Guaranteeing Free Colorectal Cancer Screening For All Medicare Beneficiaries
3/05/2012
Colonoscopy for colorectal cancer screening saves lives, but a loophole in current Medicare law may cause patients to think twice before undergoing this vital test. Legislation just introduced seeks to ensure that colorectal cancer screening for all Medicare beneficiaries is free, as intended...
New Pathway Found For Regulation Of Blood Vessel Growth In Cancer
3/05/2012
Researchers at Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University have identified a new function for a gene that normally prevents the development of cancer. Scientists had known that the gene, which encodes a protein called p14 ARF, works inside the cell to control proliferation and division...
Management Plan For Brain Tumor Patients Changed By PET Tracer
3/05/2012
Imaging amino acid transporters with positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) has been shown to significantly alter intended management plans for patients with brain tumors, according to research in the March issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine...
Researchers Find Sarcoma Tumor Immune Response With Combination Therapy
3/05/2012
A team of 18 researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., have found that treating high-risk, soft tissue sarcoma patients with a combination of implanted dendritic cells (immune system cells) and fractionated external beam radiation (EBRT) provided more than 50 percent of their trial patients with tumor-specific immune responses lasting from 11 to 42 weeks...
More People Surviving Leukaemia And Pancreatic Cancer In Northern Ireland
3/05/2012
The first audit of leukaemia treatment and survival in Northern Ireland by the Cancer Registry (NICR) at Queen's University Belfast has shown that survival rates for the disease here are at the highest levels since data collection began in 1993...
Guaranteeing Free Colorectal Cancer Screening For All Medicare Beneficiaries
3/05/2012
Colonoscopy for colorectal cancer screening saves lives, but a loophole in current Medicare law may cause patients to think twice before undergoing this vital test. Legislation just introduced seeks to ensure that colorectal cancer screening for all Medicare beneficiaries is free, as intended...
In HPV-Related Oral Cancer, Robotic Surgery Proves Successful, Less Invasive
3/04/2012
Over the past few decades, doctors have noted a surprising trend in cancer of the tonsils and base of the tongue. Though oral cancer previously appeared predominantly in elderly patients with a history of tobacco and alcohol use, it's increasing in younger patients: 30- to 50-year-old nonsmokers with the human papillomavirus (HPV)...
Crucial Cell And Signaling Pathway In Placental Blood Stem Cell Niche
3/04/2012
UCLA stem cell researchers have discovered a critical placental niche cell and signaling pathway that prevent blood precursors from premature differentiation in the placenta, a process necessary for ensuring proper blood supply for an individual's lifetime...
In HPV-Related Oral Cancer, Robotic Surgery Proves Successful, Less Invasive
3/04/2012
Over the past few decades, doctors have noted a surprising trend in cancer of the tonsils and base of the tongue. Though oral cancer previously appeared predominantly in elderly patients with a history of tobacco and alcohol use, it's increasing in younger patients: 30- to 50-year-old nonsmokers with the human papillomavirus (HPV)...
Crucial Cell And Signaling Pathway In Placental Blood Stem Cell Niche
3/04/2012
UCLA stem cell researchers have discovered a critical placental niche cell and signaling pathway that prevent blood precursors from premature differentiation in the placenta, a process necessary for ensuring proper blood supply for an individual's lifetime...