Liver cancer: a drug that doubles the chances of survival
Innovative treatments against liver cancer multiply. After the genetic modification of a virus which targets cancer cells, researchers are currently ...
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Unusual: a better survival rate when the ERs are saturated
A study published today in Annals of Emergency Medicine show that patients who are admitted to crowded emergency departments are ...
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Cancer: a better 5-year survival rate
© GoodshootThe latest report from the National Institute for Public Health Surveillance confirms the trend observed in Europe: in France ...
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Cancer: cholesterol-lowering drugs would increase the chances of survival
Statins, a new treatment in the fight against cancer? This is what a scientific team in Denmark sought to demonstrate.The ...
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Blood donation: the donor’s sex influences the chances of survival
Blood donations from females or young people are associated with poorer survival of transfused patients. These results have yet to ...
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Colon cancer: the prognosis depends on the location of the tumor
Colon cancer patients, whose first tumor is located in the descending colon, survive longer than other patients. The prognosis of ...
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Ebola: the risk of transmission through contact with a survivor is low
The Ebola virus is cleared from the blood within 2 weeks, the risk of infection remains low. Only sexual transmission ...
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Survival of very premature babies in France is improving
© iStockFrench researchers from the Inserm EPOPé team (Research team in obstetric, perinatal and pediatric epidemiology) at the University of ...
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Cancers: survival improves for 3 frequent cancers
In both the short and long term, the survival of cancer patients improves significantly. Screening and early detection of the ...
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Colon cancer: one aspirin per day increases chances of survival
A new study from the Department of Surgery at Leiden University in the Netherlands has found that patients who regularly ...
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Cardiac arrest: the number of floors determines the survival rate
People who live on the highest floors of buildings are at greater risk of dying after cardiac arrest. The response ...
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Pediatric cancers: long-term survival improves
The death rate after pediatric cancer was halved between the 1970s and 1990s. An improvement possible thanks to more reasoned ...
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Ebola: survivors victims of several sequelae
Months after recovery, Ebola survivors face serious after-effects, such as impaired sight and hearing.While they have been out of treatment ...
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Cancer: married men have a better survival rate
© iStock Why such a difference ? Because cancer patients who are married are more likely to be diagnosed early, ...
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Cancer: survival rate in Europe depends on the level of GDP in each country
© iStockA cancer patient has a higher survival rate if he is diagnosed in Germany rather than in Slovenia… Survival ...
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Prostate cancer: hormone therapy does not improve patient survival
© iStockHormonal therapy does not play a role in the survival of patients with Prostate cancer. This is the conclusion ...
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Ebola: the difficult fight of the survivors
While the Ebola epidemic seems to be coming to an end, the WHO and humanitarian associations point out that the ...
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Ashya King: parents’ flight reduced her chances of survival
Ashya King, in remission from a brain tumor, has a one in two chance of being alive in 5 years. ...
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Prostate cancer: radiation therapy improves survival
© Getty ImagesThe standard treatment of Prostate cancer advanced or metastatic is hormone therapy. But a new study led by ...
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Prostate cancer: three combined treatments improve patient survival
A combination of treatments dramatically increases the survival rate of patients with prostate cancer, even at the metastatic stage. They ...
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Very premature babies: the chances of survival keep increasing
© Getty ImagesA pregnancy is said to be "at term" when the birth takes place between the 37th and the ...
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Breast cancer: drug shortage that increases patients’ chances of survival
This is a medicine called Trodelvy. The latter represents great hope for women with metastatic triple negative breast cancer. This ...
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Pancreatic cancer: the chances of survival also depend on the hospital
© iStockPhotosAccording to a study that will be presented during the 119th Congress of the French Surgery Association (AFC), the ...
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Pancreatic cancer: a new chemo that increases survival
© Getty ImagesPublic Health France estimates that around 11,300 the number of new cases of pancreatic cancer in France. Pancreatic ...
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Survival chances for people over 70 after corona
What are the chances of survival of people over 70 after being treated in hospital for corona disease? Geriatricians are ...
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Lung cancer: immunotherapy increases survival rate
June 03, 2019 According to a study in Chicago, nearly a quarter of patients with lung cancer (non-small cell) who ...
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Cervical cancer: the FDA wants to speed up the marketing authorization procedure for Avastin
The Food and Drug Administration has just granted Avastin priority review status in the treatment of cervical cancer. This reduces ...
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Premature babies: a device to improve their survival
© thinkstockWomb-like environment designed by pediatric researchers could transform care for newborn babies extremely premature, by mimicking the prenatal space. ...
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Pink October: Breast cancer survival rate improves
In ten years, the 5-year survival of breast cancer has increased from 80% to 87%. An improvement due to therapeutic ...
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Breast cancer: in case of recurrence, longer survival times
© iStockPhotosBut after a few years, it happens that its action wears off and the tumor begins to grow again. ...
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