Huntington's Disease Reduces Cancer Risk
4/13/2012
A study by Swedish researchers published Online First in The Lancet Oncology suggests that people with Huntington's disease or other diseases known as polyglutamine (polyQ) diseases have a lower risk of developing cancer, due to a common genetic mechanism...
Lung Cancer Among Women Still Rising, UK
4/13/2012
Cases of lung cancer among women in the UK continue to rise, according to new figures released by Cancer Research UK on Friday. The leading charity says the rate of lung cancer among women in the UK has risen from 22.2 in every 100,000 women in 1975, to 39.3 today...
Groundbreaking Study Unveils 'Master Switches' In Colon Cancer
4/13/2012
A team of researchers at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have identified a new mechanism by which colon cancer develops. By focusing on segments of DNA located between genes, or so-called "junk DNA," the team has discovered a set of master switches, i.e., gene enhancer elements, that turn "on and off" key genes whose altered expression is defining for colon cancers...
Discovery Of Unique Activity Essential For Meiosis
4/13/2012
Researchers at the University of California, Davis have discovered a key tool that helps sperm and eggs develop exactly 23 chromosomes each. The work, which could lead to insights into fertility, spontaneous miscarriages, cancer and developmental disorders, is published April 13 in the journal Cell. Healthy humans have 46 chromosomes, 23 from the sperm and 23 from the egg...
For Drug-Resistant Cancers, Kinase Test May Yield Big Gains
4/13/2012
In a paper published in the journal Cell, a team from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill unveils the first broad-based test for activation of protein kinases "en masse", enabling measurement of the mechanism behind drug-resistant cancer and rational prediction of successful combination therapies...
Women undergoing treatment for breast cancer can experience cognitive declines, such as decreased verbal fluency or loss of memory and attention. Often experienced by patients undergoing chemotherapy, the declines have become known as "chemo brain." However, a health psychologist at the University of Missouri says "chemo brain" isn't always to blame...
Proteomic Biomarker Analysis Of Lung Cancer Tissue Samples Published
4/13/2012
In a scientific paper published in the journal PLoS ONE, researchers from SomaLogic and the University of Washington in Seattle describe the first application of the SOMAscanTM proteomic assay technology to tissue samples...
Assessing The Health Of Young Adult Cancer Survivors Requires A Unique Approach
4/13/2012
Childhood cancer survivors are living longer and there is an urgent need for better, more comprehensive ways to evaluate their health-related quality of life and need for psychosocial services, according to a review article in Journal of Adolescent and Young Adult Oncology (JAYAO), a multidisciplinary peer-reviewed publication from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc...
Huntington's Disease Lowers Cancer Risk
4/12/2012
Patients with Huntington's disease have a considerably lower risk of developing cancer, researchers from Lund University, and Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden, reported in the journal Lancet Oncology. The same applies to other polyQ (polyglutamine) diseases, the authors added...
Lung Cancer Screening Saves Lives And Is Cost-Effective
4/12/2012
A study published in the April issue of Health Affairs reveals that thousands of lives could be saved at a fairly low cost if commercial insurers routinely covered lung cancer screening. In the United States, lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths each year - killing over 150,000 individuals...