A new, pre-clinical study by researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center suggests that a novel drug combination could lead to profound leukemia cell death by disrupting the function of two major pro-survival proteins...
Prevention Hope For Acute Myeloid Leukemia
4/19/2013
Researchers from the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences in Japan have reported that they have identified a compound that could be used as a new treatment to prevent relapse in acute myeloid leukemia patients. In a study published in Science Translational Medicine, they show that this compound reduces the risk of relapse in a mouse model of the human disease...
Study Finds Some Minorities Believe They Are Less Likely To Get Cancer Compared To Whites
4/19/2013
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues analyzed national data to investigate the differences in cancer prevention beliefs by race and ethnicity. They found that minorities, including blacks, Asians and Hispanics, have differing beliefs about cancer prevention and feel they are less likely to get cancer than did whites...
Columbia Engineering researchers, led by Dimitris Anastassiou, Charles Batchelor Professor in Electrical Engineering and member of the Columbia Initiative in Systems Biology, have developed a new computational model that is highly predictive of breast cancer survival...
Potential Survival Predictor For Some Metastatic Melanoma Patients: CT And Serum LDH
4/19/2013
Combining CT imaging findings with baseline serum lactate dehydrogenase levels is showing promise as a way to predict survival in patients with metastatic melanoma being treated with anti-angiogenic therapy...
Size Of Lesions Seen On Chest CT Images Affected By Radiation Dose Level
4/19/2013
The estimated size of chest lymph nodes and lung nodules seen on CT images varies significantly when the same nodes or nodules are examined using lower versus higher doses of radiation, a new study shows. The size of lymph nodes and lung nodules is an important determinant of treatment and treatment success...
84 Percent Of Lung Cancer Patients Taking Crizotinib Found To Have Low Testosterone
4/19/2013
A previous study by the University of Colorado Cancer Center reported the common side effect of low testosterone in men treated with the recently approved lung cancer agent, crizotinib...
Genital Wart Rate In Young Women Plummets Thanks To HPV Vaccine, Claim Researchers
4/19/2013
Significant benefit also seen in men The proportion of young women diagnosed with genital warts in Australia has seen a significant decline thanks to the HPV vaccine, suggests a paper published today on bmj.com...
Spread Of Breast Cancer Linked To Kisspeptins Which Normally Inhibit Metastasis
4/19/2013
KISS 1 is a metastasis-suppressor gene which helps to prevent the spread of cancers, including melanoma, pancreatic and ovarian cancers to name a few. But new research from Western University's Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry shows that kisspeptins - peptide products of KISS1, actually make some breast cancers worse, with a higher tumor grade and metastatic potential...
Nearly Half Of All Deaths From Prostate Cancer Can Be Predicted Before Age 50
4/18/2013
A new design of screening could improve ratio between benefit and harms of screening Focusing prostate cancer testing on men at highest risk of developing the disease is likely to improve the ratio between benefits and the harms of screening, suggests a paper published this week on bmj.com...