Tumoral Texture Features May Be A Valuable Biomarker In Localized Esophageal Cancer
2/12/2013
CT texture analysis of primary tumors may be a potential imaging biomarker in localized esophageal cancer following neoadjuvant chemotherapy, according to research presented at the 2013 Cancer Imaging and Radiation Therapy Symposium. This Symposium is sponsored by the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) and the Radiological Society of North American (RSNA)...
SUVmax (Maximum Standardized Uptake Value) may be a significant and clinically independent marker to indicate progression-free survival in stage I non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients treated with stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT), according to research presented at the 2013 Cancer Imaging and Radiation Therapy Symposium...
Epigenetic Investigation Of Mice Can Contribute To Early Diagnosis Of Cancer In Humans
2/12/2013
Tumourigenesis is driven by genetic alterations and by changes in the epigenome, for instance by the addition of methyl groups to cytosine bases in the DNA. A deeper understanding of the interaction between the genetic and epigenetic mechanisms is critical for the selection of tumour biomarkers and for the future development of therapies...
Colorectal surgical patients are often discharged from the hospital with vague guidance on how to recognize complications, but researchers at the Michael DeBakey Veterans Administration (VA) Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, aim to change that scenario...
Exercise Reduces Prostate Cancer Risk In White Men
2/12/2013
Exercise reduces the risk of prostate cancer in white men. Working out can also lower the chance of developing more severe forms of the cancer in Caucasian males who have the disease. However, African-American men do not experience the same advantages from exercising...
For the first time, scientists have combined genomic and proteomic analysis of blood plasma to enhance identification of genetically regulated protein traits. This could be applied to any large association study of civilization diseases where blood plasma has been collected, vastly improving a clinician's ability to identify disease susceptibility in individuals and populations...
Rooting Out Recurrent Breast Cancer
2/12/2013
Due to chemotherapy resistance and a high rate of relapse, triple negative cancers are among the most difficult breast cancers to treat. In this issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, researchers led by Carlos Arteaga at Vanderbilt University identified a protein, TGF-β, that is highly expressed in triple negative breast cancer cells after chemotherapy...
Exercise Reduces Prostate Cancer Risk In White Men
2/12/2013
Exercise reduces the risk of prostate cancer in white men. Working out can also lower the chance of developing more severe forms of the cancer in Caucasian males who have the disease. However, African-American men do not experience the same advantages from exercising...
Epigenetic Investigation Of Mice Can Contribute To Early Diagnosis Of Cancer In Humans
2/12/2013
Tumourigenesis is driven by genetic alterations and by changes in the epigenome, for instance by the addition of methyl groups to cytosine bases in the DNA. A deeper understanding of the interaction between the genetic and epigenetic mechanisms is critical for the selection of tumour biomarkers and for the future development of therapies...
Colorectal surgical patients are often discharged from the hospital with vague guidance on how to recognize complications, but researchers at the Michael DeBakey Veterans Administration (VA) Medical Center and Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, aim to change that scenario...