Expanding Waistlines May Contribute To Cancer Growth
10/16/2012
Adipose tissue cells (called adipose stromal cells) which expand in obese people promote and support tumor growth, researchers at the Institute of Molecular Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston reported in the journal Cancer Research. The authors believe they have discovered why obese cancer patients usually have poorer prognoses compared to slim people...
Hope For Patients Suffering From Lymphoma
10/16/2012
The use of carefully chosen animal models often underlies crucial medical advances. A perfect example is provided by the recent demonstration that a known drug, imatinib, can be used to treat a rare but highly aggressive type of lymphoma...
Hope For Patients Suffering From Lymphoma
10/16/2012
The use of carefully chosen animal models often underlies crucial medical advances. A perfect example is provided by the recent demonstration that a known drug, imatinib, can be used to treat a rare but highly aggressive type of lymphoma...
Older Women Living With Breast Cancer To Quadruple, UK
10/16/2012
New research predicts the number of older women in the UK who will be living with breast cancer in 2040 will be four times the number today...
News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: Oct. 15, 2012
10/16/2012
Hypertension: It's all in your head Hypertension affects nearly 1 billion people worldwide and increases the risk for diseases of the heart, kidney, and brain. Endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress in brain cells has been linked to hypertension, but the exact pathological mechanisms are unknown...
For Low-Risk Prostate Cancer, Surgery Or Radiation, Not Monitoring, Most Often Sought
10/16/2012
Few physicians recommend active surveillance for low-risk prostate cancer rather than pursuing surgery or radiation, according to a Mayo Clinic study presented at the North Central Section of the American Urological Association's annual meeting in Chicago. Mayo Clinic urologists also discussed findings on enlarged prostates, bladder cancer and other research...
Lymphoma Drug GCS-100 Seems Promising After Discovery Of New Mechanism
10/16/2012
Researchers at Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCLA have discovered the mechanism by which an experimental drug, GCS-100, removes a protein from lymphoma cells that prevents the cells from responding to chemotherapy. This discovery revives hope in a drug that had begun in clinical trials years before, but had been delayed indefinitely...
Colorectal Adenoma Risk Unaffected By Folic Acid, Vitamins B6 And 12
10/16/2012
Combined folic acid, vitamin B6 and vitamin B12 supplements had no statistically significant effect on the risk of colorectal adenoma among women who were at high risk for cardiovascular disease, according to a study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Between 28% and 35% of the U.S...
Lymphoma Drug GCS-100 Seems Promising After Discovery Of New Mechanism
10/16/2012
Researchers at Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCLA have discovered the mechanism by which an experimental drug, GCS-100, removes a protein from lymphoma cells that prevents the cells from responding to chemotherapy. This discovery revives hope in a drug that had begun in clinical trials years before, but had been delayed indefinitely...
Colorectal Adenoma Risk Unaffected By Folic Acid, Vitamins B6 And 12
10/16/2012
Combined folic acid, vitamin B6 and vitamin B12 supplements had no statistically significant effect on the risk of colorectal adenoma among women who were at high risk for cardiovascular disease, according to a study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Between 28% and 35% of the U.S...