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Doctors relying on studies published in top journals for guidance about how to treat women with breast cancer may not be getting the most accurate information, according to a new analysis."Investigators want to go overboard to make their studies look positive," said Dr. Ian Tannock, the senior author of the new study in the Annals of Oncology.In two-thirds of the 164 studies Tannock and his colleagues scrutinized, that meant not listing toxicities - in other words, serious side effects, whether of chemotherapy, radiation or surgery - in the paper's abstract. Such abstracts summarize the findings, and run a few hundred words.That's important, said Tannock, of Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto, because "most of us are so damn busy, we only read the abstract and skim the tables and figures."In fact, a fifth of studies didn't include toxicities in results tables, and about a third failed to mention them in either the abstract or the discussion section.Most surprising, said Tannock, was...
The investigation into the plane crash that killed 22-year-old singer Aaliyah and eight others widened as U.S. officials said they would help determine what caused t...
No one could have been more surprised than the doctors themselves.They were just hoping to relieve the symptoms of a deadly blood disorder — and ended up treating th...
No one could have been more surprised than the doctors themselves. They were just hoping to relieve the symptoms of a deadly blood disorder — and ended up treating t...
Researchers were so encouraged by early results from a study on preventing breast cancer recurrence that they halted their work so more women can benefit from the fi...
Giving an old master a new look; a popular Vegas magician gets a new deal; celebrity birthdays; Friday Flashback
He's been filmed trekking through the Arctic, gives a smoldering look from the cover of a men's magazine and is being targeted by legions of young women who only a f...
He's been filmed trekking through the Arctic, gives a smoldering look from the cover of a men's magazine and is being targeted by legions of young women who only a f...
Pomp and circumstance — what "Britain does best" — will rule the day when Prince William and Kate Middleton get married April 29 at Westminster Abbey.The young coupl...
The Queen Mother Elizabeth was a wise and loving presence and "an institution in her own right," Prince Charles said in a nationwide broadcast Monday as the royal fa...
At the age of 101, British Queen Mother Elizabeth died "peacefully in her sleep" Saturday, Buckingham Palace said. She "had become increasingly frail in recent weeks...
JANUARY: Alfred Henry "Freddy" Heineken, 78. Dutchman who helped make his namesake beer one of the world's most popular. Jan. 3. John W. Reynolds, 80. Former Wisc...
Admirers of the Queen Mother Elizabeth lined up Sunday to sign books of condolence while the grieving royal family gathered at Windsor, where the royal matriarch die...
Cancer doctors often refer their patients to palliative care very late in the course of disease, according to a new survey from Canada.About a third of oncologists s...
If there's one thing we've learned this summer it's that the Brits are classy . From the Diamond Jubilee to the ongoing Olympic games, it's clear that Her Royal Maje...
HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) — As navy officials played the Canadian national anthem, Queen Elizabeth II received a royal salute Tuesday before reviewing an internation...
Queen Elizabeth II gave thanks in a nationwide broadcast Monday for the outpouring of public affection following her mother's death, and for the love the country gav...
FNC’s Martha MacCallum discusses what it’s like to work for FOX News.
Doctors are reporting a key advance in treating men with cancer that has started to spread beyond the prostate: survival is significantly better if radiation is adde...
Cancer turns up five times more often in women with extremely dense breasts than in those with the most fatty tissue, a study shows, signaling the importance of a ri...
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