How Breast Cancer Cells Acquire Drug Resistance
5/10/2013
A seven-year quest to understand how breast cancer cells resist treatment with the targeted therapy lapatinib has revealed a previously unknown molecular network that regulates cell death. The discovery provides new avenues to overcome drug resistance, according to researchers at Duke Cancer Institute...
Breast Cancer Oncogenes Muted By MicroRNA Cooperation
5/10/2013
A University of Colorado Cancer Center study recently published in the journal Cell Death & Disease shows that turning up a few microRNAs a little may offer as much anti-breast-cancer activity as turning up one microRNA a lot - and without the unwanted side effects...
Initiation Of Breast Cancer Treatment Varies By Race; Patient-Doctor Communication Is Key
5/10/2013
Black women with breast cancer were found to be three times more likely than their white counterparts to delay treatment for more than 90 days - a time delay associated with increased deaths from the disease, according to a new study led by researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center...
Bladder Cancer Deserves Urgent Attention
5/09/2013
It is the 4th most common cancer in men[1] (and 11th in women), but bladder cancer remains an extremely low priority in the UK. Action on Bladder Cancer[2] (ABC) reports that almost half (45%) of the UK public do not know that even just one episode of blood in the urine, the most common warning sign, could mean bladder cancer...
Joint Guideline For Radiation Therapy After Prostatectomy Issued By ASTRO And AUA
5/09/2013
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) and the American Urological Association (AUA) are pleased to announce the publication of the joint guideline on radiation therapy after prostatectomy for patients with and without evidence of prostate cancer recurrence...
The Many Benefits Of Robot-Assisted Kidney Cancer Surgery Do Not Include Cost
5/09/2013
Robot-assisted surgery to remove kidney cancers has seen a rapid increase in use, and has both replaced and proven safer than laparoscopic procedures for the same purpose, according to a study by the Vattikuti Urology Institute at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit...
Engineered Spider Protein Promises Easier Anti-Venom Vaccines With Fewer Side Effects
5/09/2013
Researchers in Brazil have engineered a new protein from the toxin of a reaper spider that could herald a new generation of anti-venom vaccines...
Risk For Prostate Cancer Likely Increased By Sleep Problems
5/09/2013
Men who reported sleep problems, including difficulty falling asleep and staying asleep, had up to a twofold increased risk for prostate cancer, according to data published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. "Sleep problems are very common in modern society and can have adverse health consequences," said Lara G...
Antibody Offers Possible Treatment For Serious Blood Cancer
5/09/2013
A single antibody could be the key to treating multiple myeloma, or cancer of the blood, currently without cure or long-term treatment. "We tested the antibody in various ways, including on tumour cells from myeloma patients that have been transplanted into mice...
Breast Cancer Risk May Be Reduced By Exercise-Related Changes In Estrogen Metabolism
5/09/2013
Changes in estrogen breakdown, or metabolism, may be one of the mechanisms by which aerobic exercise lowers a woman's breast cancer risk, according to data published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research...