For women undergoing breast reconstruction using implants, most patient-reported outcomes are similar with two different shapes of silicone gel-filled implants, reports a study in the March issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS)...
Bioengineering researchers at University of California, Santa Barbara have found that changing the shape of chemotherapy drug nanoparticles from spherical to rod-shaped made them up to 10,000 times more effective at specifically targeting and delivering anti-cancer drugs to breast cancer cells...
New Study Confirms Potential Of Low-Dose CT To Prevent Lung Cancer Deaths In High-Risk Populations
3/01/2013
MITA Urges Coverage of LDCT to Further Reduce Lung Cancer Deaths The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) have commended a new study published in Cancer, the journal of the American Cancer Society, that concludes that low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) imaging of high-risk individuals has the potential to prevent 12,000 lung cancer deaths each year in the United States...
Grp170 Shows Potential As A "Cancer Vaccine"
3/01/2013
Preclinical, laboratory studies suggest a novel immunotherapy could potentially work like a vaccine against metastatic cancers, according to scientists at Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center...
New Study Confirms Potential Of Low-Dose CT To Prevent Lung Cancer Deaths In High-Risk Populations
3/01/2013
MITA Urges Coverage of LDCT to Further Reduce Lung Cancer Deaths The Medical Imaging & Technology Alliance (MITA) have commended a new study published in Cancer, the journal of the American Cancer Society, that concludes that low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) imaging of high-risk individuals has the potential to prevent 12,000 lung cancer deaths each year in the United States...
Cancers Resist Treatment By "Shuffling Their Genetic Pack"
3/01/2013
It is well-known in bowel cancer research that because of inherent "chromosomal instability", cancer cells manage to retain the upper hand by being able to "reshuffle" their genetic pack of cards, the chromosomes that hold the cells' DNA information, thus increasing cell diversity in tumors, which makes them difficult to treat...
Study Offers Hope In Fight Against Common Skin Cancer
3/01/2013
Hailed as a major step forward in the effort to develop targeted cancer therapies, a recently approved drug for the most common type of skin cancer has been a mixed blessing for patients. Although the initial response is usually dramatic, the tumors often recur as the cancer becomes resistant to treatment...
Leukemia Survival Improved By Infusion Of Stem Cells And Specially Generated T-Cells From Same Donor
3/01/2013
In a significant advance for harnessing the immune system to treat leukemias, researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center for the first time have successfully infused large numbers of donor T-cells specific for a key anti-leukemic antigen to prolong survival in high-risk and relapsed leukemia patients after stem cell transplantation...
Fukushima Residents Have Slightly Higher Cancer Risk
3/01/2013
There is a lightly higher risk of developing some types of cancers for people living near the site of the Fukushima nuclear power disaster, says a group of international experts who carried out an analysis. They added that the predicted risks for developing cancer for the general population living inside and outside Japan are relatively low...
Hyaluronan Production And Cancer Growth Affected By Cell Sugar Concentrations
3/01/2013
According to a recent University of Eastern Finland (UEF) study, elevated cell sugar concentrations increase the production of hyaluronan which, in turn, promotes cancer growth. Regulating the production of hyaluronan may be a way to prevent the spreading of cancer. Hyaluronan is a long, linear carbohydrate polymer present in the human body...