Study Finds Bladder Cancer Recurrence And Mortality Could Improve With Better Treatment Compliance
6/05/2013
Researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center led by Dr...
Nivolumab Tested For Safety In Kidney Cancer
6/05/2013
Researchers at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center presented a poster on a phase I clinical trial of Nivolumab, a PD-1 receptor blocking antibody, being used in combination with other drugs in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) at the ASCO Annual Meeting...
Treatment Decisions: Doctor's Advice For Cancer Patients
6/05/2013
Patients' desire for participation changes over the course of the disease What treatment a doctor recommends for advanced cancer not only depends on medical aspects. His relationship to the individual patients and his own view of their life situation at their age play a role. This was found out by a research team led by Dr...
Researchers Reveal Potential New Way To Suppress Tumor Growth
6/05/2013
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, with colleagues at the University of Rochester Medical Center, have identified a new mechanism that appears to suppress tumor growth, opening the possibility of developing a new class of anti-cancer drugs. Writing in this week's online Early Edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Willis X...
Hope Offered By New Treatment For Neuroblastoma
6/05/2013
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have found a promising strategy for defeating neuroblastoma - a malignant form of cancer in children - that focuses on the so-called MYCN protein. A specific chemical molecule helps to break down MYCN, which either kills the cancer cell or makes it mature into a harmless neuron...
Genetic Testing Could Protect Younger African Americans With Breast Cancer And Their Relatives
6/05/2013
A high percentage of African-American women with breast cancer who were evaluated at a university cancer-risk clinic were found to carry inherited genetic mutations that increase their risk for breast cancer...
Daily Sunscreen Use Prevents Skin Aging
6/04/2013
Daily sunscreen use greatly reduces skin aging, even in middle-aged men and women, according to new research in the Annals of Internal Medicine. Sunscreen and antioxidants have historically been shown to prevent skin aging, however, there has been no scientific evidence of their effectiveness...
Can Oral Sex Cause Throat Cancer?
6/04/2013
Michael Douglas was diagnosed with throat cancer (oropharyngeal cancer) three years ago. He initially said it was caused by years of heavy smoking, alcohol abuse and stress. However, he recently told The Guardian newspaper that it was caused by oral sex (cunnilingus)...
News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: June 3, 2013
6/04/2013
A potential gene therapy for Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IIIA Mucopolysaccharidosis Type IIIA (MPSIIIA) is a metabolic disorder in which the body is missing an enzyme that is required to break down long chains of sugars known as glycosaminoglycans. Over time, the glycosaminoglycans collect in the body and cause damage, particularly in the brain...
Researchers Discover New Weapon In Fight Against Cervical Cancer
6/04/2013
Scientists at the University of Leeds have found a way to target and destroy a key protein associated with the development of cervical and other cancers. The E7 protein is produced early in the lifecycle of the human papillomavirus (HPV) and blocks the body's natural defences against the uncontrolled division of cells that can lead to cancer...