Minimally invasive colon cancer surgery leads to improved outcomes for elderly patients
10/10/2013
The chance of ending up in a nursing facility appears to be significantly lower for older patients who undergo a laparoscopic procedure than for those who have open surgical resection for colon cancer, according to a study presented during a scientific poster session at the 2013 Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons...
Potential new therapeutic target that prevents cell division
10/10/2013
Cell division is an essential process for the development of an organism. This process, however, can cause tumour growth when it stops working properly. Tumour cells accumulate alterations in their genetic material, and this makes them divide in an uncontrolled fashion, thus encouraging growth of the tumour...
Combination of anemia and high altitude negatively impacts children with pneumonia
10/10/2013
Pneumonia is the leading cause of death of young children around the world, and a study from an international group of researchers now finds that the risk of poor outcomes - including persistent pneumonia, secondary infections, organ failure or death - in children who contract pneumonia is four times higher in those who also have anemia and live at high altitudes (over 2,000 me...
PET imaging shown to be effective in predicting lung cancer outcomes
10/10/2013
Advanced imaging with Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scan shows great promise in predicting which patients with inoperable lung cancer have more aggressive tumors and need additional treatment following standard chemotherapy/radiation therapy, according to new research recently published online in the Journal of Clinical Oncology...
Minimally invasive colon cancer surgery leads to improved outcomes for elderly patients
10/10/2013
The chance of ending up in a nursing facility appears to be significantly lower for older patients who undergo a laparoscopic procedure than for those who have open surgical resection for colon cancer, according to a study presented during a scientific poster session at the 2013 Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons...
Protein identified that may predict thyroid cancer recurrence
10/10/2013
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, have taken the first steps to determine if a protein, called Programmed Death Ligand 1 (PD-L1), can help to predict which thyroid cancer patients will most likely have a recurrence of the disease. Study findings were presented at the 2013 Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons...
Tackle aging, not cancer and heart disease, for 'better returns'
10/10/2013
Medical research that brings about a delay to the aging process would represent a "better investment" than tackling specific diseases, such as cancer and heart disease, an economic analysis claims...
Pathway links heartburn and esophageal cancer
10/10/2013
Got heartburn? More than 60 million adults in the U.S. have acid reflux, or heartburn, and approximately 10 percent are at risk for developing esophageal cancer, due in part to complications from Barrett's esophagus. But researchers at Rhode Island Hospital discovered a pathway they believe links Barrett's esophagus to the development of esophageal cancer...
Sunscreen saves superhero gene
10/09/2013
Next time your kids complain about putting on sunscreen, tell them this: Sunscreen shields a superhero gene that protects them from getting cancer. It is widely accepted that sunscreen stops you from getting burnt but to date there has been academic debate about the effectiveness of sunscreen in preventing skin cancers...
Study identifies essential molecule in formation of differentiated blood cells
10/09/2013
New research in the Journal of Experimental Medicine identifies a protein that controls the formation of different types of mature blood cells - a finding that could be important to developing new treatments for blood diseases and helping realize the potential of regenerative medicine...