Malignant Melanoma Drug Trabedersen Receives Orphan Designation From FDA
7/27/2012
TGF-β2 inhibitor has gained market exclusivity in the USA for a third aggressive cancer indication The biopharmaceutical company Antisense Pharma GmbH announces that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted Orphan Drug designation for its investigational oncology antisense compound trabedersen to treat malignant melanoma...
Risk For Basal Cell Carcinoma Can Be Chronic
7/27/2012
In the powerful sunlight of July, newly published results from a large study of people at high risk for basal cell carcinoma support the emerging view of the nation's most common cancer as a chronic ailment that often repeatedly afflicts older people but for which the seeds may be planted in youth. The research also found a new association with eczema...
Center Researchers Shed Light On New Multiple Myeloma Therapy
7/27/2012
Researchers from John Theurer Cancer Center at HackensackUMC, one of the nation's 50 best hospitals for cancer, played leading roles in three separate multi-center studies with the new proteasome inhibitor carfilzomib published in Blood, a major peer-reviewed scientific journal...
Fluid Flow And Tumor Invasion
7/27/2012
There are many factors that affect tumor invasion, the process where a tumor grows beyond the tissue where it first developed. While factors like genetics, tissue type and environmental exposure affect tumor metastasis and invasion, physical forces like fluid flow remain a poorly understood component of tumor invasion...
Laser Maps And Zaps Cancer Tumors
7/27/2012
Scientists in the US have developed a laser that can locate, map, and then precisely destroy cancer tumors non-invasively. Using a "femtosecond laser" that pulses at speeds of one-quadrillionth of a second, the new "seek and destroy" device focuses on a specific tissue region to find and precisely map a tumor...
Researchers from IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute) have deciphered the function executed by a protein called β-catenin in generating blood tissue stem cells. These cells, also called haematopoietic, are used as a source for transplants that form part of the therapies to fight different types of leukaemia...
Seeking Noninvasive Ways To Detect Lung Cancer Early
7/27/2012
Scientists are looking for non-invasive ways to detect lung cancer in order to reduce the number of patients diagnosed with an advanced stage of the disease. A multiple marker test in peripheral blood is one such way...
Risk Of Endometrial Cancer Reduced In Women Who Give Birth After Age 30
7/27/2012
Women who last give birth at age 40 or older have a 44 percent decreased risk of endometrial cancer when compared to women who have their last birth under the age of 25, according to strong evidence in a new, international study led by a researcher at the Keck School of Medicine of USC...
Blood Vessels Created In The Lab Using Adult Stem Cells From Liposuction
7/27/2012
Adult stem cells extracted during liposuction can be used to grow healthy new small-diameter blood vessels for use in heart bypass surgery and other procedures, according to new research presented at the American Heart Association's Basic Cardiovascular Sciences 2012 Scientific Sessions...
What Are The Best Methods For Treating Esophageal Cancer?
7/26/2012
A multi-national team of researchers has found in the world's largest review on the best methods to manage and treat common pre-cancerous and cancerous conditions of the esophagus that good endoscopy equipment, more endoscopic surgery and more tissue sampling is needed to improve patient care. Around 2% of the world's population suffers from Barrett's esophagus...