Prostate Cancer Researchers Developing Smart Drugs To Target Cancer Cells
11/23/2012
A medical researcher with the University of Alberta and his team just published their findings about their work on developing 'homing beacon drugs' that kill only cancer cells, not healthy ones, thanks to nano-technology...
The Addition Of Breast Tomosynthesis To Standard Digital Mammography Increases Diagnostic Accuracy
11/23/2012
The addition of three-dimensional breast imaging - a technology called tomosynthesis - to standard digital mammography significantly increases radiologists' diagnostic accuracy while reducing false positive recall rates, according to the results of a multi-center study published in Radiology...
Uncovering Reasons For Severe Bleeding In Hemophilia
11/23/2012
New insights into what causes uncontrollable bleeding in hemophilia patients are provided in a study published by Cell Press in the Biophysical Journal. By revealing that blood clots spread in traveling waves through vessels, the study offers new strategies that could lead to the development of more effective treatments for hemophilia as well as common cardiovascular disorders...
Lung Cancer Patients May Benefit From New Tumor Tracking Technique
11/22/2012
Medical physicists at Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson's Kimmel Cancer Center are one step closer to bringing a new tumor-tracking technique into the clinic that delivers higher levels of radiation to moving tumors, while sparing healthy tissue in lung cancer patients. Evidence has shown a survival advantage for lung cancer patients treated with higher doses of radiation...
Improved Chemotherapy For Childhood Cancer Possible Following Nanomedicine Breakthrough
11/22/2012
In a world-first, researchers from the Australian Centre for Nanomedicine at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in Sydney have developed a nanoparticle that could improve the effectiveness of chemotherapy for neuroblastoma by a factor of five...
Trial Results "Do Not Support The Use Of General Health Checks" Warn Experts
11/22/2012
Checks have not reduced number of deaths from cardiovascular disease or cancer Researchers have found that routine general health checks, which have become common practice in some countries, do not reduce the number of deaths from cardiovascular disease or cancer. They do, however, increase the number of new diagnoses...
Mutant Cells That Keep Trying To Replicate Their DNA Increase Cancer Risk
11/22/2012
Certain mutated cells keep trying to replicate their DNA - with disastrous results - even after medications rob them of the raw materials to do so, according to new research from USC...
Investigators Seeking Misregulated Mechanism In Human Cancers With The Help Of Fruit Flies
11/22/2012
Changes in how DNA interacts with histones - the proteins that package DNA - regulate many fundamental cell activities from stem cells maturing into a specific body cell type or blood cells becoming leukemic...
Vanderbilt-Led Study Finds Antioxidant Role In Prostate Tumor Growth
11/21/2012
Treating mice that develop an early stage of prostate cancer with antioxidants increases the proliferation of cells in the pre-cancerous lesions. The findings by Vanderbilt University Medical Center researchers, reported in the journal PLoS ONE, provide insight into the recent controversy regarding antioxidants and prostate cancer prevention...
Most Medicare Patients Wait Weeks Before Breast Cancer Surgery
11/21/2012
Although patients may feel anxious waiting weeks from the time of their first doctor visit to evaluate their breast until they have breast cancer surgery, new findings from Fox Chase Cancer Center show that these waits are typical in the United States. Results were published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology...