Novel Hypothesis On Curing Late-Stage Cancers Published By Nobel Laureate James Watson
1/09/2013
"Although mortality from many cancers has been steadily falling, particularly those of the blood [i.e., leukemias], the more important statistic may be that so many epithelial cancers (carcinomas) and effectively all mesenchymal cancers (sarcomas) remain largely incurable." With these words as preface, Nobel laureate James D. Watson, Ph.D...
Pitt Vaccine Triggers Immunity To Prevent Colon Cancer
1/09/2013
A first-of-its-kind vaccine developed by University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute (UPCI) researchers successfully prompted the immune system to respond to early indications of colon cancer in people at high risk for the disease...
Increasing HPV Vaccination Coverage Needed To Decrease HPV-Associated Cancer Incidence
1/09/2013
Despite the decline in cancer death rates in the U.S., there is an increase in incidence rates for cancers associated with human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and more efforts are needed to increase HPV vaccination coverage levels to prevent the occurrence of these cancers in the future according to a study published n the Journal of the National Cancer Institute...
Improved Survival After Esophageal Cancer Surgery Likely With Centralization To Fewer Surgeons
1/09/2013
Patients who undergo surgery for oesophageal cancer have a much greater chance of long term survival if the operation is carried out by a surgeon who has performed this particular operation many times before. This according to a new, large-scale study conducted by researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden, and published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology...
Increasing HPV Vaccination Coverage Needed To Decrease HPV-Associated Cancer Incidence
1/09/2013
Despite the decline in cancer death rates in the U.S., there is an increase in incidence rates for cancers associated with human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and more efforts are needed to increase HPV vaccination coverage levels to prevent the occurrence of these cancers in the future according to a study published n the Journal of the National Cancer Institute...
Breast Cancer Screening Costs High And May Not Predict Better Results
1/08/2013
Medicare is putting out about as much money for screening breast cancer as it does treating it, claims a new study in JAMA Internal Medicine. Screening expenses for breast cancer in the Medicare program reached over $1 billion per year in the fee-for-service program during 2006 to 2007 with significant variations by regions due to new and more costly technologies...
Fox Chase Cancer Center, a National Cancer Institute-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center, is now offering patients with advanced cancer a cutting-edge clinical test that will provide them with a unique blueprint of their cancer genes...
Stem Cell Study Seeks Targeted Therapies For Ovarian Cancer
1/08/2013
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have identified a key link between stem cell factors that fuel ovarian cancer's growth and patient prognosis. The study, which paves the way for developing novel targeted ovarian cancer therapies, is published online in the current issue of Cell Cycle. Lead author Yingqun Huang, M.D...
Stem Cell Study Seeks Targeted Therapies For Ovarian Cancer
1/08/2013
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have identified a key link between stem cell factors that fuel ovarian cancer's growth and patient prognosis. The study, which paves the way for developing novel targeted ovarian cancer therapies, is published online in the current issue of Cell Cycle. Lead author Yingqun Huang, M.D...
Researchers Describe Protein Essential For Healthy Eyes
1/08/2013
Researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, in collaboration with researchers at the Salk Institute in California, have found for the first time that a specific protein is essential not only for maintaining a healthy retina in the eye, but also may have implications for understanding and possibly treating other conditions in the immune, reproductive, vascular and nervou...