We know that far too many patients with
curable cancers if they are caught at earlier stage, colon cancer, breast cancer, cervical cancer, these cancers are still detected late when they are less amenable to curative treatments.
Colonoscopies screen for colorectal cancer by detecting early,
curable cancers.
That amounted to a 16 percent greater adjusted likelihood of having a potentially
curable cancer.
Not exact matches
I was sedated, but my wife, who was there, told me that when they viewed the cells under a microscope, the doctors started crying because it turned out to be a very rare form of pancreatic
cancer that is
curable with surgery.
«We want to shift away from that fear - based marketing and focus on the fact that approximately 90 percent of
cancers are
curable if caught in stage I.»
Cancer is most
curable at stage I,» Cohen says.
«The good news is that the prognosis from my doctors is excellent, the
cancer was caught quickly, and my condition is
curable,» Dimon said.
Though JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon characterized his throat
cancer as «
curable,» it's «not exploitative» to think about his successor, Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, a professor at the Yale School of Management, told CNBC on Wednesday.
If that was true, no plane would ever go down, no child would die of
cancer or Tay Sachs, autism would be
curable and you would have a brain that worked.
If on the other hand a child is cured, simply, the
cancer was
curable.
You would not argue that until all
cancers are
curable, there is no point in
cancer treatment or that until cars are completely safe, no one should drive.
It only ever «works» when the outcome was going to occur anyway, like a
cancer going into remission, a person recovering from a serious, but
curable illness, or a person below the 90th floor of the North Tower escaping the 9 - 11 disaster.
«The doctors are very hopeful and confident that it is a
curable and treatable disease,» said Karl of his current bout with
cancer.
Stage 4
cancer is not
curable so I will continue to have cat scans and bone scans every four months to ensure the
cancer is not spreading.
There is hope for children with
cancer as 75 percent of childhood
cancer cases are
curable if detected early.
The bill is named after Lavern Wilkinson, a 41 - year - old Brooklyn mom who died in 2013 of a
curable form of lung
cancer after doctors at Kings County Hospital misdiagnosed her.
Wilkinson was a 41 - year - old Brooklyn mom who died in 2013 of a
curable form of lung
cancer after doctors at Kings County Hospital misdiagnosed her.
In late April, the 72 - year - old Hinchey released a statement from his doctor, Randall Rissman, of Woodstock, about his «
curable» form of colon
cancer.
The effort, which was part of a Daily News campaign in 2015, is named after Lavern Wilkinson, a 41 - year - old Brooklyn mom who died in 2013 of a
curable form of lung
cancer after doctors at Kings County Hospital misdiagnosed her.
Bowel
cancer is after all, treatable and
curable especially if diagnosed early.»
«By identifying and enrolling these men in clinical trials immediately, the hope is to take a prostate
cancer that appears to be incurable and make it
curable» stated Trevor J. Royce, MD, senior resident in the department of Radiation Oncology at BWH, and corresponding author of the study.
Prostate
cancer is highly
curable, with a 94 percent 15 - year relative survival rate for early stages.
This has important implications, especially for
cancers such as melanomas of the skin and of the eye, which are 100 %
curable when detected at an early stage.
«
Cancer is most
curable when it's detected at its earliest stages.
Metastatic
cancer is rarely
curable.
«There could be a significant increase in prostate
cancer death rates if more people are diagnosed with metastatic disease, because treatments can only slow progression, it's not
curable,» Schaeffer said.
For patients who respond well to these vaccines, however,
cancer could become manageable, even if it's not
curable, Haber says.
Over 90 percent of prostate
cancers are detected at a
curable stage, with men more likely to die of other diseases than from this
cancer.
Most
cancers are
curable if they are detected early, and the researchers are exploring ways to use
cancer gene discoveries to develop
cancer screening tests to improve
cancer survival.
Hodgkin's lymphoma was one of the first
cancers to be rendered
curable by combination chemotherapy.
A carrier is likely, but not certain, to get breast
cancer, and if she does it may (or may not) be
curable.
Unlike many
cancers that are
curable if detected early, pancreatic tumors are quick to metastasize.
Richard Miller, a biogerontologist at the University of Michigan, says Olshansky's research shows that the average 50 - year - old woman would live to be 95 if
cancer, heart disease, stroke, and diabetes were
curable.
«Resource - intensive treatments for
cancer must always be used judiciously, and efforts to ensure their appropriate and consistent application among all patients with
curable disease should be paramount.»
Breast
cancer is becoming a
curable disease when diagnosed at an early stage; however, the majority of
cancer - related death is still attributed to metastatic disease.
With early detection and treatment, though, skin
cancer is highly
curable,» said Diane Jackson - Richards, M.D., director of Henry Ford Hospital's Multicultural Dermatology Clinic in Detroit.
While myeloma is not
curable, it is treatable, especially at a top
cancer center like UT Southwestern that has the newest therapies.
Head and neck
cancer is highly
curable — often with single - modality therapy (surgery or radiation)-- if detected early.
«Our understanding of hematologic malignancies has advanced greatly over the past decade, to the point that many cases are
curable,» says Benjamin G. Neel, MD, PhD, director of Perlmutter
Cancer Center.
Hodgkin lymphoma is one of the most
curable forms of
cancer.
Stool Test Detects Earliest,
Curable Stage of Colon Cancer Kimmel Cancer Center scientists have developed a safe and reliable stool test that can detect colon cancer in its earliest, curable
Curable Stage of Colon
Cancer Kimmel Cancer Center scientists have developed a safe and reliable stool test that can detect colon cancer in its earliest, curable s
Cancer Kimmel
Cancer Center scientists have developed a safe and reliable stool test that can detect colon cancer in its earliest, curable s
Cancer Center scientists have developed a safe and reliable stool test that can detect colon
cancer in its earliest, curable s
cancer in its earliest,
curable curable stages.
The goal is to accelerate the development of breakthrough immune therapies capable of turning most
cancers into
curable diseases.
With an early and accurate diagnosis, these types of
cancer are often
curable.
The authors concluded that «annual spiral CT screening can detect lung
cancer that is
curable», which was optimistic on two fronts.
Finally, yet another phase 3 study — albeit one with less encouraging results — found that the monoclonal antibody drug cetuximab (Erbitux) did not aid people with (potentially
curable) early - stage colon
cancer if they carried the normal form of the KRAS gene.
I make a mental note that my bank deposit receipt is now doubling as a medical record for baby Alex, but just can't stop gaping at the copy of Cure Tooth Decay front and center on the bookshelf, followed by the
Cancer Is
Curable Now DVD and Homeopathic Medicine at Home.
All I can say is that as I write this in December 2009, my
cancer, while not
curable, is treatable, and I am again teaching a full course load in a large public high school — my 40th year in teaching.
It is thanks to their generous support that we are able to help ensure that childhood
cancer becomes a
curable and treatable disease,» she added.
This particular form of
cancer is rarely
curable, and dogs tend to have complications from internal bleeding due to ruptured tumors.
Canine spleen
cancer - the benign form of canine spleen
cancer is
curable with surgery.