MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'cancer mortality'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:24:02 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4360981&cid=t_182685_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fovarian-cancer-screening-is-still-subpar%2F2011.01.17 Cancer of the ovary is a particularly nasty disease. It often remains asymptomatic until it has reached an advanced, incurable stage, and scientists have been unable to develop an effective screening test for the disease like the ones in widespread use for cancers of the breast and cervix. The dismal status of ovarian cancer screening was underscored a year ago when an NIH-sponsored study showed that over 70 percent of cancers detected by transvaginal ultrasound and CA 125 biomarker testing — the two best ovarian screening tests we’ve got — had reached stage III or IV at the time the patients screened positive. That’s about what happens when women aren’t screened at all. That wasn’t the worst of it, however. In just the first year of that screening program, positiv... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4360981 Tue, 18 Jan 2011 02:00:12 +0100 4360981 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4118790&cid=t_182685_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2010%2F10%2F27%2Fjournal-of-the-american-medical-association-2010-vol-304-no-15%2F This article aims to determine the effects of therapy with oestrogen plus progestin on cumulative breasted cancer incidence and mortality after an average follow up of 11 years. The article concludes that oestrogen plus progestin was associated with greater breast cancer incidence, and the cancers are more commonly node-positive. Breast cancer mortality also appears to be increased with combined use of oestrogen plus progestin. An NHS Athens password is required to access this article online, alternatively contact the Library for a copy of this article. Filed under: Athens Password, Current Awareness, E-Journals, Journals Tagged: Breast Cancer, Hormonal Therapy, Morbidity, Mortality (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4118790 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 13:20:52 +0100 4118790 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4119591&cid=t_182685_136_f&fid=39026&url=http%3A%2F%2Fcarolinemfr.blogspot.com%2F2010%2F10%2Frememberance.html Pinktober is (finally) winding down. I survived and did not buy anything pink but I did get Halloween candy (which is hidden to ensure its survival until Sunday). But there is something more we can do in October. If you haven't, I suggest you donate to breast cancer research, not awareness. Don't buy something pink with a portion going to breast cancer research but send something directly to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (www.bcrf.org) or go to breast-cancer-research.com and find another research based charity to donate. In addition, this was sent to me by a friend who got it from a friend who got it off a message board somewhere. Make Sunday October 31, your day of remembrance as well.Breast Cancer Awareness Month is winding down. I'm relieved it's over with and glad that I succee... Caroline's Breast Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4119591 Wed, 27 Oct 2010 10:37:00 +0100 4119591 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3408680&cid=t_182685_167_f&fid=38576&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.drbriffa.com%2Fblog%2F2010%2F03%2F26%2Fbmj-piece-asks-serious-questions-about-the-effectiveness-of-mammography%2F Last week one of my blogs focused on prostate cancer screening, and specifically the prostatic specific antigen (‘PSA’) test. For a variety of reasons, the doctor who discovered PSA says the practice of using it to detect cancer should be stopped. In that post, I mentioned that doubts have also previously been raised about the [...] (Source: Dr John Biffa's Blog) Dr John Biffa's Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3408680 Fri, 26 Mar 2010 11:47:15 +0100 3408680 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3108319&cid=t_182685_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F12%2F21%2Fhpv-vaccination-programme-update%2F Title: HPV vaccination programme: update Skinny: Final update regarding the death of the young girl from Coventry who died after receiving an HPV vaccine. Publisher: DH Size of Publication: 2p. Published: 18/12/2009 Posted in Grey Literature, Immunisation Tagged: Cervical Cancer, Grey Literature, Immunisation, Mortality (Source: Fade Library) Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3108319 Mon, 21 Dec 2009 12:48:46 +0100 3108319 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1443239&cid=t_182685_136_f&fid=36051&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FCancerCommentary%2F%7E3%2F290753978%2F Paul McGee of American Cancer Society has pointed me to a report from The Washington Post, entitled: The Less the Education, The Higher Risk of Dying Cancer. Quite catchy eh? I totally agree. From the said report, it says: “The difference in death rates between highly educated and poorly educated people in the United States is very wide and growing wider”. For Americans with less than a high school education, the risk of dying prematurely is on the increase — rising most quickly for white women in that category. In contrast, the risk of premature death among college graduates is falling — fastest of all for black men. White high school dropouts are four times as likely to die young as white college graduates, up from a threefold difference in the early 1990s. Among ... Cancer Commentary blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1443239 Thu, 15 May 2008 08:00:14 +0100 1443239 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1340665&cid=t_182685_87_f&fid=35057&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblogs.orlandosentinel.com%2Ffeatures_healthblog%2F2008%2F04%2Fcancer-second-l.html More Floridians will die of lung cancer than any other form of the disease this year. The Sentinel explored the condition today in the second installment of a series examining the state's leading health threats. The gentleman pictured left, Gaspar... (Source: Health Check the Blog) Health Check the Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1340665 Tue, 01 Apr 2008 11:08:00 +0100 1340665 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1101341&cid=t_182685_86_f&fid=36669&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffadelibrary.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F12%2F18%2Fexcess-cancer-mortality-and-incidence-by-pct-in-the-north-west-2001-2005%2F    a report from the  North West Cancer Itelligence Service states that over a thousand more people die from cancer every year in the North West – who wouldn’t have died if the region had the same rates death rates as the rest of the country. The great majority of these deaths are caused by lung cancer highlighting the links between cancer, smoking and deprivation. There are 1334 excess deaths annually in the North West than would be expected if the cancer death rates were the same as the rest of the country. 60% of these are due to lung cancer with the rest being down to deaths from many different types of cancer. Cancer deaths in the North West are 8.5% higher for men and 6.7% higher for women than in England and Wales. The comparison focuses on excess mortality for the most commo... Fade Library blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1101341 Tue, 18 Dec 2007 13:25:27 +0100 1101341