Metformin May Treat Ovarian Cancer
12/03/2012
Diabetic patients with ovarian cancer who took the drug metformin for their diabetes had a better survival rate than patients who did not take it, a study headed by Mayo Clinic shows. The findings, published early online in the journal Cancer, may play an important role for researchers as they study the use of existing medications to treat different or new diseases...
Cancer Patients With Diabetes Ignore Blood Sugar At Their Peril
12/03/2012
When people with Type 2 diabetes are diagnosed with cancer -- a disease for which they are at higher risk -- they ignore their diabetes care to focus on cancer treatment, according to new Northwestern Medicine® research. But uncontrolled high blood sugar is more likely to kill them and impairs their immune system's ability to fight cancer...
Cancer Insight From Proteins That Work At The End Of DNA
12/03/2012
New insights into a protein complex that regulates the very tips of chromosomes could improve methods of screening anti-cancer drugs. Led by bioengineering professor Sua Myong, the research group's findings are published in the journal Structure...
Activating ALC1: With A Little Help From Friends
12/03/2012
Chromatin remodeling - the packaging and unpackaging of genomic DNA and its associated proteins - regulates a host of fundamental cellular processes including gene transcription, DNA repair, programmed cell death as well as cell fate...
Identification Of Gene Involved In Lung Tumor Growth
12/03/2012
Lung cancer researchers at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix, Ariz., in collaboration with researchers at the Translational Genomics Research Institute and other institutions, have identified a gene that plays a role in the growth and spread of non-small cell lung cancer tumors, opening the door for potential new treatment options...
Lowering Anxiety Via Meditation With Art Therapy Improves Outcomes In Breast Cancer
12/03/2012
Cancer and stress go hand-in-hand, and high stress levels can lead to poorer health outcomes in cancer patients. The Jefferson-Myrna Brind Center of Integrative Medicine combined creative art therapy with a Mindfulness-based Stress Reduction (MBSR) program for women with breast cancer and showed changes in brain activity associated with lower stress and anxiety after the eight-week program...
Treatment Delay For Advanced Breast Cancer Increases Mortality Risk
12/03/2012
Results from a new study conducted by researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC-James) show women who wait more than 60 days to begin treatment for advanced breast cancer face significantly higher risks of dying than women who start therapy shortly after diagnosis...
Metformin May Treat Ovarian Cancer
12/03/2012
Diabetic patients with ovarian cancer who took the drug metformin for their diabetes had a better survival rate than patients who did not take it, a study headed by Mayo Clinic shows. The findings, published early online in the journal Cancer, may play an important role for researchers as they study the use of existing medications to treat different or new diseases...
Mistletoe Found To Be Effective At Treating Colon Cancer
12/03/2012
New research reveals that mistletoe could act as possible therapy for those with colon cancer. Scientists from the University of Adelaide have found that the Christmas plant has properties that can be effective at killing the cancer cells and could potentially become a possible alternative to chemotherapy...
The Mechanisms Of Drug Resistance To Dual-Agent Chemotherapy In Ovarian Cancer
12/03/2012
More than half of all patients with ovarian cancer experience recurrent disease and will eventually fail to respond to chemotherapy. The failure of chemotherapy is usually due to the development of resistance to the two main classes of chemotherapy agents used to fight it - platinating agents and taxanes...