Gene Expression In Cancer Regulated By Vast Hidden Network
10/17/2011
Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) and two other institutions have uncovered a vast new gene regulatory network in mammalian cells that could explain genetic variability in cancer and other diseases. The studies appear in the online edition of Cell...
Wellbeing For Cancer Survivors Improved By Nurses
10/17/2011
A one-off consultation with a nurse at the end of cancer treatment can make a difference to a patient's ongoing physical and emotional wellbeing. The Queensland University of Technology (QUT ) School of Nursing and Midwifery has designed a program to assist cancer survivors in self-managing their health and emotional concerns...
Post-menopausal women who experience new onset breast tenderness after starting combination hormone therapy may have an increased risk of breast cancer compared to women who don't experience breast tenderness, a study by researchers at UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center has shown. One reason for this may be that their breasts are becoming more dense...
Men Who Have Never Married Are More Likely To Die From Cancer
10/16/2011
It is known that the unmarried are in general more likely to die than their married counterparts and there is some indication that the divide is in fact getting worse...
Hidden Genetic Influence On Cancer Discovered By Researchers
10/16/2011
In findings with major implications for the genetics of cancer and human health, researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) and two other science teams in New York City and Rome have uncovered evidence of powerful new genetic networks and showed how they may work to drive cancer and normal development...
Venezuelan President Off To Cuba For More Tests
10/16/2011
Hugo Chavez, President of Venezuela, is going to Cuba again for more tests after a tumor was surgically removed four months ago, followed by four bouts of chemotherapy. Chavez has been very secretive about where his cancer is, what type it is, how advanced it was when diagnosed, and what his prognosis is...
Primary Bowel Cancer - FDG PET-CT Technology Use Not Cost Effective
10/15/2011
According to a study published in Health Technology Assessment, there is little evidence to support the use of PET-CT add-on imaging device in the pre-operative staging of bowel cancer. Over one million people are diagnosed with colorectal cancer worldwide each year, making it the third most common cancer in the UK after lung and breast cancer...
Primary Bowel Cancer - FDG PET-CT Technology Use Not Cost Effective
10/15/2011
According to a study published in Health Technology Assessment, there is little evidence to support the use of PET-CT add-on imaging device in the pre-operative staging of bowel cancer. Over one million people are diagnosed with colorectal cancer worldwide each year, making it the third most common cancer in the UK after lung and breast cancer...
Stoves In The Developing World Contribute To 2 Million Deaths A Year
10/15/2011
An international effort to replace smoky, inefficient household stoves that people commonly use in lower and middle income countries with clean, affordable, fuel efficient stoves could save nearly 2 million lives each year, according to experts from the National Institutes of Health...
Turning On Fetal Hemoglobin To Reverse Sickle Cell Anemia
10/15/2011
Not long after birth, human babies transition from producing blood containing oxygen-rich fetal hemoglobin to blood bearing the adult hemoglobin protein. For children with sickle cell disease, the transition from the fetal to adult form of hemoglobin - the oxygen-carrying protein in blood - marks the onset of anemia and painful symptoms of the disorder...