Evaluation Of A Screening Tool For Ovarian Cancer That Checks For 6 Warning Signs
9/25/2012
A simple three-question paper-and-pencil survey, given to women in the doctor's office in less than two minutes, can effectively identify those who are experiencing symptoms that may indicate ovarian cancer, according to a study by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center...
Lung Cancer Susceptibility May Depend Upon Key Immune Cell
9/25/2012
Why do many heavy smokers evade lung cancer while others who have never lit up die of the disease? The question has vexed scientists for decades. Now, new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis suggests a key immune cell may play a role in lung cancer susceptibility...
Unprecedented Moon Shots Program Launched By UT MD Anderson Cancer Center
9/25/2012
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center announces the launch of the Moon Shots Program, an unprecedented effort to dramatically accelerate the pace of converting scientific discoveries into clinical advances that reduce cancer deaths. Even as the number of cancer survivors in the US is expected to reach an estimated 11...
In Giant-Cell Tumor Of The Bone, Denosumab Reduces Burden
9/25/2012
Treatment with denosumab, a drug targeted against a protein that helps promote bone destruction, decreased the number of tumor giant cells in patients with giant-cell tumor of the bone, and increased new bone formation, according to the results of a phase II study published in Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research...
Genetic Features Shared Between Some Deadly Breast Cancers And Ovarian Tumors
9/25/2012
The most comprehensive analysis yet of breast cancer shows that one of the most deadly subtypes is genetically more similar to ovarian tumors than to other breast cancers. The findings, published online in Nature, suggest that most basal-like breast tumors and ovarian tumors have similar genetic origins and potentially could be treated with the same drugs, says the study's co-leader Matthew J...
Obesity Promotes Prostate Cancer By Altering Gene Regulation
9/25/2012
Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers in men and early treatment is usually very successful. However, like other cancers, obesity increases the risk of aggressive prostate disease...
Evaluation Of A Screening Tool For Ovarian Cancer That Checks For 6 Warning Signs
9/25/2012
A simple three-question paper-and-pencil survey, given to women in the doctor's office in less than two minutes, can effectively identify those who are experiencing symptoms that may indicate ovarian cancer, according to a study by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center...
Prostate Cancer Surgery Can Result In Lower Quality Of Life
9/25/2012
Surgery to remove prostate cancer could result in high levels of anxiety among men, which is associated with depression and sexual dissatisfaction, according to Mayo Clinic researchers from the Florida campus...
Shengyuan Yang, Florida Institute of Technology assistant professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, with graduate student Sang Joo Lee, has published a paper on the first-ever imaging of cells growing on spherical surfaces. The paper is published in the online journal, Review of Scientific Instruments, and will appear in September in the print version...
Preventing Egg Cell Death In Women Undergoing Chemotherapy Or Radiation To Protect Fertility
9/25/2012
New research offers hope to women whose fertility has been compromised by the side-effects of cancer therapy or by premature menopause. In a study published in Molecular Cell, researchers from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute (WEHI), Monash University and Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research found that two proteins, PUMA and NOXA, cause the death of egg cells in the ovaries...