Breast Cancer Survivors Win When Teaming Up For Community Races
4/16/2013
Breast cancer survivors training together for a spring walk or run not only challenge images of being sick with cancer, but also personally benefit physically, emotionally and mentally, says a Purdue University expert...
Like finally seeing all the gears of a watch and how they work together, researchers from UCLA and UC Berkeley have, for the first time ever, solved the puzzle of how the various components of an entire telomerase enzyme complex fit together and function in a three-dimensional structure...
Expanding Obstetric And Breast Imaging Programs In Underserved Area Of Uganda
4/16/2013
Radiologists are a step closer to implementing a program in an underserved region of Uganda for diagnosing and treating women with palpable breast masses. The program combines a unique diagnostic algorithm along with targeted community outreach, said medical student Chris Duncan working with the organization Imaging the World...
Tomosynthesis (3D mammography) is better able to show infiltrating ductal carcinoma than 2D mammography in women at increased risk of breast cancer, a new study shows. As part of the study, six breast imaging specialists reviewed both 2D and 3D mammography images of 56 cancers diagnosed in patients at intermediate or high risk of breast cancer...
Targets, Treatments For Colon, Ovarian And Prostate Cancer
4/16/2013
Research on a soy-based treatment for colorectal cancer, a promising agent in ovarian cancer, and a new drug target for advanced prostate cancer was presented at the American Association for Cancer Research 2013 Annual Meeting. The meeting took place in Washington, DC...
Gene Print Can Predict Who Will Survive Chemotherapy
4/16/2013
An eight gene "signature" or print, can predict the time of relapse-free survival following chemotherapy, a new study suggests in the journal BMC Medicine...
Higher Than Expected Rates Of Adenoma Detection Reported
4/16/2013
Researchers at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida, report in a new study that average-risk screening adenoma detection rates (ADR) are significantly higher than current guidelines suggest for both men and women. The study found that the overall average-risk screening ADR was 33.7 percent for both genders combined. Women had a 25...
Cancers' Achilles' Heel Exposed By Genetic Master Controls
4/16/2013
In a surprising finding that helps explain fundamental behaviors of normal and diseased cells, Whitehead Institute scientists have discovered a set of powerful gene regulators dubbed "super-enhancers" that control cell state and identity...
New Drug Target Discovered For Metastatic Breast Cancer
4/16/2013
Research led by Dr. Suresh Alahari, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, is the first to report that two specific tumor suppressor genes work in concert to inhibit the growth and spread of breast tumor cells to the lungs. The research is published online in the Journal of Biological Chemistry...
Advances In Understanding Of Genetic Defects Underlying Childhood Low-Grade Gliomas
4/15/2013
The St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - Washington University Pediatric Cancer Genome Project has identified mutations responsible for more than half of a subtype of childhood brain tumor that takes a high toll on patients. Researchers also found evidence the tumors are susceptible to drugs already in development...