40% Of Cancers Avoidable, UK Research
12/07/2011
New research from a leading charity, Cancer Research UK, suggests that around 40% of all cancers are avoidable...
New Study Reassures On Heart Risks Of Prostate Cancer Treatment
12/07/2011
Hormone-blocking therapy for prostate cancer doesn't raise the risk of fatal heart attacks as some recent studies had suggested according to a new report from Dana-Farber/Brigham and Women's Cancer Center. For men with high-risk prostate tumors, a combination of local treatment and drugs that block male hormones that feed prostate tumors can significantly lengthen survival...
American Society Of Clinical Oncology Issues Annual Report On Progress Against Cancer
12/07/2011
The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) today released Clinical Cancer Advances 2011: ASCO's Annual Report on Progress Against Cancer, an independent review of the advances in cancer research that have had the greatest impact on patient care this year...
Mobile Health Competition Launched To Develop Mobile Apps To Help Teen Cancer Patients
12/07/2011
Teenagers with cancer often report feelings of isolation, bitterness, confusion, pain, and fear as they struggle through a life-threatening disease before their lives have taken full shape. Despite these very real challenges, many teens with cancer find their needs unmet...
Advanced Age Should Not Deter Women From Breast Reconstruction After Cancer
12/07/2011
Breast cancer is on the rise and 48 percent of all breast cancers occur in women older than 65, but very few of them choose to have breast reconstruction. A new study from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center sought to determine if breast reconstruction after mastectomy is safe for older women. The answer is yes...
Mammography Screening Reduced Risk For Death From Breast Cancer By Half
12/07/2011
A new case-control study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, shows that women who participated in at least three screening mammograms had a 49 percent lower risk for breast cancer mortality...
Diabetes And Obesity Increase Risk For Breast Cancer Development
12/07/2011
Having diabetes or being obese after age 60 significantly increases the risk for developing breast cancer, a Swedish study has revealed. Data also showed that high blood lipids were less common in patients when diagnosed with breast cancer, while low blood lipids were associated with an increased risk...
Brachytherapy Was Associated With Twofold Increased Risk For Mastectomy, Complications
12/07/2011
Compared with women treated with whole-breast irradiation, women treated with brachytherapy experienced a twofold increased risk for losing their breasts, according to findings presented at the 2011 CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held Dec. 6-10, 2011. Benjamin D. Smith, M.D...
Novel Evidence Links Pretreatment Fasting Glucose To Slowed Cancer Progression
12/07/2011
An increasing understanding of molecular pathways that regulate breast and colorectal cancer development and progression has produced new therapeutic agents, including the biologic agents trastuzumab, bevacizumab, and cetuximab...
'Label-Free' Imaging Tool Tracks Nanotubes In Cells, Blood For Biomedical Research
12/07/2011
Researchers have demonstrated a new imaging tool for tracking structures called carbon nanotubes in living cells and the bloodstream, which could aid efforts to perfect their use in biomedical research and clinical medicine. The structures have potential applications in drug delivery to treat diseases and imaging for cancer research...