False Positive Mammograms Affect Most Women After A Decade
10/19/2011
A new investigation of national Breast Cancer Surveillance Consortium data in the Annals of Internal Medicine reveals that, in one decade of yearly mammograms, over half of women without cancer will be called back for further testing, and approximately 1 in 12 women will be referred for a biopsy...
Sterilization Method For Hemodialysis Dialyzer Membrane Linked With Risk Of Low Platelet Counts
10/19/2011
Patients who had undergone hemodialysis using dialyzers that had been sterilized with the use of electron beams were more likely to develop thrombocytopenia (an abnormally low platelet count in the blood, associated with increased risk of bleeding), according to a study in the October 19 issue of JAMA...
Cells Are Crawling All Over Our Bodies, But How?
10/19/2011
For better and for worse, human health depends on a cell's motility the ability to crawl from place to place. In every human body, millions of cells are crawling around doing mostly good deeds though if any of those crawlers are cancerous, watch out...
Sterilization Method For Hemodialysis Dialyzer Membrane Linked With Risk Of Low Platelet Counts
10/19/2011
Patients who had undergone hemodialysis using dialyzers that had been sterilized with the use of electron beams were more likely to develop thrombocytopenia (an abnormally low platelet count in the blood, associated with increased risk of bleeding), according to a study in the October 19 issue of JAMA...
Researchers Discover That Same Gene Has Opposite Effects In Prostate, Breast Cancers
10/19/2011
Researchers at Cleveland Clinic have discovered that a gene - known as an androgen receptor (AR) - is found in both prostate and breast cancers yet has opposite effects on these diseases. In prostate cancer, the AR gene promotes cancer growth when the gene is "turned on...
Can Taking Calcium With Other Minerals Help Prevent Bowel Cancer?
10/19/2011
Bowel cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer in developed countries but occurs much less frequently in the developing world. A high fat diet, particularly high in saturated fat, can increase a person's risk of developing bowel cancer. In addition to the high content of saturated fat, the 'typical' Western diet contains only low levels of calcium and other minerals...
Pediatric Cancer And Palliative Care: Parental Preferences Compared With Health-Care Professionals
10/19/2011
Parents of children in the palliative stage of cancer favour aggressive chemotherapy over supportive care compared with health care professionals, states an article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal) Cancer is the second most common cause of death for children aged 5 to 14 in North America...
Protein That Fuels Lethal Breast Cancer Growth Emerges As Potential New Drug Target
10/19/2011
A protein in the nucleus of breast cancer cells that plays a role in fueling the growth of aggressive tumors may be a good target for new drugs, reports a research team at the Duke Cancer Institute. The finding, published in the Oct...
Protein Family Key To Aging, Cancer
10/19/2011
The list of aging-associated proteins known to be involved in cancer is growing longer, according to research by investigators at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The new study, published Oct. 17 in Cancer Cell, identifies the protein SIRT2 as a tumor suppressor linked to gender-specific tumor development in mice...
Researchers Discover That Same Gene Has Opposite Effects In Prostate, Breast Cancers
10/19/2011
Researchers at Cleveland Clinic have discovered that a gene - known as an androgen receptor (AR) - is found in both prostate and breast cancers yet has opposite effects on these diseases. In prostate cancer, the AR gene promotes cancer growth when the gene is "turned on...