The Number Of GP Visits Before Cancer Patients Are Referred To Specialists Examined By Study
2/25/2012
More than three quarters (77%) of cancer patients who first present to their family doctors (GPs) with suspicious symptoms are referred to hospital after only one or two consultations, a new study has found...
Computerized tomographic (CT) colonography (CTC), also known as virtual colonoscopy, is comparable to standard colonoscopy in its ability to accurately detect cancer and precancerous polyps in people ages 65 and older, according to a paper published online in Radiology...
Cancer - Some Referred To Specialists Later
2/24/2012
A recent study, published Online First in The Lancet Oncology, reveals that although 77% of cancer patients who have strange symptoms are usually sent to the hospital after 1 or 2 consultations, non-white patients, young people, women, and people with uncommon cancers often see their doctors 2 to 3 times before being referred to a cancer specialist...
Why Does Cancer Progress? Study Provides Insight
2/24/2012
According to the University of Kentucky, a study funded by a National Cancer Institute research grant and conducted by Dr. Daret St. Clair, the James Graham Brown Endowed Chair and professor of toxicology, provides new understanding into the association between two types of suppressors in cancerous tumors...
How Cancer Cells Change When They Leave Original Site
2/24/2012
A study by researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College reveals the vital steps cancer cells undertake after they convert themselves in order to detach from a tumor and metastasize. The study published online and in the upcoming issue of Cancer Research, highlights how cancer cells reverse the process, and switch back into classical cancer that can evolve into a new tumor...
Australia Needs A More Effective Process To Reduce Exposure To Carcinogens
2/24/2012
A report in the February 20 issue of the Medical Journal of Australia reveals that the country needs a more effective process to reduce exposure to carcinogens in order to lower the number of work-related cancers. Each year in Australia, it is estimated that approximately 5,000 cancers can be attributed to occupational exposure to cancer-causing agents...
Innovative Approach Stops Disease-Fueling Inflammation In Lab Tests
2/24/2012
Scientists have developed a unique compound that in laboratory tests blocks inflammation-causing molecules in blood cells known to fuel ailments like cancer and cardiovascular disease without causing harmful toxicity...
How Cancer Cells Change Once They Spread To Distant Organs
2/24/2012
Oncologists have known that in order for cancer cells to spread, they must transform themselves so they can detach from a tumor and spread to a distant organ. Now, scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College have revealed critical steps in what happens next - how these cells reverse the process, morphing back into classical cancer that can now grow into a new tumor...
How Cancer Cells Change Once They Spread To Distant Organs
2/24/2012
Oncologists have known that in order for cancer cells to spread, they must transform themselves so they can detach from a tumor and spread to a distant organ. Now, scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College have revealed critical steps in what happens next - how these cells reverse the process, morphing back into classical cancer that can now grow into a new tumor...
Muscle Regeneration May Provide Ideal Environment For Rhabdomyosarcoma
2/24/2012
Inflammation, cell division and cell differentiation that occur during skeletal muscle regeneration may provide an ideal environment for the highly malignant tumor, rhabdomyosarcoma to arise. These are the findings from a Nationwide Children's Hospital study that examined rhabdomyosarcoma growth in mouse models of muscular dystrophy...