Challenges Faced By Adolescent And Young Adult Cancer Survivors
4/30/2013
New research out of the George Washington University Cancer Institute (GWCI) focuses on the difficulties of transitioning to adulthood while dealing with the long-term and late effects of cancer and its treatment. The study was recently published in the Journal of Oncology Navigation and Survivorship, titled "Improving Cancer Survivorship for Adolescents and Adults...
Proteins, unlike diamonds, aren't forever. And when they wear out, they need to be degraded in the cell back into amino acids, where they will be recycled into new proteins...
New Scoring System Defines Hepatocellular Carcinoma Patients Who Achieve Most Benefit From TACE
4/30/2013
Data from a number of clinical trials presented at the International Liver Congress™ 2013 shed new light on the use of TACE and SIRT in the treatment of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC)...
Teen Pregnancy Linked To 50% Drop In Breast Cancer Risk
4/30/2013
A teen or early pregnancy have been linked to a drop in the risk of breast cancer by 50%, a new study published in BioMed Central's Breast Cancer Research finds. Researchers found that the Wnt/Notch signalling ratio was reduced in the breast tissue of mice that gave birth, compared to virgin mice among the same age group...
Student Researchers Get A New View Of The Dynamics Of Cancer Cells As They Metastasize
4/30/2013
A team of student researchers and their professors from 20 laboratories around the country have gotten a new view of cancer cells. The work could shed light on the transforming physical properties of these cells as they metastasize, said Jack R. Staunton, a Ph.D. candidate at Arizona State University in the lab of Prof. Robert Ros, and the lead author of a paper reporting on the topic...
New Oral Anticoagulant Drugs: A Guide From European Society Of Cardiology
4/30/2013
A practical guide on the use of the new oral anticoagulants (NOACs) has been produced by the European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). A guide was needed to summarise existing information on different drugs, to answer clinical questions that fall outside what drug companies can legally answer, and to make distinctions between the different drugs...
Visiting The Doctor Boosts Colon Cancer Screening Rates
4/29/2013
Screening rates increase even more when doctors discuss details of screening tests, Kaiser Permanente study finds Patients who visited their doctor for any reason were nearly six times more likely to be screened for colon cancer compared to those who didn't visit their doctor, according to a study funded by the National Cancer Institute and published online today in the Amer...
Cancer Cells Are Nimbler Than Non-Malignant Cells
4/29/2013
Clues about how cells become cancerous are revealed in a new catalogue of their physical and chemical features...
Connection Between Chemoresponse Assays And Improved Ovarian Cancer Survival Rates
4/29/2013
This spring, a team of researchers has released results from an eight-year study that shows improved survival rates for women diagnosed with ovarian cancer who undergo cancer tumor testing to determine the best treatment. Part of the team was Richard G...
Potential New Way To Detect Colorectal And Other Cancers
4/29/2013
A unique new study led by University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researchers Guo-Min Li and Libya Gu, in collaboration with Dr. Wei Yang at National Institutes of Health, reveals a novel mechanism explaining the previously unknown root cause of some forms of colorectal cancers...