Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and Montefiore Medical Center, the University Hospital for Einstein, have found a biomarker in head and neck cancers that can predict whether a patient's tumor will be life threatening. The biomarker is considered particularly promising because it can detect the level of risk immediately following diagnosis...
Could The Key To Cancer Be Patterns Of Chromosome Abnormality?
1/25/2012
A healthy genome is characterized by 23 pairs of chromosomes, and even a small change in this structure - such as an extra copy of a single chromosome - can lead to severe physical impairment. So it's no surprise that when it comes to cancer, chromosomal structure is frequently a contributing factor, says Prof. Ron Shamir of the Blavatnik School of Computer Science at Tel Aviv University...
Identifying Tumors Early - Tactile Imaging Sensor Device
1/24/2012
A medical physical examination of a patient is first and foremost performed through touch, yet doctors can only learn a limited amount of information from what they feel. Temple University researchers have now developed a prototype device that will not only emulate human tactile sensation, but also quantify it...
Smokers Continue Habit After Being Diagnosed With Cancer
1/24/2012
According to a study published January 23 online in Cancer, many smokers do not drop the habit after being diagnosed with colorectal or lung cancer. The study by Elyse R. Ph.D., M.P.H.and her team at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston involved 3,063 patients with colorectal cancer and 2,456 with lung cancer. The patients were seen at the time of diagnosis, and also five months later...
Musculoskeletal Side Effects From Breast Cancer Treatment Are Not Long Term
1/24/2012
Around 75% of the 48,000 women annually diagnosed with breast cancer in the UK suffer from an estrogen receptor positive tumor, which implies the involvement of the hormone estrogen in cancer growth...
Smokers Continue Habit After Being Diagnosed With Cancer
1/24/2012
According to a study published January 23 online in Cancer, many smokers do not drop the habit after being diagnosed with colorectal or lung cancer. The study by Elyse R. Ph.D., M.P.H.and her team at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston involved 3,063 patients with colorectal cancer and 2,456 with lung cancer. The patients were seen at the time of diagnosis, and also five months later...
After A Cancer Diagnosis, Many People Continue To Smoke
1/24/2012
A new analysis has found that a substantial number of lung and colorectal cancer patients continue to smoke after being diagnosed. Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study provides valuable information on which cancer patients might need help to quit smoking...
After A Cancer Diagnosis, Many People Continue To Smoke
1/24/2012
A new analysis has found that a substantial number of lung and colorectal cancer patients continue to smoke after being diagnosed. Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study provides valuable information on which cancer patients might need help to quit smoking...
Cancer Cells In Mice Starved By Selectively Inhibiting PKM2
1/24/2012
Crippling a protein that allows cancer cells to grow when oxygen is scarce causes tumors to regress, according to a study published online in the Journal of Experimental Medicine. An enzyme called PKM2 (M2 isoform of pyruvate kinase) is ramped up in cancer cells, allowing them to generate energy in the harsh, low-oxygen environment found within tumors...
Breast Cancers And Leukemias Slowed By A Single Therapy
1/24/2012
Targeting a single protein can help fight both breast cancers and leukemias, according to two reports published online in the Journal of Experimental Medicine. The single protein is HSP90, which acts as a chaperone to protect other proteins in the cell...