Enzyme PRSS3 Linked To Aggressive Prostate Cancer
12/30/2012
An enzyme, known as PRSS3, is specifically associated with aggressive prostate cancer risk, researchers from the Mayo Clinic, Florida reported this week in the journal Molecular Cancer Research...
Healthy Lifestyle During Menopause May Decrease Breast Cancer Risk Later On
12/30/2012
Obese, postmenopausal women are at greater risk for developing breast cancer and their cancers tend to be more aggressive than those in lean counterparts. A University of Colorado Cancer Center study published in the December issue of the journal Cancer Research shows how this risk might be prevented...
Enzyme PRSS3 Linked To Aggressive Prostate Cancer
12/29/2012
An enzyme, known as PRSS3, is specifically associated with aggressive prostate cancer risk, researchers from the Mayo Clinic, Florida reported this week in the journal Molecular Cancer Research...
Cancer Screening Rates Have Fallen In US
12/29/2012
Despite evidence that earlier diagnosis and improved treatment increases survival, rates of people seeking preventive cancer screening have fallen in the US in the last ten years...
Inability To Metabolize Tamoxifen Changes Breast Cancer Outcomes
12/29/2012
Breast cancer patients with a certain genetic liver enzyme alteration do not respond well to the hormone therapy tamoxifen as they have difficulty metabolizing the drug, leading to an increased risk of death and recurrence...
Are Bacteria Making You Hungry?
12/29/2012
Over the last half decade, it has become increasingly clear that the normal gastrointestinal (GI) bacteria play a variety of very important roles in the biology of human and animals. Now Vic Norris of the University of Rouen, France, and coauthors propose yet another role for GI bacteria: that they exert some control over their hosts' appetites...
MicroRNAs Present Exciting Opportunities For Cancer Therapy And Diagnosis
12/29/2012
As many as 50 percent of all human protein-coding genes are regulated by microRNA (miRNA) molecules. While some miRNAs impact onset and progression of cancer, others can actually suppress the development of malignant tumors and are useful in cancer therapy. They can also serve as potential biomarkers for early cancer detection...
Immediate Health Risk Must Be Weighed Against Radiation-Induced Cancer Risk
12/29/2012
The lifetime risks of cancer from medical radiation may be overemphasized relative to more immediate health risks, according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology. Radiation exposure from computed tomography (CT) and other medical sources has drawn considerable media attention in recent years...
The Factor That Could Influence Future Breast Cancer Treatment
12/29/2012
Australian scientists have shown in the laboratory how a 'transcription factor' causes breast cancer cells to develop an aggressive subtype that lacks sensitivity to estrogen and does not respond to known anti-estrogen therapies. The research, which has significant implications for breast cancer treatment, is published December 27 in the open access journal PLOS Biology...
Are Bacteria Making You Hungry?
12/29/2012
Over the last half decade, it has become increasingly clear that the normal gastrointestinal (GI) bacteria play a variety of very important roles in the biology of human and animals. Now Vic Norris of the University of Rouen, France, and coauthors propose yet another role for GI bacteria: that they exert some control over their hosts' appetites...