Risks And Benefits Of Medicines: Pharmacists Need To Provide Better Information To Teenagers
9/05/2011
A large proportion of teenagers regularly and frequently take some form of medication without receiving targeted information about the risks and benefits, according to a review of current research, to be presented at the annual congress of the International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP) tomorrow (Tuesday)...
Leukemia Predisposition Gene Discovered
9/05/2011
Researchers have found a gene defect that predisposes people to acute myeloid leukemia and myelodysplasia and hope their finding will lead to a genetic test that gives people with a family history of leukemia a chance to find out if they carry the faulty gene before their symptoms emerge. You can read a scientific paper on how Dr. Marshall S...
UT Southwestern Program Identifies Families At High Risk For Colorectal Cancer
9/05/2011
UT Southwestern Medical Center has developed a new lifesaving genetic screening program for families at high risk of contracting colorectal cancer, a deadly yet highly preventable form of cancer...
Fibrous Stroma Associated With Poor Prognosis In Lung Squamous Cell Carcinoma
9/05/2011
The nature of the connective tissue surrounding lung cancer nests can help predict the aggressiveness of squamous cell carcinoma, according to research published in the September issue of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology, the official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC)...
Lung Cancer ALK Rearrangement May Predict Pemetrexed Efficacy, Study Shows
9/05/2011
Patients with ALK-rearranged non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) responded significantly better to pemetrexed (brand name: Alimta) than patients whose cancer did not show ALK translocation, according to research published in the September issue of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology, the official publication of the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC)...
Researchers Report New Understanding Of Role Of Telomeres In Tumor Growth
9/05/2011
The first report of the presence of alternative lengthening of telomeres (ALT) in cancers arising from the bladder, cervix, endometrium, esophagus, gallbladder, liver, and lung was published in The American Journal of Pathology. The presence of ALT in carcinomas can be used as a diagnostic marker and has implications for the development of anti-cancer drug therapies...
Faster Diagnostics Through Cheap, Ultra-Portable Blood Testing
9/05/2011
Blood tests are important diagnostic tools. They accurately tease-out vanishingly small concentrations of proteins and other molecules that help give a picture of overall health or signal the presence of specific diseases. Current testing procedures, however, are expensive and time-consuming, while sophisticated test equipment is bulky and difficult to transport...
Understanding Telomeres May Have Potential For Some Cancer Therapies
9/04/2011
The American Journal of Pathology published the first report of the presence of alternative lengthening of telomeres (ALT) that can be used as a diagnostic indicator and could be significant for developing anti-cancer therapies for cancers in the bladder, cervix, endometrium, esophagus, gallbladder, liver, and lung...
NHS Breast Screen Program Does Not Give Women Informed Choice, It Misinforms The Public, UK
9/04/2011
Peter C Gøtzsche and Karsten Juhl Jørgensen of the Nordic Cochrane Centre urge for "more honesty" from the NHS BSP (Breast Screening Programme)...
Key Function Of Mutation In Hereditary Breast And Ovarian Cancer Gene Discovered
9/04/2011
It is widely known that mutations in the breast cancer susceptibility 1 (BRCA1) gene significantly increase the chance of developing breast and ovarian cancers, but the mechanisms at play are not fully understood...