First Comprehensive Review Of European Breast Cancer Screening Programs Finds Benefits Outweigh Harm
9/14/2012
A major review of breast cancer screening services in Europe, jointly led by researchers at Queen Mary, University of London, has concluded that the benefits of screening in terms of lives saved outweigh the harms caused by over-diagnosis...
'Mad Cow' Blood Test Now On The Horizon
9/14/2012
Using newly available genetic sequencing scientists discovered cells infected with prions (the infectious agent responsible for these diseases) release particles which contain easily recognized 'signature genes'...
How Is Grief Unique To Young Adults With Cancer?
9/14/2012
The life disruption and losses experienced by young adults battling advanced cancer can result in a unique burden of grief that is too often overlooked, as described in an article in Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology (JAYAO), a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed publication from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers...
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues have published a study describing the greater difficulty in finding matched, unrelated donors for non-Caucasian patients who are candidates for hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT). The study (pdf) appeared in the August issue of Bone Marrow Transplantation...
Breast Cancer Risks Acquired In Pregnancy May Pass To Next 3 Generations
9/14/2012
Chemicals or foods that raise estrogen levels during pregnancy may increase cancer risk in daughters, granddaughters, and even great-granddaughters, according to scientists from Virginia Tech and Georgetown University...
By including chemotherapy as a conditioning regimen prior to treatment, researchers have developed a refined gene therapy approach that safely and effectively restores the immune system of children with a form of severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), according to a study published online recently in Blood, the Journal of the American Society of Hematology (ASH)...
Breast Cancer Screening Benefits Outweigh Harms, Europe
9/13/2012
A comprehensive review of breast cancer screening of millions of women in Europe concludes that in terms of lives saved, the benefits outweigh the harms of over-diagnosis. The findings of the review, led by researchers at Queen Mary, University of London, are published in a special 13 September supplement to the The Journal of Medical Screening...
Protein Linked To Therapy Resistance In Breast Cancer
9/13/2012
A gene that may possibly belong to an entire new family of oncogenes has been linked by researchers with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) with breast cancer resistance to a well-regarded and widely used cancer therapy...
Molecule Shows Effectiveness Against Drug-Resistant Myeloma
9/13/2012
A molecule that targets the cell's machinery for breaking down unneeded proteins can kill multiple myeloma cancer cells resistant to the frontline drug Velcade, researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have found...
Gene's Function May Give New Target For Cancer Drugs
9/13/2012
Purdue University scientists have determined that a gene long known to be involved in cancer cell formation and chemotherapy resistance is key to proper RNA creation, an understanding that could one day lead to new therapies and drug targets. The human gene p68 has long been recognized as an oncogene, one associated with cancer formation, but its function was unknown...