Modeling Cancer Using Ecological Principles
10/04/2011
New species invading an existing ecosystem has literally the same impact as a cancer that metastasizes. In a new study, researchers used the Tilman model of competition between invasive species in order to investigate the metastasis of prostate cells into bone. The research is published in BioMed Central's open access journal Theoretical Biology and Medical Modelling. Each year in the U.S...
Nanotechnology Employed To Seek And Destroy Glioblastoma In Mice
10/04/2011
Glioblastoma is one of the most aggressive forms of brain cancer. Rather than presenting as a well-defined tumor, glioblastoma will often infiltrate the surrounding brain tissue, making it extremely difficult to treat surgically or with chemotherapy or radiation. Likewise, several mouse models of glioblastoma have proven completely resistant to all treatment attempts...
Outcomes For Merkel Cell Carcinoma Predicted By Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
10/04/2011
Patients with Merkel Cell Carcinoma who underwent a procedure called sentinel lymph node biopsy (SNLB) had a lower risk of cancer recurrence after two years, according to a study by researchers from Fox Chase Cancer Center. When the biopsy's results were used to guide subsequent tests and treatment, these patients had longer survival rates than patients who had not undergone the procedure...
Loyola Receives Grant For Pediatric Leukemia Research
10/04/2011
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine (SSOM) received a $100,000 grant to support research to treat an aggressive form of pediatric leukemia. The grant, which was funded by Hyundai's Hope on Wheels program, was presented to Loyola during a special ceremony with cancer patients and their parents at Loyola University Medical Center...
Higher Radiation Dose Does Not Help Lung Cancer Patients Live Longer
10/04/2011
A higher dose of radiation (74 Gy) does not improve overall survival for non-small cell lung cancer that has spread to the lymph nodes, compared to the standard radiation dose (60 Gy), according to an interim analysis of a late-breaking randomized study presented at the plenary session, October 3, 2011, at the 53rdAnnual Meeting of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)...
News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: Oct. 3, 2011
10/04/2011
METABOLIC DISEASE: Antioxidants combat risk factor for type 2 diabetes in mice The number of individuals with type 2 diabetes is reaching epidemic proportions. One of the main risk factors for developing type 2 diabetes is resistance of the cells in the body to the effects of the hormone insulin...
Burden Of Breast Cancer Deaths Shifts To Poor: American Cancer Society Report
10/04/2011
A new report from the American Cancer Society finds that a slower and later decline in breast cancer death rates among women in poor areas has resulted in a shift in the highest breast cancer death rates from women residing in more affluent areas to those in poor areas. The authors point to screening rates as one potential factor. In 2008, only 51...
Study Shows Dramatic Rise In Incidence Of Oral Cancer Type Linked To HPV
10/04/2011
A new study of oropharyngeal cancer suggests that dramatic increases in U.S. incidence of the cancer and survival since 1984 can be attributed to infection with the human papillomavirus (HPV)...
Combination HPV Diagnostic Test For Head And Neck Cancer Outperformed Other Tests
10/04/2011
Researchers have determined that a combination of P16 immunohistochemistry and DNA qPCR to test for viral E6 can accurately determine the oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma, a form of head and neck cancer, which derive from HPV16, according to a study published in Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research...
Outcomes For Merkel Cell Carcinoma Predicted By Sentinel Lymph Node Biopsy
10/04/2011
Patients with Merkel Cell Carcinoma who underwent a procedure called sentinel lymph node biopsy (SNLB) had a lower risk of cancer recurrence after two years, according to a study by researchers from Fox Chase Cancer Center. When the biopsy's results were used to guide subsequent tests and treatment, these patients had longer survival rates than patients who had not undergone the procedure...