Tumor-Homing Peptide Delivers Treatment That Shrinks Tumors And Minimizes Side Effects
11/23/2011
The trouble with most anti-cancer therapies is that they are lethal to most cells in the body, not just cancer cells. As a result, patients experience side effects like nausea, increased susceptibility to infection, and increased risk of developing secondary cancers later in life...
News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: Nov. 21, 2011
11/23/2011
EDITOR'S PICK: Boosting the aged immune response to flu virus As people age, their immune system becomes less robust. This makes them more susceptible to serious and frequently life-threatening infections with viruses that affect the respiratory tract such as influenza A virus (IAV)...
Reform Needed In Cancer Screening
11/23/2011
Since the National Cancer Institute developed the first guidelines on mammography screening over thirty years ago, advocacy and professional groups have developed guidelines focused on who should be screened, instead of communicating clearly the risks and benefits of screening, according to a commentary by Michael Edward Stefanek, Ph.D...
Child Anemia In Madagascar Could Increase If Bushmeat Is Taken Off The Menu
11/23/2011
A new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, finds that consuming bushmeat had a positive effect on children's nutrition, raising complex questions about the trade-offs between human health and environmental conservation...
Coffee Emerges As Protective Against Cancer And Other Diseases
11/22/2011
Starbucks fans around the world can rejoice that their tipple gets the thumbs up yet again. Already shown to protect against a number of diseases, a recent study in the Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, shows coffee drinkers who consume more than four cups a day have a 25% lower risk of developing Endometrial Cancer...
Hyperthermia Heat Treatment For Cancer Approved
11/22/2011
BSD Medical Corporation's new system of using heat to treat cancer, known as the BSD-2000 Hyperthermia System, which uses "hyper" not "hypo" thermia, has been granted Humanitarian Device Exemption (HDE) marketing approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...
Laser Removal May Be Advantageous For Treating Precancerous Skin Lesions
11/22/2011
Carbon dioxide laser ablation (removal) may have a role as an alternative treatment for a common precancerous skin lesion known as lentigo maligna when surgery or radiation therapy is not feasible, according to a report in the November/December issue of the Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals...
Among patients with head and neck cancer, poor overall quality of life, pain, and continued tobacco use appear to be associated with poorer outcomes and higher mortality rate two years after diagnosis, according to a report in the November issue of the Archives of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals...
Teens Tanning Less, Australia
11/22/2011
Tanning is 'out' according to the New Cancer Council's National Sun Protection Survey 2010-2011. The survey shows that the trend of sporting a bronzed look amongst 12-17 year old young Australians has continued to drop steadily. According to the 2010-2011 survey the preference for a suntan dropped by 45% compared to a 60% decrease in 2003-2004 and 51% in 2006-2007...
Death rates have declined among U.S. patients with cancer of the mouth and pharynx from 1993 to 2007, with the greatest decreases seen among men and women with at least 12 years of education, according to a report in the November issue of the Archives of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals...