Rectal Cancer Patients May Not Be Receiving Treatment Consistent With Guidelines
5/17/2012
Research from the University of Alberta provides new insight into treatment patterns for people with stage two and three rectal cancer - information that ultimately will help physicians improve care strategies for patients province-wide...
Potential To Predict Parkinson's Disease Via Colonoscopy Or Flexible Sigmoidoscopy
5/17/2012
Two studies by neurological researchers at Rush University Medical Center suggest that, in the future, colonic tissue obtained during either colonoscopy or flexible sigmoidoscopy may be used to predict who will develop Parkinson's disease, a neurodegenerative disorder of aging that that leads to progressive deterioration of motor function due to loss of neurons in the brain tha...
Study Of A Pediatric Cancer Finds All Cancer Cells Are Not Created Equal
5/17/2012
A study from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers suggests that specific populations of tumor cells have different roles in the process by which tumors make new copies of themselves and grow...
Potential Breast Cancer Vaccine Combination Therapy
5/17/2012
A vaccine that targets cancer cells in combination with the drug letrozole, a standard hormonal therapy against breast cancer, significantly increased survival when tested in mice, a team of UC Davis investigators has found. The findings were published in the journal Clinical Cancer Research...
Using Antioxidants To Stabilize Fanconi Anemia
5/17/2012
Fanconi anemia (FA) is a rare genetic disorder which affects one person in 350,000. People affected by this disease have defects in DNA repair, and are hypersensitive to oxidative damage, resulting in bone marrow failure and an increased predisposition to cancer...
Avoiding Repeat Biopsies In Prostate Cancer - MDxHealth Launches ConfirmMDx
5/16/2012
Each year, in the United States, more than 650,000 men receive a negative prostate biopsy result, with around 25-35% of these results being false negative. However, a new prostate cancer test has been launched by MdxHealth. The test - ConfirmMDx™ for Prostate Cancer - will help physicians identify which men have a true-negative prostate biopsy from those who may have occult cancer...
Cell Signaling Breakthrough May Help Melanoma Treatment
5/16/2012
The body's function of generating new cells and replacing dead ones usually works fine, but it is by no means perfect. The key to generating new cells is communication or signaling between cells, and if this process does not function properly, it can lead to uncontrolled cell growth, which is the basis for many cancers...
Advanced Soft Tissue Sarcoma, Pazopanib Improves Progression-Free Survival
5/16/2012
According to results of the PALETTE trial, treatment with pazopanib increased progression-free survival (PFS) almost three fold among patients with metastatic soft-tissue sarcoma whose disease had progressed following chemotherapy. The results are published Online First in The Lancet...
Specific Clinical Guidance Urgently Needed On Bone Cancer Drugs
5/16/2012
Although bisphosphonate drugs can reduce pain and bone fractures in individuals with multiple myeloma, no one drug is superior, according to a systematic review of the current evidence of these drugs. The review is published in The Cochrane Library. Multiple myeloma is a type of cancer that grows in and on bones. The disease can cause fractures in the spine and long bones...
Rising Infertility And Cancer Rates Possibly Linked To Pharmaceuticals And Household Chemicals
5/16/2012
According to the European Environment Agency (EEA), household products, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and food all contain endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) which may be causing significant increases in diabetes, obesity, cancers and increasing infertility...