Scientists Unlock Hidden Potential Of Cutting-Edge Cancer Drugs
3/21/2013
A class of cutting-edge cancer drugs could keep patients alive for much longer than they do now following a major new discovery about exactly how they attack tumours. Scientists have hailed the finding "unexpected and exciting". The drugs, known as kinase inhibitors, are some of the most heralded of the new kind of targeted therapies, with 25 already in use and around 400 under development...
Chronic Fatigue In Adults May Be An Increased Risk For Survivors Of Childhood Leukemia And Lymphoma
3/21/2013
Chronic fatigue, a persistent lack of energy that does not improve with rest, is at least three times more prevalent among adult survivors of acute lymphoblastic leukemia and lymphoma experienced during childhood or adolescence than in the general adult population, according to an article in Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology (JAYAO), a multidisciplinary peer-revie...
Identifying Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia Patients With Increased Risk Of Prostate Cancer
3/21/2013
Patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) carrying prostate cancer (PCa) a risk alleles are a potential target population for PCa screening and follow-up, according to a study, which was presented at the 28th Annual EAU Congress in Milan...
In High-Risk Prostate Cancer, Zoledronic Acid Not Found To Prevent Bone Metastases
3/21/2013
The initial study results of the Zometa European Study (ZEUS) showed no difference in the incidence of bone metastases between the Zometa group and control arm, said Prof. Manfred Wirth during the closing and fourth plenary session of the 28th Annual EAU Congress...
Failures In Chromosome Protection Linked To Cancer For The First Time
3/21/2013
A study published in the journal Nature Genetics explores a new mechanism that may contribute to the development of several tumours, including Chronic Lymphocytic Leukaemia, a type of cancer that affects more than a thousand new patients in Spain each year...
Humans have between 20,000 and 25,000 genes that carry instructions for assembling the proteins that do the work of cells. Work led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital found that children who inherit certain variations in four particular genes are at much higher risk of developing acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL)...
Huge Improvement In Ability To Pinpoint Proteins In Cancer Cells
3/21/2013
Better diagnosis and treatment of cancer could hinge on the ability to better understand a single cell at its molecular level. New research offers a more comprehensive way of analyzing one cell's unique behavior, using an array of colors to show patterns that could indicate why a cell will or won't become cancerous...
Anti-Nausea Drug Destroys Brain Tumor Cells
3/21/2013
New research from the University of Adelaide has shown for the first time that the growth of brain tumors can be halted by a drug currently being used to help patients recover from the side effects of chemotherapy. The discovery has been made during a study looking at the relationship between brain tumors and a peptide associated with inflammation in the brain, called "substance P"...
A newly identified set of genes may predict which women are at high risk for getting breast cancer that is sensitive to estrogen and, therefore, would be helped by taking drugs to prevent it, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study...
Tiny, Portable Personal Blood Testing Implant That Sends Data Through Mobile Phone Network
3/21/2013
Humans are veritable chemical factories - we manufacture thousands of substances and transport them, via our blood, throughout our bodies. Some of these substances can be used as indicators of our health status. A team of EPFL scientists has developed a tiny device that can analyze the concentration of these substances in the blood...