Breast Cancer Screening Saves Lives, New Study Shows
9/10/2012
The study, published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention is the largest of its kind in Australia and one of the largest in the world. It followed about 4,000 women in a study of the BreastScreen program in Western Australia...
Researchers Observe Modified Methylation Patterns In A Group Of Prostate Cancers
9/09/2012
In about half of all prostate tumours, there are two genetic areas that are fused with one another. When this is not the case, the exact way cancer cells originate in prostate tumours was not clear until now...
Study Uncovers Simple Way Of Predicting Severe Pain Following Breast Cancer Surgery
9/09/2012
Women having surgery for breast cancer are up to three times more likely to have severe pain in the first week after surgery if they suffer from other painful conditions, such as arthritis, low back pain and migraine, according to a Cancer Research UK study published recently (Wednesday 5th) in the British Journal of Cancer...
Colon Cancer Drug Prolongs Patient Survival
9/08/2012
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently approved a drug effective in starving cancer growth, which was first studied in humans by a Georgia Health Sciences University cancer clinician. Dr...
HIF Gene Mutation Found In Tumor Cells Offers New Clues About Cancer Metabolism
9/08/2012
For the first time, a mutation in HIF2α, a specific group of genes known as transcription factors that is involved in red blood cell production and cell metabolism, has been identified in cancer tumor cells...
University Of Hawaii Cancer Researchers Discover Gene Defect Responsible For Cancer Syndrome
9/07/2012
University of Hawai'i Cancer Center researchers have discovered germline BAP1 mutations are associated with a novel cancer syndrome characterized by malignant mesothelioma, uveal melanoma, cutaneous melanoma and atypical melanocytic tumors. Germline mutations are hereditary gene defects that are present in every cell...
Genome-Wide Scan Maps Mutations In Deadly Lung Cancers; Reveals Embryonic Gene Link
9/07/2012
Scientists have completed a comprehensive map of genetic mutations linked to an aggressive and lethal type of lung cancer. Among the errors found in small cell lung cancers, the team of scientists, including those at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, found an alteration in a gene called SOX2 associated with early embryonic development. "Small cell lung cancers are very aggressive...
Study Finds Increase In Number Of Non-Smokers Being Diagnosed With Lung Cancer
9/07/2012
There has been an increase in the number of non-smokers being diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer, according to new findings. The report, which was presented on the 4th September 2012 at the European Respiratory Society's Annual Congress in Vienna, also found an increase in the number of women being diagnosed with the condition...
Bosulif Approved By The FDA For Treatment Of Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
9/07/2012
The US Food and Drug Administration approved Bosulif as treatment for a rare disease, found in older adults, which attacks the blood and bone marrow and is known as chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). Approximately 5,430 people will be diagnosed with CML in 2012...
Tumor Suppressor Genes Vital To Regulating Blood Precursor Cells In Fruit Flies
9/07/2012
UCLA stem cell scientists have shown that two common tumor suppressor genes, TSC and PTEN, are vital to regulating the stem cell-like precursor cells that create the blood supply in Drosophila, the common fruit fly. The researchers examined a signaling pathway called TOR that the cells use to gauge nutrition levels and stress, said study senior author Dr. Julian A...