How Do Infections Lead To Malignancy?
6/19/2012
Viral or bacterial chronic inflammations of the colon, liver or stomach are often large risk factors for cancer. A new MIT study published the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences provides a detailed explanation as to how infections like these can turn healthy tissues into cancerous ones...
Assisted Dying - Doctors Should Remain Neutral
6/19/2012
A resent study has shown that 62 percent of 1004 GPs believe that medical bodies, such as the BMA (British Medical Association) should adopt a position of "studied neutrality", with regard to the question whether assisted dying for terminally ill adults who are mentally competent should be legalized...
Colon Cancer Linked To DNA Repair Capability In Inflammatory Bowel
6/19/2012
A new study in mice reveals a particular type of DNA damage that occurs during inflammation gives rise to colon cancer, a disease that eventually develops in nearly one in ten people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)...
Abnormal Gene Product Associated With Prostate Cancer Generated By Unusual Mechanism
6/19/2012
Researchers have identified a potential new pathway in prostate cancer cells by which cancer-driving gene products can be generated, according to a study published in Cancer Discovery, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. "Our work shows that cancers have many more tricks than we thought to generate potential cancer-driving genes or gene products," said Hui Li, Ph.D...
Zebrafish Provide Insight Into Melanoma
6/19/2012
A transparent member of the minnow family is providing researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City with insight into human melanoma - a form of skin cancer - that may lead to new or repurposed drug treatments, for skin and other cancers...
BI-1 Suppression Reduced Human Lung Cancer Tumor Growth In Animal Models
6/19/2012
A multi-institutional research study has uncovered a new mechanism that may lead to unique treatments for lung cancer, one of the leading causes of death worldwide...
New Sequencing Method Finds Gaps That Can Lead To Disease
6/19/2012
Scientists worldwide are racing to sequence DNA - decipher genetic blueprints - faster and cheaper than ever by passing strands of the genetic material through molecule-sized pores. Now, University of Utah scientists have adapted this "nanopore" method to find DNA damage that can lead to mutations and disease...
NICE Denies Patient Access To Breakthrough Skin Cancer Pill
6/19/2012
Negative draft decision for Zelboraf (vemurafenib) highlights challenges facing future value-based pricing implementation and UK access to medicines.Roche is extremely disappointed with the preliminary decision that NICE is not planning to recommend Zelboraf (vemurafenib) to be available on the NHS for the treatment of BRAF mutation positive unresectable or metastatic melanoma...
Engineered Nanoparticles Promise To Improve Blood Cancer Treatment
6/19/2012
Researchers from the University of Notre Dame have engineered nanoparticles that show great promise for the treatment of multiple myeloma (MM), an incurable cancer of the plasma cells in bone marrow...
Patient Outcomes In Lung Cancer Resections Influenced By Hospital Volume And Surgeon Specialty
6/19/2012
In other studies, outcomes of specific surgeries has been shown to improve when performed at high-volume centralized centers. Researchers from the Netherlands Cancer Institute wanted to understand if patients undergoing lung cancer resections would benefit from having their procedures performed in a high-volume specialized center...