Breast cancer surgery linked to swollen arm syndrome
8/07/2013
Breast cancer survivors who have extensive surgery are four times more likely to develop the debilitating disorder arm lymphoedema, a QUT study has found...
Blood pressure drugs linked to higher breast cancer risk
8/07/2013
Postmenopausal women who take a class of medicine for high blood pressure may be at a greater risk for developing breast cancer, according to a recent study by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center scientists...
How soy foods protect against colon cancer
8/07/2013
University of Illinois scientists have evidence that lifelong exposure to genistein, a bioactive component in soy foods, protects against colon cancer by repressing a signal that leads to accelerated growth of cells, polyps, and eventually malignant tumors...
Cancers linked to viruses lower than previously estimated
8/07/2013
The results of a large-scale analysis of the association between DNA viruses and human malignancies suggest that many of the most common cancers are not associated with DNA viruses. The findings, published in the August 2013 issue of the Journal of Virology, challenge earlier studies suggesting as high as 40 percent of tumors are caused by viruses...
Unexpected synergy between two cancer-linked proteins offers hope for personalised cancer therapy
8/07/2013
A team of scientists led by Associate Professor Zeng Qi[1] from A*STAR's Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB) have discovered a new biomarker which will help physicians predict how well cancer patients respond to cancer drugs...
A team of researchers at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at Columbia University Medical Center has identified 18 new genes responsible for driving glioblastoma multiforme, the most common - and most aggressive - form of brain cancer in adults. The study was published in Nature Genetics...
Vital enzyme complex found elevated in many cancers
8/07/2013
Wistar scientists decipher structure of NatA, an enzyme complex that modifies most human proteins A team of researchers from Philadelphia and Norway has determined the structure of an enzyme complex that modifies one end of most human proteins and is made at elevated levels in numerous forms of cancer...
How to unleash the immune system against cancer in mice without triggering autoimmune reactions
8/07/2013
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital scientists have discovered a way to target the immune system to shrink or eliminate tumors in mice without causing autoimmune problems. Researchers also found evidence that the same mechanism may operate in humans. The study was published in the advance online edition of Nature...
Breast cancer association with blood pressure drug
8/07/2013
Postmenopausal women who take a class of medicine for high blood pressure may be at a greater risk for developing breast cancer, according to a recent study by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center scientists...
Scientists find answers on sunburn pain
8/06/2013
Scientists have identified a molecule in the skin's epidermis called TRPV4 that causes the pain we feel from a sunburn. By identifying and inhibiting it, the researchers may have found a way to block the pain. The research, published online in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, involved studies conducted with both mouse models and human skin samples...