It is perhaps impossible to overstate the importance of the tumor suppressor gene p53. It is the single most frequently mutated gene in human tumors. p53 keeps pre-cancerous cells in check by causing cells, among other things, to become senescent - aging at the cellular level...
Research Likely To Improve Drugs Used To Fight Cancer, Diabetes And Other Diseases
1/15/2013
Even when at rest, the human body is a flurry of activity. Like a microscopic metropolis locked in a state of perpetual rush hour traffic, the trillions of cells that make us who we are work feverishly policing the streets, making repairs, building new structures and delivering important cargo throughout the bustling organic society...
Ultrasonic Testing With Doppler Imaging Can Rule Out Blood Clots In Pregnant Women
1/14/2013
Allows physicians to withhold anticoagulants rather than inappropriately using anticoagulants during pregnancy The use of serial compression ultrasonographic testing together with Doppler imaging appears to be a reliable method of ruling out blood clots in the legs of pregnant women, according to a study published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal)...
Bladder Cancers More Deadly In Smokers
1/14/2013
Smoking not only causes bladder cancer - it also affects its course, in that people who smoke more have greater likelihood of developing more aggressive and deadly disease. That is one of the conclusions of a new study published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society...
Physicians may soon have a new way to screen patients for Barrett's esophagus, a precancerous condition usually caused by chronic exposure to stomach acid...
Smoking Intensity And Cancer Markers Predict Seriousness Of Bladder Cancer
1/14/2013
Smoking not only causes bladder cancer - it also affects its course, in that people who smoke more have greater likelihood of developing more aggressive and deadly disease. That is one of the conclusions of a new study published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society...
Virtual Colonoscopy May Increase Colorectal Cancer Screening Compliance
1/14/2013
Availability of CT colonography (CTC), commonly known as virtual colonoscopy, is increasing colorectal cancer (CRC) screening rates across military medical facilities...
The Drawbacks Of Oral Chemotherapy
1/14/2013
As cancer treatment in pill form transforms how care is delivered, a new Michigan State University study underscores the challenges patients face in administering their own chemotherapy outside the supervised environment of a cancer clinic...
Fluorescently Labeled Molecules Highlight Cancer Spread During Surgery In Mouse Model
1/14/2013
One of the greatest challenges faced by cancer surgeons is to know exactly which tissue to remove, or not, while the patient is under anesthesia. A team of surgeons and scientists at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have developed a new technique that will allow surgeons to identify during surgery which lymph nodes are cancerous so that healthy tissue can be saved...
News From The Journal Blood: January 10, 2013
1/14/2013
Welcome to "This Week in Blood," a weekly snapshot of the hottest studies from each week's issue of Blood, the official journal of the American Society of Hematology (ASH), hand-picked by Blood Editor-in-Chief Bob L0wenberg, MD, and Deputy Editor Nancy Berliner, MD...