Study Unveils New Understanding Of Resistance To Chemotherapy And Cancer Relapse
7/13/2011
Researchers from the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) have conducted a study which reveals new insights into how cancer cells can maintain a resistance to chemotherapy resulting in cancer relapse. The findings may contribute to improved cancer treatments and better outcomes for patients. In chemotherapy treatment, anti-cancer drugs are used to kill cancer cells...
Childhood Cancer In The Vicinity Of Nuclear Power Plants
7/13/2011
A large nationwide longitudinal study found no evidence of an increased risk of cancer in children born near nuclear power plants in Switzerland. The CANUPIS study was performed by the Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine (ISPM) at the University of Bern (Switzerland) in collaboration with the Swiss Childhood Cancer Registry and the Swiss Paediatric Oncology Group...
Cancer Mortality Higher In Men Than Women
7/12/2011
Men have a higher risk of dying from cancer compared to women, mainly because males have a higher initial risk and are generally diagnosed when the cancer is further advanced, a National Cancer Institute Study has revealed in Cancer, Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. The researchers examined a database with details on 36 different types of cancer for a 30-year period up to 2006...
Intra-Arterial Chemotherapy For Retinoblastoma Must Be Used With Caution
7/12/2011
According to a study report published online by Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, eight eyes with retinoblastoma (a tumor of the retina of the eye) that were treated by intra-arterial chemotherapy (IAC), post-removal, showed evidence of ocular complications and variable response of the tumor to the treatment...
Most High-Grade Non-Invasive Bladder Cancer Patients Not Getting Right Care
7/12/2011
The majority of patients with high-grade non-invasive bladder cancer are not getting the care recommended by official guidelines from the American Urology Association and the National Comprehensive Cancer Network; essential treatment to minimize the chances of a recurrence or cancer progression, researchers from UCLA's Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center revealed in the journal Cancer...
HPV Infection Highly Prevalent Among Organ Transplant Recipients
7/12/2011
A new study published in the American Journal of Transplantation reveals an association between the human papillomavirus (betaPV) infection and cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) in organ transplant recipients. HPV is known to cause cervical cancer and SCC in the anogenital area and also plays a role in some forms of head and neck cancer...
IsoRay, Inc. (Amex: ISR) announced another milestone, today, in the use of its proprietary Cesium-131 (Cs-131) brachytherapy seeds (internal radiation therapy) in mesh. Dr...
Hybrigenics (ALHYG), a bio-pharmaceutical company listed on Alternext (NYSE-Euronext) in Paris, with a focus on research and development of new treatments of proliferative diseases, announces today the online publication of a scientific article by Dr Ryoko Okamoto and co-authors in the peer-reviewed International Journal of Cancer*...
New Method Allows For The Concurrent Treatment Of Spinal Tumors And Stabilization Of The Spine
7/12/2011
The Orthopedic Clinic and Policlinic at the University Medical Center of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) has recently deployed a new system for the treatment of spinal tumors for the first time...
Embryonic Stem Cells Used In New Model For Studying Germ Cell Tumors In Testes
7/12/2011
A team of researchers from Spain and Switzerland have developed a new model for studying the development of testicular germ cell tumors by transplanting embryonic stem cells into the seminiferous tubules in mouse models, resulting in the development of testicular germ cell tumors (TGCT) that mimic the early stages of TGCT development...