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Texans' Devon Still visits cancer patients at Texas Children's Hospital

Texans' Devon Still visits cancer patients at Texas Children's Hospital

Texans' Devon Still visits cancer patients at Texas Children's HospitalPhoto: Marie D. De Jesus, Houston Chronicle Image 1 of / 16 Caption Close Image 1 of 16 Texas defensive end Devon Still and Magaly Jimenez, 18, get together for a selfie in her hospital room at the Texas Children's Hospital.Still visited cancer patients at the hospital as a way to bring awareness about childhood cancer during Childhood Cancer Awareness Month, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016, in Houston.less Texas defensive end Devon Still and Magaly Jimenez, 18, get together for a selfie in her hospital room at the Texas Children's Hospital.Still visited cancer patients at the hospital as a way to bring awareness ... more Photo: Marie D. De Jesus, Houston Chronicle Image 2 of 16 Drake Medinger, left, 9, listens to Texans player Devon Still read the survival story of his daughter, who also battled with cancer at the game room of the Texas Children's Hospital, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016, in Houston.


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Expectations of cancer patients may not match with actual results in phase I studies

Expectations of cancer patients may not match with actual results in phase I studies

In a study of cancer patients considering whether they should participate in phase I clinical trials, a high percentage were willing to participate after discussions with clinical staff, but nearly half thought that their tumors would shrink, which is much higher than what is realistically achieved.Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the findings demonstrate the challenges facing patients and healthcare professionals during their interactions in phase I studies.Phase I trials are designed to assess the potential of investigational treatments that have never before been tested in humans.The trials, which are often restricted to patients with advanced disease that has not responded to standard therapy, start with conservatively low doses of a drug or other therapy and escalate until a recommended dose for a phase II trial is established.


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Concern over bowel cancer patients with symptoms year before diagnosis

Concern over bowel cancer patients with symptoms year before diagnosis

A fifth of bowel cancer patients who received an emergency diagnosis in one year in England had characteristic symptoms the year before, suggesting their disease could have been caught earlier, researchers say.With the majority of patients having seen a doctor in the 12 months before their diagnosis, whether emergency or non-emergency, the authors of the new study say multiple factors could be behind the finding."The sample [of patients] we have analysed come from more than 200 GP practices, so this suggests that it is not a problem of specific doctors, it suggests that it is a system-wide problem," said Cristina Renzi, lead researcher of the study from University College London and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine."Emergency presentations are associated with worse patient-reported outcomes and disruptions to hospital services," she added.