Socioeconomic inequality responsible for half of premature colorectal cancer deaths
11/12/2014
Half of all premature deaths from colorectal cancer (described as deaths in people ages 25 to 64) in the United States are linked to ethnic, socioeconomic, and geographic inequalities, and therefore...
Oral HPV 'can be transmitted by oral-to-oral, oral-to-genital contact'
11/12/2014
Contrary to some previous studies, new research suggests that oral HPV can be transmitted through oral-to-oral and oral-to-genital contact with an infected person.
Classification of gene mutations in a children's cancer may point to improved treatments
11/12/2014
CHOP and Penn Medicine experts define riskier mutations in neuroblastoma, setting stage for clinical trialOncology researchers studying gene mutations in the childhood cancer neuroblastoma are...
Oral HPV 'can be transmitted by oral-to-oral, oral-to-genital routes'
11/12/2014
Contrary to some previous studies, new research suggests that oral HPV can be transmitted through oral-to-oral and oral-to-genital contact with an infected person.
Colon cancer screening follow-up assisted by nurse navigators
11/12/2014
Group Health patients with a positive screening test for colon cancer (a stool test or sigmoidoscopy) tended to be more likely to get the recommended follow-up test, a diagnostic colonoscopy, if...
The mystery of 'Frankenstein' DNA solved
11/12/2014
Australian researchers have uncovered how the massive DNA molecules that appear in some tumours are formed like Frankenstein's monster, stitched together from other parts of the genome.
New target discovered for kidney cancer therapy
11/12/2014
Cincinnati Cancer Center (CCC) researchers have discovered that a membrane channel, Transient Receptor Potential Melastatin 3, or TRPM3, promotes growth of kidney cancer tumors, and targeting this...
Pre-clinical study finds, with new approach, tumors shrink with little or no harm to normal cells
11/12/2014
Researchers at Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center have found a way to defeat one of the most tantalizing yet elusive target proteins in cancer cells - employing a...
As Americans face growing health and financial burdens from preventable, non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes and certain cancers, a new study demonstrates employers...
News from Annals of Family Medicine: November/December 2014
11/12/2014
Two Techniques Make Swallowing Pills EasierWith previous research showing more than half of people experience swallowing difficulties when taking tablets or capsules, researchers in Germany...