How Do Brain Cancer Cells Spread? New Study Finds Clues
5/01/2012
Glioblastoma is the most prevalent and deadliest type of brain cancer, and each year around 10,000 individuals in the U.S. are diagnosed with the disease. Now, researchers have found a protein that may provide insight into how the disease moves and invades nearby healthy brain tissue...
Minimally Invasive Procedure For Oesophageal Cancer Shows Promise
5/01/2012
Patients with oesophageal cancer could gain substantial benefit from minimally invasive procedure. A new study published Online First in The Lancet reveals that removing the oesophagus via minimally invasive surgery is considerably more beneficial for individuals with oesophageal cancer than traditional open surgery...
Genetic Mutations Linked To Childhood Kidney Cancer
5/01/2012
According to a study published in Nature Genetics, an international team of researchers have identified mutations in two regions of the genome that increase the risk of developing Wilms tumor. Wilms tumor is the most prevalent type of kidney cancer in children and usually develops before the age of five. The disease affects around 1 in 10,000 children and has a 90% cure rate...
Epigenetic Cancer Pills Are Safe
5/01/2012
A brand new type of epigenetic cancer pill has been deemed safe for use in a Phase I trial according to Clinical Cancer Research...
News From The Annals Of Internal Medicine: May 1, 2012
5/01/2012
1. For Younger Women at Increased Risk for Breast Cancer, Benefits of Mammography Screening Outweigh Harms According to two new studies being published in Annals of Internal Medicine, younger women at increased risk for breast cancer may benefit from biennial mammography screening beginning at age 40...
Emphasis On Making Psychosocial Care Part Of Routine Cancer Care Pays Off For Patients
5/01/2012
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center have placed new emphasis on gathering data on cancer patient quality of life during both treatment and survivorship. Their focus is on gathering and using that data to develop interventions to improve the quality of life for patients in treatment and for cancer survivors...
Neurofibromatosis: Fruit Fly Study Provides New Knowledge About Uninhibited Cell Growth
5/01/2012
In a new study, scientists at the University of Copenhagen show that a specific type of carbohydrate plays an important role in the intercellular signalling that controls the growth and development of the nervous system. In particular, defects in that carbohydrate may result in the uninhibited cell growth that characterizes the genetic disease neurofibromatosis and certain types of cancer...
A new study from researchers at the Bangkok Breast Center shows significant improvement in the detection of breast cancer in Asian women using automated breast volume sonography (ABVS) as compared to hand-held ultrasound (HHUS)...
Pancreatic Cancer - Drug May Target Faulty Gene In 15% Of Patients
4/30/2012
A new class of cancer drug which targets a faulty gene might be effective in treating some aggressive pancreatic cancers, researchers from Cancer Research UK's Cambridge Research Institute and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute reported in the journal Nature. Pancreatic cancer kills approximately 37,000 people in the USA and 8,000 in the UK every year...
Cancer Survivors Told To Exercise, Eat Healthily, And Maintain Ideal Bodyweight
4/30/2012
If you are a cancer survivor and you want to minimize your risk of that cancer recurring, or another cancer developing, you should eat a healthy diet, do plenty of exercise, and maintain a healthy body weight, says the American Cancer Society in its new guidelines...