More High-Risk Women Preempt Breast Cancer
Title: More High-Risk Women Preempt Breast Cancer Category: Health News Created: 12/4/2008 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 12/4/2008 Thu, 4 Dec 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Prostate Cancer Stimulates Nerve Growth
Title: Prostate Cancer Stimulates Nerve Growth Category: Health News Created: 12/4/2008 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 12/4/2008 Thu, 4 Dec 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Drug Effective for Temporary Sleep Disruptions
Title: Drug Effective for Temporary Sleep Disruptions Category: Health News Created: 12/3/2008 2:00:00 AM Last Editorial Review: 12/3/2008 Wed, 3 Dec 2008 00:00:00 PDT
Virtual Colonoscopy Can Spot Osteoporosis
Title: Virtual Colonoscopy Can Spot Osteoporosis Category: Health News Created: 12/3/2008 Last Editorial Review: 12/3/2008 Wed, 3 Dec 2008 00:00:00 PDT
New Breast Cancer Scan Cuts False Alarms
Title: New Breast Cancer Scan Cuts False Alarms Category: Health News Created: 12/3/2008 Last Editorial Review: 12/3/2008 Wed, 3 Dec 2008 00:00:00 PDT
ScienceDaily: Cancer News Thu, 04 Dec 2008 09:05:01 EST
Protein That Determines Cell Polarity Prevents Breast Cancer, Study Suggests
A team of scientists has found that a protein called Scribble, originally discovered as a cell-shape regulator in fruit flies and worms, is an important regulator of breast cancer. They report that Scribble normally directs breast epithelial cells to form the structures that give breast tissue its shape and thereby resist cancer formation. When Scribble stops functioning, the tissue loses its shape and cancers ensue. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:00:00 EST
Potential New Drug Target For Chronic Leukemia
Researchers have discovered what could be a novel drug target for an often difficult-to-treat form of leukemia. The investigators have identified a unique "signature" or pattern of a specific family of enzymes in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia, the most common form of adult leukemia. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:00:00 EST
Gene Required For Radiation-induced Protective Pigmentation Also Promotes Survival Of Melanoma Cells
Scientists have new insight into the response of human skin to radiation and what drives the most aggressive and deadly form of skin cancer. The research may be useful in the design of new strategies for prevention of malignant melanoma. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:00:00 EST
Curbing Hormones' Effects In Obese Patients Could Aid Against Breast Cancer
Results from cell culture studies suggest a class of anticancer compounds called EGFR inhibitors, largely written off for breast cancers, could be effective in obese patients. The hormones leptin and IGF-1 synergistically stimulate migration and invasion in breast cancer cells. EGFR inhibitors block this stimulation. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 20:00:00 EST
Screening For Colorectal Cancer Detects Unrecognized Disease
Screening for colorectal cancer detects four out of ten cancers and should be carefully designed to be more effective, according to a new study. Wed, 03 Dec 2008 17:00:00 EST
Montpellier Prostate Cancer Patient Becomes First Cancer Patient In France Treated With Varian's RapidArc™ Radiotherapy
A 60-year-old prostate cancer patient from Montpellier has become the first person in France to be treated using RapidArc™ technology from Varian Medical Systems (NYSE:VAR) for fast and precise forms of intensity modulated radiotherapy (IMRT). Each of his treatments at the CRLC Val D'Aurelle - Paul Lamarque in the city took just 75 seconds, several times faster than conventional IMRT treatments. Dr. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 07:00:00 PST
Best Treatments For Long-Term Survival In Brain Tumor Patients Identified By Mayo Clinic
A new Mayo Clinic study found that patients with low-grade gliomas survived longest when they underwent aggressive surgeries to successfully remove the entire tumor. If safely removing the entire tumor was not possible, patients survived significantly longer when surgery was followed by radiation therapy. This study is available online as an advance publication in Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:00:00 PST
Discovery Of New Enzyme In Cancer Growth May Explain Why Cancer Grows; Spreads
While studying the mechanics of blood clots, researchers at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center discovered a new enzyme that not only affects the blood, but seems to play a primary role in how cancer tumors expand and spread throughout the body. The research appeared in recent issues of the journal Blood and the Journal of Thrombosis and Haemostasis. A research group at OU led by Patrick McKee first discovered the enzyme called sFAP in plasma. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:00:00 PST
NHS Top-Up System Has Hidden Costs That Have Not Been Accounted For, UK
The "cost" of top-up payments to the NHS are not confined to the cost of the drug and require the NHS to make some long overdue changes or risk financial failure, argue two editorials published in Clinical Oncology, by Elsevier. Dr Rob Glynne-Jones and Prof. Karol Sikora debate the issues of top-up payments with both concluding that the NHS must make substantial changes in administration and management structure. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:00:00 PST
ASTRO Publications Garner Three MarCom Awards
The American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology has received three 2008 MarCom Awards for its work on its 2008 Annual Report, ASTROnews and The Radiation Oncology Treatment Team brochure. The MarCom Awards is an international competition that recognizes the achievements of marketing and communication professionals. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:00:00 PST
Plasmid IL-12 And Electroporation Combination Against Metastatic Melanoma Achieves Systemic Response
Inovio Biomedical Corporation (AMEX:INO), a leader in enabling the development of DNA vaccines using electroporation-based DNA delivery, announced today the final results of a Phase I clinical study demonstrating safe and effective treatment of metastatic melanoma in the first-in-man trial of a DNA-based therapy designed to express a therapeutic protein through in vivo delivery using electroporation. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:00:00 PST
New Criteria Identify Additional Patients With Cancer Who Benefit From Liver Transplantation
A substantial number of patients with hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) who exceed the Milan criteria (which are currently used to select transplant candidates) could also be good candidates for successful transplantation, according to findings of a web-based survey of 1112 patients, which is published in an Article early Online and in the January edition of The Lancet Oncology. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:00:00 PST
Race, Ethnicity Likely Affects Emotional Well-Being Of Cancer Patients, Study Finds
Black cancer patients report having poorer physical and social well-being than their white counterparts but better emotional well-being, according to a study published in the November issue of the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, Reuters Health reports. Previous studies have indicated that blacks have poorer physical health than whites. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:00:00 PST
Award-Winning Oncologist Leads New Advancement In Personalized Medicine
After hearing the words, "you've got cancer," most patients are given a drug or combination of agents according to guidelines or standards of care. These treatments, in the oncologist's best judgment, are considered most likely to work based on the results of clinical studies in patients with similar tumor types. Cancer patients often require several courses of drugs and regimens sequentially, that are ineffective or poorly tolerated, prior to identifying the optimal therapy. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:00:00 PST
Bowel Cancer Screening Programme Launched
University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust (UH Bristol) is delighted to announce that the life saving NHS Bowel Screening Programme was launched in the Bristol and Weston area from Monday (1 December 2008). The NHS has been phasing in the NHS Bowel Screening Programme since 2006, so far creating around 35 local screening centres in England. By the end of 2009 the programme should be completely rolled out across England with about 100 screening centres. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:00:00 PST
BD Diagnostics, a segment of BD (Becton, Dickinson and Company) (NYSE: BDX), announced today that it received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Premarket Approval (PMA) for the BD FocalPoint GS Imaging System. This innovative new system is designed to enhance cervical cancer screening for cytology laboratories using the BD SurePath Pap test slides to detect evidence of squamous carcinoma, adenocarcinoma and their usual precursor conditions.
Breast-Specific Gamma Imaging (BSGI) is shown to be an effective method of identifying mammographically and clinically occult (hidden) breast cancer. BSGI is a molecular breast imaging technique that can see lesions independent of tissue density and discover very early stage cancers.
A new Mayo Clinic study found that patients with low-grade gliomas survived longest when they underwent aggressive surgeries to successfully remove the entire tumor. If safely removing the entire tumor was not possible, patients survived significantly longer when surgery was followed by radiation therapy. This study is available online as an advance publication in Neuro-Oncology.
Women living in the most deprived areas of England are nearly twice as likely to be diagnosed with cervical cancer than their affluent counterparts – according to a report presented by national cancer director Professor Mike Richards at the Britain Against Cancer conference.
The report, published by the National Cancer Intelligence Network (NCIN), reveals a 'deprivation gap' that researchers believe is mainly fuelled by a lower uptake of cervical screening in deprived areas.
Breast-specific gamma imaging (BSGI) is effective in the detection of cancers not found on mammograms or by clinical exam, according to a study presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).
Reversing the conventional DNA wisdom
In work that represents a fundamental shift in scientists' understanding of DNA transcription, MIT researchers have found evidence that two DNA copying machines frequently start from the same site and move in different directions. Thu, 4 Dec 2008 00:00:00 EST
Going under the (robotic) knife
On Nov. 24, MIT students will show off their robotic engineering skills. They have been building robotic arms and writing software that will allow them to remotely make an incision in a silicone "organ" and remove a jelly bean masquerading as a tumor. Mon, 17 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST
Untangling DNA regulation
MIT biologists have discovered that the organization of DNA's packing material plays a critical role in directing stem cells to become different types of adult cells. The work could also shed light on the possible role of DNA packaging in cancer development. Thu, 6 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST
Tiny backpacks for cells
MIT engineers have outfitted cells with tiny "backpacks" that could allow them to deliver chemotherapy agents, diagnose tumors or become building blocks for tissue engineering. Thu, 6 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST
Genes sing different tunes in different tissues
Scientists have long known it's possible for one gene to produce slightly different forms of the same protein. Now, an MIT team has shown that this phenomenon, is far more prevalent and varies more between tissues than was previously believed. Sun, 2 Nov 2008 00:00:00 EST
