Cancer-Protective Effect Of Daily Aspirin Smaller Than Previously Thought
8/13/2012
A new study adds support to the idea that daily aspirin use results in fewer cancer deaths, but the effect may not be as large as previous research might suggest...
Radiation After Lumpectomy Better For Majority Of Older, Early-Stage Breast Cancer Patients
8/13/2012
For the majority of older, early-stage breast cancer patients, radiation therapy following breast conserving surgery may help prevent the need for a later mastectomy, according to research from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center...
How Iron Levels And A Faulty Gene Can Cause Bowel Cancer
8/13/2012
HIGH LEVELS of iron could raise the risk of bowel cancer by switching on a key pathway in people with faults in a critical anti-cancer gene, according to a study published in Cell Reports*...
The Making And Unmaking Of Stem-Like, Aggressive Breast Cancer Cells
8/13/2012
Breast cancers that depend on the hormones estrogen and progesterone are susceptible to treatments targeting these hormones. Take away this dependence and you lose a valuable treatment option...
Drugs May Help To Diagnose Undetectable Prostate Cancer
8/12/2012
Researchers have successfully developed and tested a new prostate cancer screening method that uses the combined power of a novel drug therapy and changes in PSA levels over time to identify men with a high PSA who are more likely to have aggressive prostate cancer despite negative biopsies...
Enhanced Anti-HIV Activity Discovered In Potential Drug Molecule
8/12/2012
Researchers from Munich and Naples have shown that minimal modification of a synthetic peptide with anti-HIV activity results in a new compound with more than two orders of magnitude higher binding affinity to the chemokine receptor CXCR4 and greatly improved anti-HIV activity...
Using Targeted Inhibition Of Sphingosine Kinase To Treat Drug Resistant Breast Cancer
8/12/2012
Scientists at Tulane University School of Medicine, led by Dr. James Antoon and Dr. Barbara Beckman, have characterized two drugs targeting sphingosine kinase (SK), an enzyme involved in cancer growth and metastasis. New treatments specifically attacking cancer cells, but not normal ones, are critical in the fight against cancer...
New Prostate Cancer Screening Test Shows Promise
8/11/2012
According to a new study published in the Journal of Urology researchers at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Weill Cornell Medical Center have successfully developed and tested a new prostate cancer-screening test...
Research Using Worms To Unearth Cancer Drug Targets
8/11/2012
Through novel experiments involving small nematode worms, scientists from Wyoming have discovered several genes that may be potential targets for drug development in the ongoing war against cancer. Specifically, researchers hypothesize that inhibiting these genes could reverse certain key traits associated with cancer cells...
New Prostate Cancer Screening Test Shows Promise
8/10/2012
According to a new study published in the Journal of Urology researchers at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital and Weill Cornell Medical Center have successfully developed and tested a new prostate cancer-screening test...