One of the indicators of a cell's health is the state of its DNA and containers - the chromosomes - so when these fuse together or suffer anomalies, they can become the source of illnesses like cancer and/or ageing processes...
Resistance To Anti-HER2 Therapy In Breast Cancer Patients May Be Delayed By Treatment Targeting PI3K
1/26/2013
Patients with HER2-positive breast cancer being treated with anti-HER2 therapy may be able to prevent or delay resistance to the therapy with the addition of a phosphatidylinositol-3 kinase inhibitor to their treatment regimens...
Association Between Blood Calcium And Ovarian Cancer Could Lead To Diagnostic Test
1/26/2013
A new study from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center is the first to report that high blood calcium levels might predict ovarian cancer, the most fatal of the gynecologic cancers. Lead author Gary G. Schwartz, Ph.D., a cancer epidemiologist at Wake Forest Baptist, and colleague, Halcyon G. Skinner, Ph.D...
Folic Acid Supplements Not Linked To Increased Cancer Risk
1/25/2013
Folic acid supplements are not liked to an increased cancer risk when taken for up to 5 years. The finding came from new research which looked at data on nearly 50,000 people and was published in The Lancet...
Novel Surgical Technique Being Tested For Uterine, Cervical Cancer Patients
1/25/2013
A technique initially used to spare breast tissue during surgery is being researched by an Indiana University School of Medicine physician to improve prognosis, reduce complications and spare lymph nodes in women with gynecological cancer. Emma Rossi, M.D...
Cervical Cancer-Causing Virus Found In The Brain, Shows Potential Connection To Epilepsy
1/25/2013
The virus becomes a potential new target for treating a common form of childhood epilepsy Researchers at Shriner's Hospital Pediatric Research Center at the Temple University School of Medicine, and the University of Pennsylvania have evidence linking the human papillomavirus 16 (HPV16) - the most common cause of cervical cancer - to a common form of childhood epilepsy...
Novel Surgical Technique Being Tested For Uterine, Cervical Cancer Patients
1/25/2013
A technique initially used to spare breast tissue during surgery is being researched by an Indiana University School of Medicine physician to improve prognosis, reduce complications and spare lymph nodes in women with gynecological cancer. Emma Rossi, M.D...
Cervical Cancer-Causing Virus Found In The Brain, Shows Potential Connection To Epilepsy
1/25/2013
The virus becomes a potential new target for treating a common form of childhood epilepsy Researchers at Shriner's Hospital Pediatric Research Center at the Temple University School of Medicine, and the University of Pennsylvania have evidence linking the human papillomavirus 16 (HPV16) - the most common cause of cervical cancer - to a common form of childhood epilepsy...
Among Female Smokers Risk Of Lung Cancer Death Has Risen Dramatically In Recent Decades
1/25/2013
Female smokers have a much greater risk of death from lung cancer and chronic obstructive lung disease (COLD) in recent years than did female smokers 20 or 40 years ago, reflecting changes in smoking behavior according to a Special Article published in this week's New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)...
Among Female Smokers Risk Of Lung Cancer Death Has Risen Dramatically In Recent Decades
1/25/2013
Female smokers have a much greater risk of death from lung cancer and chronic obstructive lung disease (COLD) in recent years than did female smokers 20 or 40 years ago, reflecting changes in smoking behavior according to a Special Article published in this week's New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)...