Non-Invasive Technique Developed For Predicting Patients' Response To Chemotherapy
11/09/2012
Researchers have developed a non-invasive way of predicting how much of a cancer-killing drug is absorbed by a tumour...
Clotting Dynamics And Platelet Behavior In Heart Attacks: Clots Can Sense Blood Flow
11/09/2012
The disease atherosclerosis involves the build up of fatty tissue within arterial walls, creating unstable structures known as plaques. These plaques grow until they burst, rupturing the wall and causing the formation of a blood clot within the artery. These clots also grow until they block blood flow; in the case of the coronary artery, this can cause a heart attack...
Policies Supporting Responsible Use Of Residual Dried Blood Samples From Newborn Screening Needed
11/09/2012
The tremendous potential public health benefits of research with blood samples left over after routine newborn screening must not be lost amidst controversy and litigation, say medical and bioethics experts in a commentary published in the journal Science Translational Medicine...
Essential Blood Cell Gene Loss Leads To Anemia
11/09/2012
Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) have discovered a new gene that regulates hemoglobin synthesis during red blood cell formation. The findings advance the biomedical community's understanding and treatment of human anemias and mitochondrial disorders. The study was published online in Nature...
Ovarian Cancer Death Rates Higher At Low-Volume Hospitals
11/09/2012
Women who undergo surgery for ovarian cancer at hospitals with high-volume experience better results than those who have surgery at low-volume hospitals, according to researchers from the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center (HICC) at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center and published before print in the Journal of Clinical Oncology...
BMI May Not Be Best Measure For Assessing Cancer Risk
11/08/2012
The most frequently used measurement for body fat, a formula known as body mass index (BMI), may not be the most accurate way to calculate disease risk, most specifically the risks of certain cancers, according to a new study in American Journal of Epidemiology. BMI is figured by dividing a person's weight (in kilograms) by his or her height in meters squared...
Statins Tied To Reduced Cancer Deaths
11/08/2012
A new study from Denmark found that people who regularly used statins to lower cholesterol and then received a cancer diagnosis were 15% less likely to die from cancer or any other cause than cancer patients who had never used statins. Statins are the most commonly prescribed drug for lowering cholesterol and reducing the risk of heart disease...
Targeted Cancer Drug May Stunt Heart's Ability To Repair Itself
11/08/2012
Scientists for the first time have evidence showing how a widely used type of "targeted" cancer drug can be dangerous to the heart...
Geldanamycin Could Halt Tumors Other Than Breast Cancer
11/08/2012
The drug, geldanamycin, is well known for attacking a protein associated with the spread of breast cancer. However, a laboratory-based study found it also degraded a different protein that triggers blood vessel growth...
In Korean Men Inflammation Marker Linked To Increased Mortality Risk From Cancer
11/08/2012
Measuring blood levels of high-sensitive C-reactive protein, an important marker of inflammation, in apparently cancer-free men could potentially help identify those at increased risk for death from cancer, in particular lung cancer, according to data published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research...