Study: Barriers To Prostate Cancer Care: Affordable Care Is Not Enough
3/07/2013
A combination of financial, cultural and communication barriers plays a role in preventing underserved Latino men with prostate cancer from accessing the care and treatment they need, according to a new study by researchers at the UCLA School of Nursing...
Inhibiting Protein Prevents Metastasis To Lungs In Mouse Model Of Melanoma
3/07/2013
Researchers have identified a critical protein role in the metastasis of melanoma, the most serious form of skin cancer...
Study Supports Current Screening Practices And Recommendations For Colonoscopy
3/07/2013
A new study led by a researcher at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania adds support to current medical recommendations stating that screening colonoscopy substantially reduces an average-risk adult's likelihood of being diagnosed with advanced colorectal cancer (CRC) in either the right or left side of the colon...
First Successful Blocking Of Tumor Development In A Genetic Mouse Model Of An Incurable Human Cancer
3/07/2013
"To my knowledge, this is the first time that a mouse model of a genetically defined malignant human cancer has been generated in which the formation of the tumor from beginning to end can be monitored and in which blocking the pathway cures the mouse of the tumor," said Dr...
Imroved Understanding Of Peripheral Neuropathy
3/07/2013
One in 25,000 people worldwide is affected by neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2), a condition where the loss of a tumour suppressor called Merlin results in multiple tumours in the brain and nervous system. Sufferers may experience 20 to 30 tumours at any one time and such numbers often lead to hearing loss, disability and eventually death...
What Is Stomach Cancer? What Is Gastric Cancer?
3/07/2013
Stomach cancer, also known as gastric cancer, is the accumulation of an abnormal (malignant, cancerous) group of cells that form a tumor in any part of the stomach - in most cases, it refers to cancer that starts off in the mucus-producing cells on the lining of the inside of the stomach (adenocarcinoma)...
Prostate Cancer Visualized Using Novel Small Molecules
3/07/2013
Two novel radiolabeled small molecules targeting prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) have excellent potential for further development as diagnostic and therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals, according to research published this month in The Journal of Nuclear Medicine...
Base Deficit A Better Way Of Estimating Blood Loss
3/07/2013
Research suggests that there may be a better way of measuring blood loss due to trauma than the current method, finds an article in BioMed Central's open access journal Critical Care...
Prostate Cancer Visualized Using Novel Small Molecules
3/07/2013
Two novel radiolabeled small molecules targeting prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) have excellent potential for further development as diagnostic and therapeutic radiopharmaceuticals, according to research published this month in The Journal of Nuclear Medicine...
What Is Stomach Cancer? What Is Gastric Cancer?
3/07/2013
Stomach cancer, also known as gastric cancer, is the accumulation of an abnormal (malignant, cancerous) group of cells that form a tumor in any part of the stomach - in most cases, it refers to cancer that starts off in the mucus-producing cells on the lining of the inside of the stomach (adenocarcinoma)...