Narrowing The Search For Biomarkers Of Drug Resistance In Head And Neck Cancer Patients
6/03/2013
Researchers from Fox Chase Cancer Center presented data at the 49th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology which shows the discovery of potential biomarkers that may be used to identify patients with head and neck cancer whose tumors are unlikely to respond to treatment by the targeted therapy cetuximab - a type of monoclonal antibody...
A Targeted Beam Of Energy Directed At Painful Sites Of Bone Metastases Can Cause Relief Within Days
6/03/2013
A high-dose of ultrasound targeted to painful bone metastases appears to quickly bring patients relief, and with largely tolerable side effects, according to new research presented by Fox Chase Cancer Center scientists at the 49th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology on Monday, June 3...
Mastectomy Often The First Choice For Young Breast Cancer Patients
6/03/2013
A new study of young women with breast cancer has found that most chose to have a mastectomy rather than a surgical procedure that would conserve the breast, researchers report at the 49th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, May 31-June 4, in Chicago...
RNA Aptamer A Potential New Weapon In Fight Against Cervical Cancer
6/03/2013
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...
Funding Cuts Could Halt Advances Against Cancer
6/03/2013
The rate of advances in clinical cancer research could stagnate after the recent cuts to biomedical research funding in the United States, warns ASCO President, President Sandra M. Swain, MD, FACP, in a briefing of the Society's 49th Annual Meeting in Chicago, Illinois...
Insight Into Key Protein Linked To Development Of Cancers And Neurodegenerative Disorders
6/03/2013
Virginia Commonwealth University researchers studying a key molecular player called Hsp70 that is responsible for protein homeostasis have uncovered how it binds together with another molecule responsible for intracellular energy transfer to enhance its overall activity and efficiency - details that have previously not been well understood...
Snapshot Of Fleeting Protein Process Shows How Actin Nucleation Begins
6/03/2013
Structural biologists from Rice University and Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) have captured the first three-dimensional crystalline snapshot of a critical but fleeting process that takes place thousands of times per second in each human cell. The research appears online in the journal Cell Reports and could prove useful in the study of cancer and other diseases...
Stimulating The Immune System To Fight Brain Tumors
6/03/2013
Research at Lund University in Sweden gives hope that one of the most serious types of brain tumor, glioblastoma multiforme, could be fought by the patients' own immune system. The tumors are difficult to remove with surgery because the tumor cells grow into the surrounding healthy brain tissue...
Novel Approach Identified For Creating Red Blood Cells, Platelets In Vitro
6/03/2013
A study led by Boston University School of Medicine has identified a novel approach to create an unlimited number of human red blood cells and platelets in vitro...
First Drug To Help Melanoma Of The Eye
6/02/2013
AstraZeneca's experimental drug, selumetinib, is the first targeted medication to show a significant clinical benefit for patients with melanoma of the eye (metastatic uveal melanoma), researchers from the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center explained at the 49th annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), in Chicago, Illinois...