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...test, which scans for mutations in 12 genes expressed by colon tumors, can tell patients in the early stages of colon cancer the chances that their disease will come back after treatment. That information can help doctors decide whether patients will need chemotherapy once their tumors are removed through surgery. According to the researchers who conducted the first study of the test, patients with low risk scores may expect an 8% chance of seeing their cancer come back within three years; higher-scoring patients have a 25% chance of recurrence over the same time period. Colon cancer is currently...
Still, if the screen can stratify patients by the likelihood of their cancer coming back, they might be more comfortable deciding whether to begin chemotherapy. "This is another piece of information that can guide the discussion physicians have with patients about their treatment options," says Dr. Richard Schilsky, president of ASCO and a cancer physician at the University of Chicago. And any such landmarks in that conversation are certainly welcome...
...Harvard brags that it has the most sports. To cut JV baseball after such a long tradition is frustrating.” Several athletes voiced their dissatisfaction in how the athletic department has treated JV sports. Players cited a short game schedule, administrative disorganization, and arms-length treatment by the athletic department. According to Kelly N. Bodwin ’11, the athletic department scheduled just a single game against a high school team for JV softball last year. “It’s pretty clear [the athletic department] only cares about varsity,” said Bodwin...
...under control? Health-care experts say it is possible to cut it significantly without reducing quality. Indeed, they say more efficient medicine would be better medicine. By some estimates, as much as $700 billion of the $2.3 trillion that we spend on medical care each year is on unnecessary treatment that is not doing anything to make us healthier - and could even be hurting us. Obama Administration budget director Peter Orszag notes that all sides now are starting to agree that four big changes are needed...
...This may be the mechanism behind acupressure, which involves pressing certain points on the body to alter physiological processes occurring deep inside organs.) Or the patients' improvement may be due simply to a powerful placebo effect, in which the mere belief that you are receiving a new pain-relieving treatment leads to actual reduction of symptoms. "What is it about the therapeutic experience that really helps people? This study raises the question that if there are pathways to relief that work more through mind than through the body, why should it matter from the perspective of patients?" says Cherkin...