Your cancer treatment is over, but your risk of side effects goes on. You might be surprised to know that side effects can continue after your cancer treatment or even develop several years later. Some cancer survivors wonder why they weren't told about the possibility of late effects before they began treatment.

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. -- For nearly a decade, oncologists have been telling
patients undergoing chemotherapy or radiation therapy that they should not
take antioxidants and other nutritional supplements because they interfere
with treatment. However, a two-part article published in the most recent
issues of Alternative Therapies, should lay this myth to rest.

Oncologist Charles B. Simone, MD, and colleagues searched MEDLINE (the

Peripheral neurotoxicity is a major complication associated with the use of

chemotherapeutic agents such as platinum compounds, taxanes and vinca alkaloids.

The neurotoxicity of chemotherapy depends not only on the anticancer

agent(s) used, the cumulative dose and the delivery method, but also on the

A new Mayo Clinic study due to be presented at the annual meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics in San Diego this week shows that a chromosome test called "FISH" is better than conventional methods in identifying chromosomal genetic abnormalities associated with plasma cell malignancies. This improved chromosomal analysis may help physicians better assess a patient's prognosis and likelihood to respond to a given treatment.

A few years back, Dr. Redford Williams made a change in his life that might
not seem like much. But he knew better.

"It was big," recalls Williams, who is clued in because he is a behavioral
medicine specialist at Duke University. For years he has been studying such
topics as how anger and hostility affect heart disease.

What did Williams do? He simply decided that on Sunday mornings he would
stop fretting about how long it might take his wife, Virginia, to get ready

A secondary analysis of the Women’s Health Study was conducted to evaluate
whether vitamin E supplementation reduced the risk of venous thromboembolism. 
According to a 2008 U.S. Surgeon General’s report, at least 100,000 deaths in the
United States result from deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism induced by
venous thromboembolism.  Women 45 years and older (n=39,876) were randomized
to 600 IU vitamin E (α-tocopherol) or a placebo every other day.  Genotyping for

Newswise — A new study finds that many cancer patients would prefer to receive information over emotional aid from support groups, although – over time – their needs could change.

Although clinicians and others frequently advise cancer patients to join support groups to deal with the psychological consequences of their diagnosis, a minority of cancer patients actually joins.

Multiple myeloma patients vary widely in how they respond to treatment, but now researchers at the Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences have identified a small subset of genes whose activity could predict high-risk cases and potentially guide therapy in the future.

Multiple myeloma is a type of cancer affecting the blood plasma cells in bone marrow responsible for producing antibodies. Each year, nearly 14,600 Americans are diagnosed with multiple myeloma. The severity ranges from low-risk to high-risk and makes all the difference in patients' odds of survival.

Multiple myeloma patients vary widely in how they respond to treatment, but now researchers at the Myeloma Institute for Research and Therapy at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences have identified a small subset of genes whose activity could predict high-risk cases and potentially guide therapy in the future.