A new study by a team of researchers from the University of Notre Dame provides an important new insight into how cancer cells are able to avoid the cell death process. The findings may suggest a chemotherapeutic approach to prevent the spread of cancers...
Men Who Can't Produce Sperm Face Increased Cancer Risk, Stanford-Led Study Finds
6/25/2013
Men who are diagnosed as azoospermic - infertile because of an absence of sperm in their ejaculate - are more prone to developing cancer than the general population, a study led by a Stanford University School of Medicine urologist has found. And a diagnosis of azoospermia before age 30 carries an eight-fold cancer risk, the study says...
700 Women With Urinary Cancers Missing Out On Prompt Diagnosis Every Year
6/25/2013
Family doctors may be attributing bladder and kidney cancer symptoms to harmless causes Around 700 women in England with symptoms of kidney or bladder cancer are missing out on prompt diagnosis and treatment of their condition every year, reveals research in the online only journal BMJ Open...
Iron Dosing Regimens Affect Dialysis Patients' Infection Risk
6/25/2013
While intravenous iron is critical for maintaining the health of many dialysis patients, administering large doses over a short period of time increases patients' risk of developing serious infections, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology (JASN). Smaller doses given for a longer period of time appears to be much safer...
40% Of People Get A Sunburn On Purpose To Deepen Tan
6/24/2013
Two-fifths of people (40%) have reported they get a sunburn on purpose to "deepen" a tan, despite the fact that getting a painful sunburn just once every two years can increase the likelihood for skin cancer three-fold...
Why Does Promising Anti-Cancer Therapy Suddenly Stop Working?
6/24/2013
Why does anti-cancer therapy stop working at a specific stage? Scientists in Israel and the USA believe they have made a breakthrough in understanding why a hopeful anti-cancer therapy fails to destroy tumor cells successfully...
Tumour "Tweets" Influence Other Cells
6/24/2013
Groundbreaking research from Australia reveals that brain tumours release small bits of information, rather like "tweets", that interact with blood vessel cells in a way that causes them to undergo significant changes. The researchers believe the discovery may lead to new treatments...
UPMC'S 'Big Data' Technology Shows Promise In Breast Cancer Research
6/24/2013
Only eight months into its $100 million, five-year enterprise analytics effort, UPMC and its research partners at the University of Pittsburgh are starting to see the potential of this "big data" technology for accelerating scientific discoveries and the promise of personalized medicine...
Herding Cancer Cells To Their Death
6/24/2013
An advanced tumor is a complex ecosystem. Though derived from a single cell, it evolves as it grows until it contains several subspecies of cells that vary dramatically in their genetic traits and behaviors. This cellular heterogeneity is what makes advanced tumors so difficult to treat...
Virus Combination Effective Against Deadly Brain Tumor, Moffitt Cancer Center Study Shows
6/24/2013
A combination of the myxoma virus and the immune suppressant rapamycin can kill glioblastoma multiforme, the most common and deadliest malignant brain tumor, according to Moffitt Cancer Center research. Peter A. Forsyth, M.D...