Physician-researchers at Indiana University School of Medicine have reported the first effective therapy for a class of previously untreatable and potentially life-threatening tumors often found in children...
Patients With Deadliest Of Brain Cancers Benefit From Repeated Surgeries
11/03/2012
People who undergo repeated surgeries to remove glioblastomas - the most aggressive and deadliest type of brain tumors - may survive longer than those who have just a one-time operation, new Johns Hopkins research suggests. Glioblastoma, the brain cancer that killed Sen. Edward Kennedy, inevitably returns after tumor-removal surgery, chemotherapy, and/or radiation...
Skin Cancer Risk Among Redheads Higher Even Without Sun
11/02/2012
Redheads and fair skinned people are more susceptible to developing skin cancer, regardless of whether or not they expose their skin to the sun, researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) reported in the journal Nature. The authors explain that the kind of skin pigment that predominates in red-haired and fair-skinned people may be a contributing factor in melanoma risk...
Active Surveillance Helps Men Avoid Effects Of Prostate Cancer Treatment
11/02/2012
Men with prostate cancer could dispense with radiation treatment and surgery, and avoid the negative effects that go along with it, including incontinence and impotence, by undergoing active surveillance. The finding, published in the journal European Urology, came from a study at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden that analyzed about 1,000 men diagnosed with prostate cancer...
Skin Cancer Risk Among Redheads Higher Even Without Sun
11/02/2012
Redheads and fair skinned people are more susceptible to developing skin cancer, regardless of whether or not they expose their skin to the sun, researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) reported in the journal Nature. The authors explain that the kind of skin pigment that predominates in red-haired and fair-skinned people may be a contributing factor in melanoma risk...
Active Surveillance Helps Men Avoid Effects Of Prostate Cancer Treatment
11/02/2012
Men with prostate cancer could dispense with radiation treatment and surgery, and avoid the negative effects that go along with it, including incontinence and impotence, by undergoing active surveillance. The finding, published in the journal European Urology, came from a study at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden that analyzed about 1,000 men diagnosed with prostate cancer...
News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: Nov. 1, 2012
11/02/2012
Congenital diarrheal disorder linked to a mutation in DGAT1 Congenital diarrheal disorders (CDD) are a group of rare intestinal diseases that are caused by genetic mutations. In a study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Robert Farese and colleagues at the University of California, San Francisco, identified a family with two of three children affected by CDD...
News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: Nov. 1, 2012
11/02/2012
Congenital diarrheal disorder linked to a mutation in DGAT1 Congenital diarrheal disorders (CDD) are a group of rare intestinal diseases that are caused by genetic mutations. In a study published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, Robert Farese and colleagues at the University of California, San Francisco, identified a family with two of three children affected by CDD...
Antisense Technology That Exploits Gene Splicing Mechanism Used To Kill Cancer Cells
11/02/2012
Cancer cells grow fast. That's an essential characteristic of what makes them cancer cells. They've crashed through all the cell-cycle checkpoints and are continuously growing and dividing, far outstripping our normal cells. To do this they need to speed up their metabolism...
Gastrointestinal Cancers Likely Reduced By Consumption Of Green Tea
11/02/2012
Women who drink green tea may lower their risk of developing some digestive system cancers, especially cancers of the stomach/esophagus and colorectum, according to a study led by researchers from Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center. The study by lead author Sarah Nechuta, Ph.D., MPH, assistant professor of Medicine, was published online in advance of the Nov...