Prostate Cancer Gets Around Hormone Therapy By Activating A Survival Cell Signaling Pathway
6/15/2011
Cancer is crafty. When one avenue driving its growth is blocked by drugs targeting that path, the malignancy often creates a detour, finding an alternative route to get around the roadblock...
The Hidden Skin Cancer Risk From Flip-Flops, Baseball Caps
6/15/2011
Cheap, convenient and casual, baseball caps and flip-flops have a trendy charm. Those qualities make them must-wear accessories for teens, outdoor enthusiasts, gardeners or anyone trying to keep cool during the sweltering days of summer. However, flip-flips and baseball caps could pose a hidden health risk from skin cancer, said Dr...
British Men Unaware Of Key Risk Factors For Most Common Cancer In Men
6/14/2011
British men lack a basic understanding of their prostate cancer risk, despite it being the cancer they are most likely to get. Research by male cancer campaign, Everyman, found that nearly three quarters of men surveyed were unable to name age, family history or race as the top risk factors for prostate cancer, while a quarter admitted having no knowledge of any risk factors...
Up To Half Of Deaths In Men With Prostate Cancer Are Directly Due To The Disease
6/14/2011
Up to half the number of men with prostate cancer who die do so as a direct result of the disease, rather than from other causes according to a new study presented at the National Cancer Intelligence Network conference in London. Researchers from King's College London looked at 50, 066 men with prostate cancer in the Thames Cancer Registry between 1997 and 2007...
Low-Carbohydrate, High-Protein Diets May Reduce Both Tumor Growth Rates And Cancer Risk
6/14/2011
Eating a low-carbohydrate, high-protein diet may reduce the risk of cancer and slow the growth of tumors already present, according to a study published in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research...
Scientists Image Beginning Stages Of Ovarian Cancer Growth With Time Lapse Technique
6/14/2011
Scientists at Harvard University have created a laboratory model using time-lapse video microscopic technology that allows observation of early stages of ovarian cancer metastasis. "We were able to observe key molecular mechanisms that are necessary for the force-dependent processes associated with metastasis," said Joan Brugge, Ph.D., professor and chair of cell biology at Harvard University...
FDA Sets New Sunscreen Rules After Three Decades Of Anticipation
6/14/2011
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is finally making changes to how sunscreens are marketed in the United States as part of the Agency's ongoing efforts to ensure that sunscreens meet modern day standards for safety and effectiveness, while helping consumers have the information they need so they can choose the right sun protection for themselves and their families...
Industry Bucks At NIH's List Of New Carcinogens Styrene, Formaldehyde
6/14/2011
The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) have updated their list of carcinogens that the public needs to be aware of and although the packaging industry is a bit up in arms about it, formaldehyde and styrene have been added to the pile of over 240 supposedly cancer causing chemicals that can be found in many daily used items...
CEL-SCI Commences Phase III Clinical Trial In Head And Neck Cancer In Hungary
6/14/2011
CEL-SCI Corporation (NYSE AMEX: CVM) announced today that it has commenced its Phase III clinical trial for Multikine®, the Company's flagship immunotherapy, at the National Institute of Oncology in Budapest, Hungary. Enrollment is expected to start soon in this center. The study is already ongoing at twelve clinical sites in the United States, Canada, Poland and India...
Pathwork Diagnostics, Inc., a molecular diagnostics company focused on oncology, announced today that Palmetto GBA, the contractor that administers Medicare in California, has issued a positive coverage policy for the Pathwork® Tissue of Origin Test...