Apoptosis Triggers Replication of Common Viruses: Children's National Study
8/30/2013
Researchers from Children's National Medical Center have found that an alternate, "escape" replication process triggered by apoptosis - the process of cell death or "cell suicide" - appears to be common in human herpesviruses (HHV). The findings have implications for better understanding of viruses and of disease conditions and treatments, like chemotherapy, that stimulate apoptosis...
Promising therapeutic target for hard-to-treat brain tumor
8/30/2013
Johns Hopkins researchers say they have found a specific protein in nearly 100 percent of high-grade meningiomas -- the most common form of brain tumor -- suggesting a new target for therapies for a cancer that does not respond to current chemotherapy...
School-age drinking 'may increase breast cancer risk'
8/30/2013
The more alcohol a female consumes between her first menstrual cycle and her first full-term pregnancy, the higher her risk of breast cancer, according to a study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Researchers analyzed the health history of 91,005 mothers with no history of cancer who were a part of the Nurses' Health Study II from 1989 to 2009...
Bone loss in women with breast cancer may not be prevented by calcium supplements
8/30/2013
Women undergoing treatment for breast cancer are widely prescribed calcium and vitamin D supplements to prevent and manage osteoporosis, an unwanted side effect of breast cancer therapies. However, new research from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center finds that the recommended daily doses of these supplements may not prevent loss of bone mineral density (BMD) in these women...
What is a breast biopsy?
8/30/2013
A breast biopsy is the surgical removal of a small sample of breast tissue or cells to be tested for breast cancer. The doctor may recommend a biopsy if the patient has an abnormal mammogram or a lump in the breast. Why have a breast biopsy? A breast biopsy can be recommended for one of several reasons...
Even with access to health care, African-American women are less likely to receive the vaccine for human papillomavirus (HPV), which reduces the risk for cervical cancer, according to a study by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine...
Even with access to health care, African-American women are less likely to receive the vaccine for human papillomavirus (HPV), which reduces the risk for cervical cancer, according to a study by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine...
Thyroid ultrasound imaging could be used to identify patients who have a low risk of cancer for whom biopsy could be postponed, according to a study by Rebecca Smith-Bindman, M.D., of the University of California, San Francisco, and colleagues...
New imaging techniques are fuelling an epidemic in diagnosis and treatment of thyroid cancers that are unlikely to ever progress to cause symptoms or death, warn experts on bmj.com. New technologies such as ultrasound, CT and MRI scanning can detect thyroid nodules as small as 2mm - many of these small nodules are papillary thyroid cancers...
Terminology used to describe preinvasive breast cancer may affect patients' treatment preferences
8/29/2013
When ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS, a preinvasive malignancy of the breast) is described as a high-risk condition rather than cancer, more women report that they would opt for nonsurgical treatments, according to a research letter by Zehra B. Omer, B.A., of Massachusetts General Hospital - Institute for Technology Assessment, Boston, and colleagues...