Potential Ovarian Cancer Treatment Associated With Folate Receptors
11/01/2011
A new strategy that takes advantage of ovarian cancer's reliance on folate appears to give relapse patients extra months of life with few side effects, researchers say. The therapy uses the folate receptors on cancer cells as a sort of front door by pairing a substance attracted to the receptors with a chemotherapeutic agent too toxic to be given systemically, said Dr...
An international team of researchers led by investigators in the U.S. and Germany has shed light on the inner workings of the endocycle, a common cell cycle that fuels growth in plants, animals and some human tissues and is responsible for generating up to half of the Earth's biomass...
New Tool For Targeted Cancer Drug Development Created In First-Of-Its-Kind Study
11/01/2011
In a technical tour de force, scientists at Fox Chase Cancer Center have cataloged and cross-indexed the actions of 178 candidate drugs capable of blocking the activity of one or more of 300 enzymes, including enzymes critical for cancer and other diseases. Additionally, a free library of the results has been made available online to the research community...
Assessing the quality of life experienced by cancer survivors is becoming increasingly important, say researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla. Such an assessment has a number of important applications when doing research on cancer survivorship, but just how to measure quality of life for cancer survivors is still being developed...
Professionals Aim To Transform Cancer Treatment In 10 Years
10/31/2011
Leading investigators, scientists and clinicians from America and Europe met at Christ's College, Cambridge in order to launch a novel initiative to revolutionize cancer treatment. Their aim is to transform the disease from terminal to manageable, chronic condition within the next decade...
Incontinence After Prostate Cancer Surgery - Will Biodegradable Sling Help?
10/31/2011
Research is currently underway at the Indiana University School of Medicine to help men encounter fewer issues with incontinence, undergoing radical prostate surgery in the future. Chandru Sundaram, M.C...
Incontinence After Prostate Cancer Surgery - Will Biodegradable Sling Help?
10/31/2011
Research is currently underway at the Indiana University School of Medicine to help men encounter fewer issues with incontinence, undergoing radical prostate surgery in the future. Chandru Sundaram, M.C...
Ovarian Cancer Spread Fuelled By Abdominal Fat Cells
10/31/2011
Fat cells in the omentum, a large fatty pad of tissue that drapes over the intestines in the abdomen, fuel the spread of ovarian cancer by providing nutrients and energy for rapid tumor growth, according to a new study published online in Nature Medicine at the weekend...
Fat Cells In Abdomen Fuel Spread Of Ovarian Cancer
10/31/2011
A large pad of fat cells that extends from the stomach and covers the intestines provides nutrients that promote the spread and growth of ovarian cancer, reports a research team based at the University of Chicago in the journal Nature Medicine, published online October 30th, 2011...
Ovarian Cancer Spread Fuelled By Abdominal Fat Cells
10/31/2011
Fat cells in the omentum, a large fatty pad of tissue that drapes over the intestines in the abdomen, fuel the spread of ovarian cancer by providing nutrients and energy for rapid tumor growth, according to a new study published online in Nature Medicine at the weekend...