SAN FRANCISCO -- February 22, 2010 -- Researchers said here during the 17th Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections (CROI) that they could not find a link between most cancers and a diagnosis of AIDS.
During a poster presentation Meredith Shiels, PhD, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland, said the researchers did not find a connection between...
Los Angeles Times
By David Zucchino
February 18, 2010
A range of health problems are linked to the pits on military bases in Iraq and Afghanistan. Toxic substances have been found in the smoke.
The noxious smoke plumes that wafted over the military base in Balad, Iraq, alarmed Lt. Col. Michelle Franco. The stench from a huge burn pit clung to her clothing, skin and hair.
"I remember thinking: This doesn't look good, smell good or taste good,"...
Second malignant neoplasm risk high for Hodgkin’s lymphoma, despite initial low-dose radiation
HemOnc today
Posted February 11, 2010
Children with Hodgkin’s lymphoma remained at high risk for second malignant neoplasms, even when treated with low-dose radiation, according to the results of a long-term follow-up study. Researchers said patients treated with low-dose radiation developed sarcomas and breast and thyroid carcinomas with similar frequency and latency as...
Patients with certain HL at risk for transformation to aggressive lymphoma years later
HemOnc today
Posted February 4, 2010
The risk for transformation to aggressive lymphoma, commonly diffuse large B-cell lymphoma, was substantial in patients with nodular lymphocyte-predominant Hodgkin’s lymphoma and may occur decades after the original diagnosis.
According to background information in the study, patients with nodular lymphocyte-predominant Hodgkin’s...
