In recent years, it has been thought that select sets of genes might reveal cancer patients' prognoses. However, a study published last year examining breast cancer cases found that most of these "prognostic signatures" were no more accurate than random gene sets in determining cancer prognoses...
Discovery Of Alterations In Telomerase Gene Could Lead To Treatment For Malignant Melanoma
1/29/2013
About ten percent of all cases of malignant melanoma are familial cases. The genome of affected families tells scientists a lot about how the disease develops. Prof. Dr. Rajiv Kumar of the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) together with Prof. Dr...
Abuse May Affect Cancer-Related Well-Being In Female Patients: UK Study
1/29/2013
A new study by University of Kentucky researchers shows evidence that certain forms of abuse negatively influence women cancer patients' quality of life...
Investigating Prostate Cancer Diagnoses And Treatment Delivery For Black Men Living In Ghana
1/29/2013
Infectious diseases in Ghana tend to capture the most attention, but a quiet crisis may soon take over as the country's most threatening epidemic: cancer. A new study published in January in the journal BMC Cancer, led by Kosj Yamoah, M.D., Ph.D...
Mouse Model Of Prostate Cancer Improves Understanding Of Complex Stress-Cancer Interactions
1/29/2013
Not surprisingly, a cancer diagnosis creates stress. And patients with prostate cancer show higher levels of anxiety compared to other cancer patients...
Patients With Chronic Ailments Benefit From Medical Cannabis - From Improved Appetite To Pain Relief
1/29/2013
Though controversial, medical cannabis has been gaining ground as a valid therapy, offering relief to suffers of diseases such as cancer, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, ALS and more. The substance is known to soothe severe pain, increase the appetite, and ease insomnia where other common medications fail...
The Time Has Come To Treat Anemia Seriously
1/29/2013
Up to one-third of patients undergoing surgery in Ontario have a treatable form of anemia but are not optimally treated for it. A paper published online in the Canadian Journal of Anesthesia says that hospitals that do treat patients with anemia have better outcomes, including fewer blood transfusions and infections and shorter hospital stays...
Melanoma Genes Found In "Junk" DNA
1/28/2013
US scientists have found two new mutations in non-coding (formerly dubbed "junk") DNA that occur in 71% of malignant melanomas. They say the highly recurrent mutations may be the most common in this deadliest form of skin cancer, more common than the already well-known protein-coding BRAF gene, and may well offer an alternative target for treatment...
Melanoma Genes Found In "Junk" DNA
1/28/2013
US scientists have found two new mutations in non-coding (formerly dubbed "junk") DNA that occur in 71% of malignant melanomas. They say the highly recurrent mutations may be the most common in this deadliest form of skin cancer, more common than the already well-known protein-coding BRAF gene, and may well offer an alternative target for treatment...
Breast Cancer Survival Better After Lumpectomy Than Mastectomy
1/28/2013
Women with small early breast cancers may have a better chance of survival if they have lumpectomy plus radiation therapy than mastectomy, according to a new analysis due to be published early online in the journal Cancer this week...