New ultrasound technique provides alternate way to visualize tumors
1/31/2014
While ultrasound provides a less expensive and radiation-free alternative to detecting and monitoring cancer compared to technologies such as X-rays, CT scans, and MRIs, ultrasound has seen limited use in cancer treatment due to clarity and resolution issues.
Increasing incidence of oropharyngeal cancer in young adults
1/31/2014
A new study reveals an alarming increase in oropharyngeal cancers among young adults. While the exact cause for this phenomenon is unknown, the human papillomavirus (HPV) may be to blame.
Potential drug targets, similarities to several cancers revealed by TCGA bladder cancer study
1/31/2014
Investigators with The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Research Network have identified new potential therapeutic targets for a major form of bladder cancer, including important genes and pathways that are disrupted in the disease.
Younger women benefit from mammography
1/31/2014
Researchers from University Hospitals (UH) Case Medical Center and Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine have published new findings in the February issue of American Journal of Roentgenology that mammography remains beneficial for women in their 40s.
Breast cancer survival boosted by running
1/31/2014
Previous studies have shown that breast cancer survivors who meet the current exercise recommendations (2.5 hours of moderate intensity physical activity per week) are at 25% lower risk for dying from breast cancer. New research from the U.S.
Treatment discovered for paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinemia, a rare blood cancer
1/31/2014
University of British Columbia researchers have discovered a potential new treatment for a rare blood cancer that may also point the way to treating other more common diseases.Paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinemia (PNH) is a rare form of cancer characterized by episodic rupture of red blood cells and the danger of blood clots forming in the vascular system.
Immune cell response triggered by vaccine used to treat cervical precancers
1/31/2014
Preliminary results of a small clinical trial show that a vaccine used to treat women with high-grade precancerous cervical lesions triggers an immune cell response within the damaged tissue itself.
Increasing incidence of oropharyngeal cancer in young adults
1/31/2014
A new study reveals an alarming increase in oropharyngeal cancers among young adults. While the exact cause for this phenomenon is unknown, the human papillomavirus (HPV) may be to blame.
Treatment decisions significantly modified by Myriad's prolaris for prostate cancer
1/31/2014
Myriad Genetics, Inc. (NASDAQ: MYGN) has announced results from PROCEDE 500, a clinical utility study with its Prolaris test, at the 2014 ASCO Genitourinary Cancers Symposium in San Francisco, Calif. The study demonstrated the significant clinical value of Prolaris to physicians who are treating men with prostate cancer.
Vodka confirmed as major factor in early death of Russian men
1/31/2014
A large study shows that alcohol - and, in particular, vodka - is responsible for Russia's high and sharply fluctuating death rates. Russia currently has an abnormally high early death rate in men - 25% of all Russian men will die before the age of 55.One of the authors of the new study, Prof.