Deadly Skin Cancer Metastasis May Be Halted Following Research Breakthrough
11/18/2012
In laboratory experiments, scientists have eliminated metastasis, the spread of cancer from the original tumor to other parts of the body, in melanoma by inhibiting a protein known as melanoma differentiation associated gene-9 (mda-9)/syntenin. More than 1 million cases of skin cancer are diagnosed each year in the U.S., and melanoma is the deadliest form...
Link Between Heart Failure In Older Breast Cancer Patients And Medication
11/18/2012
Heart failure is a relatively common complication in older women with breast cancer, but the risk is even higher in those patients treated with adjuvant trastuzumab (Herceptin©), Yale School of Medicine researchers report in the current issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology...
Five Fall Foods That Protect Against Cancer
11/17/2012
There are an abundance of foods available this fall season that can help protect against cancer. Autumn is the best time to eat lots of fruits and vegetables because most of them are at their nutritional peak...
Alternative To Brachytherapy: Potential New Technique For Anticancer Radiotherapy
11/17/2012
A promising new approach to treating solid tumors with radiation was highly efficacious and minimally toxic to healthy tissue in a mouse model of cancer, according to data published in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. Some patients with solid tumors, including prostate cancer, are treated using a clinical technique called brachytherapy...
In Mouse Model, Dietary Glucose Affects The Levels Of A Powerful Oncogene
11/17/2012
An animal study conducted by researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center raises questions about the consequences of diet - specifically glucose, the plant-based sugar that fuels cell life - on increased activity of an oncogene that drives tumor growth...
Gene Delivery System Opens Tumors To Attack
11/17/2012
There are plenty of effective anticancer agents around. The problem is that, very often, they cannot gain access to all the cells in solid tumors. A new gene delivery vehicle may provide a way of making tracks to the heart of the target. Many types of tumor form a compact mass, like the phalanx formation of Greek antiquity...
Fasting Time Prior To Blood Lipid Tests Appears To Have Limited Association With Lipid Levels
11/17/2012
Fasting prior to blood lipid tests appears to have limited association with lipid subclass levels, suggesting that fasting for routine lipid level determinations may be unnecessary, according to a report published Online First by Archives of Internal Medicine, a JAMA Network publication...
The Effects Of Alcohol On Lymphoma, Leukemia, And Other Types Of Hematological Cancers
11/16/2012
Many observational epidemiologic studies have found an inverse association between alcohol consumption and hematological cancers (such as lymphoma and leukemia). This study, based on the Million Women's Study in the UK, is large enough to permit an evaluation of associations with various types of such cancers...
Immunotherapy For Lung Cancer Could Be Advanced By Stem Cell Finding
11/16/2012
A University of Cincinnati (UC) Cancer Institute lung cancer research team reports that lung cancer stem cells can be isolated - and then grown - in a preclinical model, offering a new avenue for investigating immunotherapy treatment options that specifically target stem cells. John C...
Certain Subgroups Of Black Women Have Lower Uptake Of HPV Vaccination
11/16/2012
A new Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) study has found that improving Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination rates in black women may require culturally sensitive approaches that address ethnic-specific barriers. The findings are published online in the November/December issue of the journal, Women's Health Issues...