Treatment Switch For Neuroblastoma Stem Cell Transplants
4/26/2013
The stem cell transplant regimen that was commonly used in the United States to treat advanced neuroblastoma in children appears to be more toxic than the equally effective regimen employed in Europe and Egypt, according to a new study being presented at the 26th annual meeting of the American Society of Pediatric Hematology Oncology in Miami April 24-27. The U.S...
More than a quarter of a century after the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, many children and teenagers who developed thyroid cancer due to radiation are in complete or near remission, according to a recent study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM)....
Race, Income Linked To Breast Cancer Treatment Delays
4/25/2013
Women who delay treatment for breast cancer are less likely to survive, and this is especially observed in African-Americans, Hispanics, and those of low-income...
News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: April 24, 2013
4/25/2013
An ACE in the hole for hypertension There are multiple environmental triggers that contribute to high blood pressure (hypertension), including aging, obesity, stress, alcohol intake, and excess dietary salt; however, the physiological mechanisms that are regulated by these triggers are not fully understood...
More than 800 oncology professionals at European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology forum hear of pioneering treatment delivery, motion management and tumor-tracking technologies for tackling the growing lung cancer burden Cancer experts have reported future trends and progress in radiotherapy treatments for lung cancer using motion management and tumor-tracking technologie...
More Intensive Follow-Op Recommended For Obese Men After Benign Prostate Biopsy
4/25/2013
Obese men were more likely to have precancerous lesions detected in their benign prostate biopsies compared with non-obese men, and were at a greater risk for subsequently developing prostate cancer, according to researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health...
Vesicular Stomatitis Virus Kills Melanoma In Animal Model, Spares Normal Cells
4/25/2013
Researchers from Yale University School of Medicine have demonstrated that vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) is highly competent at finding, infecting, and killing human melanoma cells, both in vitro and in animal models, while having little propensity to infect non-cancerous cells...
Hundreds Of Tiny Untethered Surgical Tools Deployed In First Animal Biopsies
4/25/2013
By using swarms of untethered grippers, each as small as a speck of dust, Johns Hopkins engineers and physicians say they have devised a new way to perform biopsies that could provide a more effective way to access narrow conduits in the body as well as find early signs of cancer or other diseases...
Mango's Potential Health-Affirming Properties Explored
4/25/2013
Two of the most serious health conditions facing Americans today - obesity and cancer - are the subject of new mango nutrition research presented this week at the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) in Boston...
Home Health-Care Visits Increase Hepatitis B Screening Rates For Hmong Americans
4/25/2013
In the first study of its kind, lay health workers increased screening rates for hepatitis B virus (HBV) and knowledge about the disease among a group of Asian Americans, known as the Hmong, UC Davis researchers have found. The study appears online in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention...