Patient Navigators Credited For High Rate Of Follow Up Following High-Risk Breast Cancer Screening
4/09/2013
Low-income and minority women screened for breast cancer at Capital Breast Cancer Center (CBCC) in Washington, DC, exceed national standards in their rate of medical follow-up after a positive mammogram, according to a small study presented at the American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting 2013...
Researchers have uncovered the gene at the root of a human blood group that has remained a mystery for the past 60 years. They showed that a genetic deletion on this gene is responsible for the lack of this blood group in some people. With the discovery of the gene behind the Vel blood group, medical scientists can now develop a more reliable DNA test to identify people who lack this group...
Potential Novel Type Of Therapy For Ovarian Cancer
4/09/2013
A new antibody-guided drug has shown promising activity in a phase I trial involving ovarian cancer patients with platinum drug-resistant disease, researchers from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute reported at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research...
Promising Results For 2-Step Ovarian Cancer Immunotherapy Made From Patients' Own Tumor
4/09/2013
As many as three quarters of advanced ovarian cancer patients appeared to respond to a new two-step immunotherapy approach -- including one patient who achieved complete remission -- according research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania that was presented in a press conference at the AACR Annual Meeting 2013 (Presentation #LB-335)...
Virtual Colonoscopy Used Appropriately May Expand Screening To More Patients
4/09/2013
In 2009, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) halted reimbursement for so-called "virtual colonoscopy" for routine colon-cancer screening in asymptomatic patients, in part due to concerns over how this procedure, computed tomography colonography (CTC), was being used in the elderly population...
First Mutations Leading To Leukemia Identified
4/09/2013
The first mutations leading to leukemia in the mother's womb have been identified, according to researchers who sequenced the entire genomes of identical twins with the disease. The experts conducted their study at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, and published their findings in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)...
A new blood test revealed more of the gene mutations that sustain certain digestive-tract tumors than did a DNA analysis of a traditional tumor biopsy, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute investigators report at a special symposium of the American Association for Cancer Research annual meeting in Washington, April 6-10...
Mitochondrial Metabolic Regulator SIRT4 Guards Against DNA Damage
4/09/2013
Healthy cells don't just happen. As they grow and divide, they need checks and balances to ensure they function properly while adapting to changing conditions around them. Researchers studying a set of proteins that regulate physiology, caloric restriction and aging have discovered another important role that one of them plays...
Promising New Minimally Invasive, MRI-Guided Laser Treatment For Recurrent Glioblastoma
4/09/2013
The first-in-human study of the NeuroBlate™ Thermal Therapy System finds that it appears to provide a new, safe and minimally invasive procedure for treating recurrent glioblastoma (GBM), a malignant type of brain tumor...
Delayed Mammography Screening Can Increase Risk Of Breast Cancer Mortality
4/09/2013
The time between diagnosis of breast cancer among older women and their last mammogram is associated with a heightened risk of breast cancer mortality, according to new data presented at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting 2013. The finding highlights the need for continued mammography screening. Michael S. Simon, M.D., M.P.H...