Multiple Tumor Zones Need To Be Sampled In Breast Cancer
6/18/2012
Certain short strands of RNA, known as microRNAs (miRNAs), have been linked to the progression and metastasis of breast cancer and may provide information about prognosis. However, studies of miRNA expression profiles often report conflicting findings...
Virus Kills Cancer By Hitching Ride On Blood Cells
6/17/2012
Scientists have discovered when a cancer-killing virus is injected in the bloodstream it hitches a ride on blood cells and evades attack from the immune system, allowing it to reach cancer tumors, and start destroying cancer cells...
Quirky Fruit Fly Gene Could Point Way To New Cancer Drugs
6/17/2012
Loyola researchers are taking advantage of a quirk in the evolution of fruit fly genes to help develop new weapons against cancer. A newly discovered fruit fly gene is a simplified counterpart of two complex human genes that play important roles in the development of cancer and some birth defects. As this fruit fly gene evolved, it split in two...
Medullary Thyroid Cancer Medication In Final Stage Of Development
6/16/2012
Cabozantinib, a medication for the treatment of medullary thyroid cancer, has shown promising results in final-stage testing. Until now, there was no medication available in Belgium for treating this rare form of thyroid cancer. Dr...
The number of Americans with a history of cancer, currently estimated to be 13.7 million, will grow to almost 18 million by 2022, according to a first-ever report by the American Cancer Society in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute (NCI)...
Understanding Of Inflammation And Cancer In The Pancreas Improved By Unexpected Discovery
6/16/2012
An unexpected discovery of how the body controls cell death has revealed a potential new therapeutic target. A research team based at Cardiff University's School of Biosciences has already revealed the mechanism by which high alcohol intake can induce pancreatitis and its progression to pancreatic cancer...
Virus Hitches Ride On Blood Cells To Kill Cancer
6/16/2012
Scientists have discovered when a cancer-killing virus is injected in the bloodstream it hitches a ride on blood cells and evades attack from the immune system, allowing it to reach cancer tumors, and start destroying cancer cells...
Breast Cancer - For Proper Biopsy Diagnosis, Multiple Tumor Zones Should Be Analyzed
6/15/2012
Certain short strands of RNA, known as microRNAs (miRNAs), have been linked to the progression and metastasis of breast cancer and may provide information about prognosis. However, studies of miRNA expression profiles often report conflicting findings...
Dental Plaque Increases Cancer Death Rate
6/15/2012
An observational study featured in the online journal BMJ Open reveals that persistent dental plaque can potentially raise the risk of dying early from cancer...
Mutations In JAK3 Gene Identified In Subtype Of Lymphoma Provide Potential Drug Target
6/15/2012
A substantial proportion of NK/T-cell lymphomas harbor Janus Kinase 3 gene mutations. Patients with these lymphomas might benefit from treatment with a Janus Kinase inhibitor according to a study published in Cancer Discovery, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research...