New Study Adds Prostate To Cancers Associated With Lynch Syndrome
4/02/2013
Men with an inherited genetic condition called Lynch syndrome face a higher lifetime risk of developing prostate cancer and appear to develop the disease at an earlier age, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. Lynch syndrome is an inherited condition linked to a higher risk of several types of cancer...
Researchers at Mayo Clinic Cancer Center have developed new guidelines to treat recently diagnosed multiple myeloma patients who are not participating in clinical trials. The guidelines give physicians practical, easy to follow recommendations for providing initial therapy, stem cell transplant and maintenance therapy...
Mutated Histone Directly Links A Protein To A Rare Brain Stem Cancer In Children
4/02/2013
Most cancer treatments are blunt. In an attempt to eradicate tumors, oncologists often turn to radiation or chemotherapy, which can damage healthy tissue along with the cancerous growths. New research from C. David Allis' laboratory at Rockefeller University may bring scientists closer to designing cancer therapeutics that can target tumors with pinpoint accuracy...
Targeting Early-Morning Smoking May Reduce Risk For Lung And Oral Cancers
4/02/2013
The sooner a person smokes a cigarette upon waking in the morning, the more likely he or she is to acquire lung or oral cancer, according to Penn State researchers...
The Effects Of Combined Hormone Therapy On Breast Cancer Risk
4/02/2013
Dr. Rowan Chlebowski, MD, PhD, Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute lead researcher and author of a study released by the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, issued the following statement regarding the latest findings from the Women's Health Initiative, the largest-ever study of hormonal therapy in post-menopausal women. The study Dr...
Coal-Tar-Sealing Of Pavements May Increase Risk Of Cancer
4/02/2013
People living near asphalt pavement sealed with coal tar have an elevated risk of cancer, according to a study in the journal Environmental Science and Technology. Much of this calculated excess risk results from exposures in children, age six or younger, to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) from the sealant...
Potential New Treatments For Hormone-Therapy-Related Breast Cancers
4/02/2013
More than 100 women per day die from breast cancer in the United States. The odds of developing breast cancer increase for women taking hormone replacement therapy to avoid the effects of menopause. New research by University of Missouri scientist Salman Hyder may lead to treatments for breast cancers associated with taking these synthetic hormones...
Novartis Loses In Patent Court Ruling, India
4/01/2013
India's Supreme Court turned down Novartis' patent bid for an updated version of Glivec (imatinib mesylate), its blockbusting leukemia medication, saying that the updated compound "did not satisfy the test of novelty or inventiveness" required by the country's legislation. The ruling means that generic drugmakers can continue manufacturing and selling copies of Glivec at low prices...
One Of The Earliest Possible Changes In The Development Of Prostate Cancer Detected By Scientists
4/01/2013
SCIENTISTS at the University of York have discovered the driving force behind the development of prostate cancer. Their research, published in Nature Communications and funded by the charity Yorkshire Cancer Research, reveals the existence of a cancer inducing DNA re-alignment in stem cells taken from human prostate cancers...
In a laboratory study pairing food chemistry and cancer biology, scientists at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center tested the potentially harmful effect of foods and flavorings on the DNA of cells. They found that liquid smoke flavoring, black and green teas and coffee activated the highest levels of a well-known, cancer-linked gene called p53...