Researchers Identify Proteins That Indicate Which Kidney Tumors Are Most Likely To Spread
12/08/2012
Researchers at St. Michael's hospital have identified 29 proteins that are likely to be involved in the spread of kidney cancer. The discovery will help physicians recognize which tumours are going to behave more aggressively and provide those patients with more intensive treatment and closer followup...
African American Women With Breast Cancer Less Likely To Have Newer, Recommended Surgical Procedure
12/08/2012
African American women with early stage, invasive breast cancer were 12 percent less likely than Caucasian women with the same diagnosis to receive a minimally invasive technique, axillary sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsy, years after the procedure had become the standard of surgical practice, according to research from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center...
Researchers Find A Fungus That Could Fight Cancer
12/07/2012
Arthrobotrys oligospora, a fungus that feeds on roundworm, may be able to fight against cancer, according to research in Advanced Functional Materials. The study was conducted by a team led by Mingjun Zhang, an associate professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The researchers discovered that nanoparticles made by A...
Chemical In Red Wine May Prevent Cancer
12/07/2012
A chemical found in red wine is now thought to help prevent cancer. Scientists from the University of Leicester have been studying the effects of a compound found in red grapes, called resveratrol, which has many potential health benefits for humans...
Breath Test Could Possibly Diagnose Colorectal Cancer
12/07/2012
A new study published in BJS has demonstrated for the first time that a simple breath analysis could be used for colorectal cancer screening. The study is part of the "Improving Outcomes in Gastrointestinal Cancer" supplement. Cancer tissue has different metabolism compared to normal healthy cells and produces some substances which can be detected in the breath of these patients...
Less Invasive Surgery Detects Residual Breast Cancer In Lymph Nodes After Chemotherapy
12/07/2012
Most patients whose breast cancer has spread to their lymph nodes have most of the lymph nodes in their armpit area removed after chemotherapy to see if any cancer remains. A study conducted through the American College of Surgeons Oncology Group and led by Judy Boughey, M.D...
Researchers Have Identified 75 Genetic Regions That Influence Red Blood Cell Formation
12/07/2012
New research is revealing how red blood cells are made and how the body regulates the amount of haemoglobin that is packaged in red blood cells at any time. Genomic analysis techniques have doubled the number of genetic regions that are likely to be involved in red blood cell formation and subsequent study using fruit flies has given insights into what these regions do...
Skin Cancer Risk Includes More Than UV Exposure
12/07/2012
It's common knowledge that excessive UV exposure from sunlight raises your chances for skin cancer, but predicting whether someone will actually develop skin cancer remains difficult...
Unique Combination Of Diet And Radiation Therapy Successfully Destroys Brain Tumor Cells
12/07/2012
A team of brain cancer researchers at Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center has effectively treated brain tumor cells using a unique combination of diet and radiation therapy. The study, "The Ketogenic Diet Is an Effective Adjuvant to Radiation Therapy for the Treatment of Malignant Glioma," was published in PLOS ONE. Led by Adrienne C...
Roundworm-Eating Fungus Could Also Be A Cancer Fighter
12/07/2012
Arthrobotrys oligospora doesn't live a charmed life; it survives on a diet of roundworm. But a discovery by a team led by Mingjun Zhang, an associate professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, could give the fungus's life more purpose - as a cancer fighter. Zhang and his team have discovered that nanoparticles produced by A...