in popularity, there is discussion in the medical community about the cancer concerns associated with UV lights.

The Food and Drug Administration has long permitted its use, but in recent years concerns about the chemical have grown as studies have indicated low doses of the substance can disrupt hormone systems in laboratory animals and possibly increase the risk of cancer or other serious illness.

Before trying this remedy for your baby's thrush, you should be aware of a recent study raising concerns about the safety of using gentian violet for treating thrush as it may cause cancer in animals if used in large amounts.

Anyone unaware of the health implications of smoking is so ignorant we should be more concerned about their ability to cross the road safely than the cancer they might get in 30 years» time.

Sometimes it's difficult to talk to someone in person about your breast cancer or breast health concerns.

That caused many of the residents to jump in angrily with complaints about cancers, autism, other illnesses in their families, their worries and concerns and what they believe is lack of answers from the Cuomo administration.

Our recent report «Cancer services: reverse, pause or progress» revealed concerns about the impact of reform and budget cuts on cancer serCancer services: reverse, pause or progress» revealed concerns about the impact of reform and budget cuts on cancer sercancer services.

«I'm a breast cancer survivor and I'm very concerned about them repealing the Affordable Care Act and with it would go the exemption for pre-existing conditions,» Jane VanDeusen of Lake View said.

«Our helpline regularly hears from women who are concerned about the risk of their breast cancer returning after treatment, so we know that this research will be of great interest to women, and men, diagnosed with breast cancer.

McMahon said she has advanced cancer in her back and liver, and now is concerned about how her 15 - year - old son, Jack, will continue without her.

Shaw seems to overcome concerns about his health from earlier in the cycle (he battled lung cancer successfully) and has shown he can beat back a well - funded Democrat in a tough year (see Elaine Bloom, 2000).

They also pointed to a 2013 study that showed elevations in multiple types of cancers in Tonawanda, Erie County, where residents have expressed concerns about air emissions from various industries.

In the Capital Region, concerns about PFOA found in water supplies in Rensselaer County erupted in 2014 when Michael Hickey, a former village trustee whose father died of cancer, sent samples from the Hoosick Falls water system to a Canadian lab that reported levels of PFOA that the EPA had advised were not safe for human consumption.

Dr Harry Bulstrode, a Cancer Research UK scientist at the University of Cambridge, said: «Zika virus infection in babies and children is a major global health concern, and the focus has been to discover more about the virus to find new possible treatments.

There are concerns the vaccine, which guards against four types of the HPV shown to cause cervical cancer and anogenital warts, may give girls a false sense of security about contracting sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and lead them to engage in riskier sexual activity.

As the number of confirmed cancers rose, worries grew about a link to radiation — and those concerns gained a high - profile proponent.

Cancer is often talked about in terms of years in remission rather than cure because there is still the creeping concern that the cancer will one day resuCancer is often talked about in terms of years in remission rather than cure because there is still the creeping concern that the cancer will one day resucancer will one day resurface.

They expressed concerns about the science behind genetic cancer predictors developed by two Duke researchers, oncologist Anil Potti and Nevins.

Other potential risks include transmission of infection, such as HIV, hepatitis C and B — of particular concern when non-medical practitioners administer the treatment — and there are theoretical concerns about long term skin cancer risk.

As cell phones and smart phones take over more communication, information and entertainment functions, concerns about their possible role in causing brain cancer are buzzing on the airwaves.

I have concerns about early - life exposures, and how that may predispose for breast cancer later on.

The intervention represents a view in the government — shared by the Opposition — that the research funding process has not responded to increasing community concern about the problem of breast cancer.

However, concerns remain about the applicability of minimally invasive surgery for rectal cancer (the last 15 cm of the bowel, within the pelvis) following a randomised control trial comparison of laparoscopic vs conventional open surgery reporting that the laparoscopic group had a higher positive rate of involvement of the resection margin.

«There are indeed examples of H3N2 that we need to be concerned about,» says Sasisekharan, who is also a member of MIT's Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research.

Researchers at the University of Michigan have identified a potential new approach to fertility preservation for young cancer patients that addresses concerns about beginning cancer treatment immediately and the possibility of reintroducing cancer cells during the fertility preservation process.

«Women are sometimes concerned about the increased risk of breast cancer related to HRT.

Rates of melanoma and other skin cancers have doubled there over the past ten years, prompting a wave of hard - hitting health campaigns about the dangers of UV radiation and heightening concern about the impact that ozone depletion might have in the future.

The European Medicines Agency reported that it was unlikely to approve lorcaserin because of concerns about possible cancers, psychiatric disorders and heart valve problems, prompting the manufacturer to withdraw its application.

Yet despite all the fanfare about them, these drugs rarely cure anyone, because cancer cells» high mutation rate allows them to dodge the pathway concerned.

The Decision Counseling Program © developed by Dr. Myers and colleagues differs from previous decision aids in that a nurse educator uses the program not only to provide information about options, but also to identify and weigh the importance of things that matter to the patient (e.g., worry about treatment side effects, concern about developing aggressive cancer).

Of the concerns studied, worry about cancer returning and avoiding radiation exposure were most strongly associated with considering contralateral prophylactic mastectomy.

In one of his last actions as ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, Grassley is concerned about intramural researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI) who take a dozen or more trips a year for which their expenses are paid by outside groups.

In addition, the Times reports, more than two dozen cancer researchers and biostatisticians expressed concerns about the trials in a letter Monday to National Cancer Institute Director Harold Vcancer researchers and biostatisticians expressed concerns about the trials in a letter Monday to National Cancer Institute Director Harold VCancer Institute Director Harold Varmus.

The Society of Toxicology in Reston, Virginia, although praising the bill, expressed some concern about including the cancer - cluster measure and other topic - or chemical - specific language in the bill.

The commission's report comes at time when the FDA is grappling with concerns about ensuring the reliability of at home genetics testing, and regulators may have to come to grips with whether results of a probe that is highly predictive for a cancer or Alzheimer's disease can be conveyed to patients without any genetic counseling.

Further research is needed to confirm these findings, and Emond notes that breast cancer survivors should not be concerned about dramatically lowering their carbohydrate intake based on this study.

ASH is alarmed about the opioid crisis; however, it is concerned about potential adverse effects that policy changes could have on the administration of necessary and appropriate pain medicine for patients with hematologic conditions such as sickle cell disease (SCD), blood cancers, and other bleeding disorders.

A team of scientists at the Children's Research Institute at UT Southwestern (CRI) has made a discovery that suggests cancer cells benefit more from antioxidants than normal cells, raising concerns about the use of dietary antioxidants by patients with cancer.

The Reproducibility Project: Cancer Biology seeks to address growing concerns about reproducibility in scientific research by conducting replications of 50 papers in the field of cancer biology published between 2010 andCancer Biology seeks to address growing concerns about reproducibility in scientific research by conducting replications of 50 papers in the field of cancer biology published between 2010 andcancer biology published between 2010 and 2012.

A regional anesthesia technique called thoracic paravertebral nerve block (TPVB) is highly effective in controlling pain after breast cancer surgery, but concern about potential complications may limit its use.