Hereditary Cancer Risk
8/18/2011
Medical researchers have discovered a new type of mechanism causing cancer susceptibility, showing that tiny changes in some anti-cancer genes can act as magnets to attract modifying "biochemical tags", effectively switching them off and predisposing families to an increased risk of the disease. The study and its findings are reported in the leading international journal Cancer Cell...
Why Some Breast Cancers Develop And Recur May Be Explained By Malignant Stem Cells
8/18/2011
Mutations that are found in stem cells could be causing some breast cancers to develop and may be the reason the disease recurs. These abnormal cells are likely controlling cell functions in the tumor and, given they are not targeted by chemotherapy and radiation, they enable the disease to recur...
Contributors To High Incidence Of Breast Cancer In African-American Women Identified
8/18/2011
Investigators from the Boston University's Slone Epidemiology Center have reported findings that may shed light on why African American women have a disproportionately higher risk of developing more aggressive and difficult-to-treat breast cancers, specifically estrogen and progesterone receptor negative (ER-/PR-) cancers...
Improved Chances Of Survival For Certain Cancer-Risk Patients Made Possible By New Process
8/17/2011
Thanks to a new study conducted by the Intermountain Clinical Genetics Institute at LDS Hospital, people living in Utah, who are at risk for certain forms of colon and other cancer types may soon have better chances of survival or even avoiding the diseases. The study is published in the August edition of the American Journal of Managed Care...
New Effective And Significantly Less Costly Process May Save Lives Of Lynch Syndrome Patients
8/17/2011
People who are at risk for a certain form of colon and other types of cancer may soon have a better chance at surviving or even avoiding the diseases, thanks to a new study done by the Intermountain Clinical Genetics Institute at LDS Hospital...
Thyroid Cancer Radio Iodine Treatment; Who Is Receiving It And Why?
8/17/2011
Radioactive iodine usage after thyroid surgery for different stages of thyroid cancer is up, but there are few guidelines outlining proper dosages and usage. So what is it and what do patients and health providers need to know? First, your thyroid gland absorbs nearly all of the iodine in your blood...
Childbearing May Increase Risk Of Hormone Receptor-Negative Breast Cancer In African-American Women
8/17/2011
African-American women are at higher risk for hormone receptor-negative breast cancer, one of the most difficult subtypes to treat, but this risk could be ameliorated somewhat by breast-feeding their children. "African-American women are more likely to have had a greater number of full-term births and less likely to have breast-fed their babies," said Julie Palmer, Sc.D...
An international team of researchers led by Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has identified five inherited genetic variants that are strongly associated with aggressive, lethal prostate cancer...
Researchers Discover Antibody That May Help Detect Ovarian Cancer In Its Earliest Stages
8/17/2011
Using a new approach to developing biomarkers for the very early detection of ovarian cancer, researchers at Rush University Medical Center have identified a molecule in the bloodstream of infertile women that could one day be used to screen for those at high risk for the disease or even those with early-stage ovarian cancer...
More Evidence That Caffeine Lowers Risk Of Skin Cancer
8/17/2011
There might be a time when instead of just drinking that morning cup of coffee you lather it on your skin as a way of preventing harmful sun damage or skin cancer. A new Rutgers study strengthens the theory that caffeine guards against certain skin cancers at the molecular level by inhibiting a protein enzyme in the skin, known as ATR...