Death Rate Higher In Minorities With Acute Leukemia
9/20/2011
Blacks and Hispanics have fewer cases of acute leukemia compared to whites but they die at a substantially higher rate, according to study results presented at the Fourth AACR Conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities, held here Sept. 18-21, 2011...
The Environment Of Tumors Keeps Tumor-Fighting T Cells Away
9/20/2011
Tumors have an arsenal of tricks to help them sidestep the immune system. A study published on September 19 in the Journal of Experimental Medicine reveals a new trick - the ability to keep tumor-fighting T cells out by disabling a T cell-attracting protein within the tumor core. The immune system faces many challenges in its attempt to fight off cancer...
Commission On Cancer Releases Rapid Quality Reporting System To Facilitate Quality Cancer Care
9/20/2011
A new tool to promote and facilitate evidence-based cancer care at the local level makes its debut as the Commission on Cancer (CoC) of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) introduces its Rapid Quality Reporting System (RQRS) to the more than 1,500 hospital cancer programs that it accredits...
MRI Technique 'SWIFT' May Assist In Detecting Spread Of Oral Cancer To The Jawbone
9/20/2011
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) technology is an extremely important part of a doctors arsenal for looking inside the body...
Association Found Between Stress And Breast Cancer Aggressiveness
9/20/2011
Psychosocial stress could play a role in the etiology of breast cancer aggressiveness, particularly among minority populations, according to study results presented at the Fourth AACR Conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities, held here from Sept. 18-21, 2011...
Higher Incidence Of Secondary Breast Cancer Seen Among Black Women Regardless Of Age
9/20/2011
The overall incidence of breast cancer is generally higher among white women than black women; however, the incidence of a second breast cancer in the opposite breast is higher among black women, according to a study presented at the Fourth AACR Conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities, held here Sept. 18-21, 2011...
Depression Affected Preventive Health Screening Among Latina Breast Cancer Survivors
9/20/2011
Depression, in addition to other barriers, may prevent Latina breast cancer survivors from undergoing preventive health screening for colorectal and ovarian cancer, according to data presented at the Fourth AACR Conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities, held here Sept. 18-21, 2011...
Mammography Use Up For U.S. Immigrants
9/20/2011
While mammography rates have improved among foreign-born women residing in the United States, these women are still less likely to have undergone breast cancer screening than native-born U.S. women. These study results were presented at the Fourth AACR Conference on The Science of Cancer Health Disparities, held Sept. 18-21, 2011, in Washington, D.C...
Queen's Pioneers Prostate Cancer Breakthrough
9/20/2011
Scientists at Queen's University have pioneered a new combination treatment for prostate cancer. The treatment, which has been successful in phase one of trials, will now be tested for efficacy in a second phase. The treatment, aimed at men with an advanced and aggressive form of prostate cancer which has spread to the bone, is the first of its kind to be developed...
First Fluorescence-Guided Ovarian Cancer Surgery
9/20/2011
The first fluorescence-guided surgery on an ovarian cancer patient was performed using a cancer cell "homing device" and imaging agent created by a Purdue University researcher. The surgery was one of 10 performed as part of the first phase of a clinical trial to evaluate a new technology to aid surgeons in the removal of malignant tissue from ovarian cancer patients...