Study On Gut Cell Regeneration Reconciles Long-Standing Research Controversy
11/15/2011
The lining of the intestine regenerates itself every few days as compared to say red blood cells that turn over every four months. The cells that help to absorb food and liquid that humans consume are constantly being produced. The various cell types that do this come from stem cells that reside deep in the inner recesses of the accordion-like folds of the intestines, called villi and crypts...
Neurological Impairment Associated With Chemotherapy
11/14/2011
A report in the November issue of the Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals outlines cases of women who survived breast cancer and showed neurological impairment. The problem seems to be markedly worse in those who received chemotherapy compared with those that did not...
Advanced Breast Cancer - First Worldwide Guidelines
11/14/2011
Recently (3-5 November) at a conference in Lisbon, Portugal, experts from around the world agreed on the world's first consensus how to treat and help individuals suffering with advanced breast cancer...
Blood Test Within Weeks Of Treatment Shows Benefit Of Novel Drug In Breast Cancer
11/14/2011
Clinical benefit from use of a novel histone deacetylase inhibitor drug may be determined by examining blood cells days after a patient receives treatment...
Signaling Pathway Linked To Inflammatory Breast Cancer May Drive Disease Metastasis
11/14/2011
Amplification of anaplastic lymphoma kinase, which has been reported in other cancers such as non-small cell lung cancers, may be a primary driver of the rapid metastasis that patients with inflammatory breast cancer experience. If validated, the use of anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) inhibitors may be a new treatment approach for patients with this lethal form of breast cancer...
Acupuncture Can Prevent Radiation-Induced Chronic Dry Mouth
11/14/2011
When given alongside radiation therapy for head and neck cancer, acupuncture has shown for the first time to reduce the debilitating side effect of xerostomia, according to new research from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Fudan University Shanghai Cancer Center...
Joint Pain Linked To Commonly Used Breast Cancer Drugs
11/14/2011
Researchers exploring why some women who take a common breast cancer drug develop serious joint pain have eliminated two possible causes: inflammatory arthritis and autoimmune disease. Because of these findings, researchers say women should be encouraged to continue taking the medication to gain its full benefit. The study is published online in the journal Breast Cancer Research and Treatment...
Halting The Spread Of Breast Cancer - New Target Identified
11/14/2011
A new potential target to slow breast cancer tumor progression and metastasis has been identified by a team of researchers led by Dr. Richard Kremer from the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC). Complications in breast cancer patients are commonly caused by the spread of the disease through metastasis to other parts of the body, most often to the bones and lungs...
Evelyn H. Lauder Dies Of Non-Genetic Ovarian Cancer
11/13/2011
Evelyn Lauder, 75, founder of pink ribbon for cancer awareness, died today from complications of non-genetic ovarian cancer, which had been diagnosed in 2007, at her home in New York City, the Estée Lauder Companies Inc. (ELC) announced today. Her family is said to have been at her bedside as she passed away...
A new type of therapy aimed at reversing the gene-silencing that promotes cancer-cell growth has shown promising results in a small clinical trial conducted by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center...