Mutations In Essential Genes Often Cause Rare Diseases
6/10/2011
Mutations in genes essential to survival are behind so-called orphan diseases, explaining in part why these diseases are rare and often deadly, according to a study appearing in The American Journal of Human Genetics...
Cancer Experts Offer Four Tips For Healthy Grilling
6/10/2011
It's that time of year again. Hot weather sets picnic fever - and the nation's barbeque grills - ablaze; in fact, according to the Hearth, Patio and Barbeque Association, 4 out of 5 American households will fire up backyard grills this summer. Today, in time for the first day of summer, experts at the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) issued their yearly advice for healthy grilling...
Signaling Pathways Point To Vulnerability In Breast Cancer Stem Cells
6/10/2011
Whitehead Institute researchers have identified signals from breast epithelial cells that can induce those cells to transition to and maintain a mesenchymal and stem cell-like cell state that imbues both normal and cancer cells with a greater ability to migrate and self-renew...
Receiving radiation therapy immediately after a radical prostatectomy is a cost-effective treatment for prostate cancer patients when compared with waiting and acting on elevated prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels, according to a new study by researchers at Thomas Jefferson University and Hospital...
Perceptive Informatics, a leading eClinical solutions provider and a subsidiary of PAREXEL International Corporation (NASDAQ: PRXL), announced that it is taking a lead role in the biopharmaceutical industry to advance the practical application of revised response criteria for Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma (NHL) and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia (CLL) to clinical trials. Bruce D. Cheson, M.D...
Patients with the most common form of leukemia (acute myeloid leukemia) receive ten times more chemotherapy than necessary. This was revealed by a team of Dutch hematologists...
UK Cancer Survival IS Lower Than Other Developed European Countries, Say Experts
6/09/2011
The authors, led by Dr Laura Woods from the Cancer Research UK Cancer Survival Group at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, say their findings "support a large body of evidence that survival after cancer in the UK is indeed lower, and that this is likely to be related to delay in diagnosis, lower investment in healthcare and sub-optimal care...
Cancer Protein Discovery May Aid Radiation Therapy
6/09/2011
Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have uncovered a new role for a key cancer protein, a finding that could pave the way for more-effective radiation treatment of a variety of tumors. Many cancers are driven in part by elevated levels of cyclin D1, which allow the cells to escape growth controls and proliferate abnormally...
Keep Cancer Off The BBQ Grill
6/09/2011
Some people may be reconsidering plans to grill hot dogs and steak based on a new report supporting the link between red and processed meats, and increased colorectal cancer risk. But, experts at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center say that small changes to what - and how - you grill can keep cancer off the menu...
B Vitamins In Mother's Diet Reduce Colorectal Cancer Risk In Offspring
6/09/2011
Mice born to mothers who are fed a diet supplemented with B vitamins are less likely to develop intestinal tumors, report scientists at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging (USDA HNRCA) at Tufts University. Previous research in humans and mice suggests that B vitamins, particularly folate, play a role in the prevention of colorectal cancer...