Novel Mechanism Of Glioblastoma Development Revealed
1/20/2012
Most research on glioblastoma development, a complicated tumor of the brain with a poor prognosis, has focused on the gene transcription level, but scientists suggest that post-transcriptional regulation could be equally or even more important. In a recent report in Molecular Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, scientists led by Luiz O. F. Penalva, Ph.D...
Oxygen Starvation Reverses Radiation-Induced Damage To Brain Tissue In Mouse Model
1/20/2012
Treating brain tumors with whole brain radiation therapy can damage healthy brain tissue, but a new study in mice reveals that limiting the oxygen supply, or hypoxia, can alleviate some of the cognitive impairment caused by the radiation. The results are reported in the online journal PLoS ONE...
Genetic Code Cracked For A Devastating Blood Parasite
1/20/2012
Scientists have cracked the genetic code and predicted some high priority drug targets for the blood parasite Schistosoma haematobium, which is linked to bladder cancer and HIV/ AIDS and causes the insidious urogenital disease schistosomiasis haematobia in more than 112 million people in Africa...
Tumors Continue Growing Even When Cells Get Old
1/19/2012
Based on the knowledge that cancer cells grow indefinitely, the general belief is that senescence could act as a barrier against tumor growth and has the potential of being used as a cancer treatment...
Tumors Continue Growing Even When Cells Get Old
1/19/2012
Based on the knowledge that cancer cells grow indefinitely, the general belief is that senescence could act as a barrier against tumor growth and has the potential of being used as a cancer treatment...
Oesophageal Cancer Gene Found
1/19/2012
UK researchers have found a gene that plays an important part in the development of oesophageal cancer or cancer of the gullet. They announced their news to the press on Thursday. Every year, more than 8,000 people in the UK discover they have oesophageal cancer, and the rates are going up. The disease is more common in the UK than other European countries...
Tykerb And Herceptin - Their Role In Breast Cancer Treatment Clarified
1/19/2012
Patients with HER2-positive breast cancer have been treated with Tykerb (lapatinib) both in combination with herceptin (trastuzumab), and as an alternative single-agent therapy for pre-surgery (neo-adjuvant) chemotherapy...
TB And A Gene Mutation That Causes Lung Cancer Linked
1/19/2012
Tuberculosis (TB) has been suspected to increase a person's risk of lung cancer because the pulmonary inflammation and fibrosis can induce genetic damage. However, direct evidence of specific genetic changes and the disease have not been extensively reported...
Successful Trial Shows Drug Improves Survival Of Colorectal Cancer Patients
1/19/2012
An investigational drug called regorafenib slowed the progression of tumors and lengthened the lives of patients with metastatic colorectal cancer, an international phase III clinical trial found. The findings were presented at the Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in San Francisco by Mayo Clinic oncologist Axel Grothey, M.D...
New research into the treatment, prognosis and early detection of gastrointestinal cancers was released in advance of the ninth annual Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium being held January 19-21, 2012, at The Moscone West Building in San Francisco, Calif...