World's tiniest drug cabinets could be attached to cancerous cells for long term treatment
1/17/2014
As if being sick weren't bad enough, there's also the fear of frequent injections, side effects and overdosing on your medication.
Wikipedia and Cancer Research UK to take cancer information to the next level
1/16/2014
Cancer Research UK is to recruit its very own 'Wikipedian in Residence' to help ensure the free online encyclopaedia Wikipedia has the most up to date and accurate information on cancer.
Lives of older women could be saved by screening for cervical cancer up to age 69
1/16/2014
A study published this week in PLOS Medicine suggests that screening women for cervical cancer beyond age 50 clearly saves lives, and also that there are benefits for women with normal (negative) screening results to continue screening up to the age of 69 years.
Fresh insight into cancer offered by cell division discovery
1/16/2014
New findings on how the cells in our bodies are able to renew themselves could aid our understanding of health disorders, including cancer.Scientists have explained a key part of the process of cell division, by which cells are able to keep our organs functioning properly.
Two types of breast cancer stem cells identified; both necessary to create metastasis
1/16/2014
Breast cancer stem cells exist in two different states and each state plays a role in how cancer spreads, according to an international collaboration of researchers. Their finding sheds new light on the process that makes cancer a deadly disease."The lethal part of cancer is its metastasis so understanding how metastasis occurs is critical," says senior study author Max S. Wicha, M.D.
Multiple sclerosis may increase risk of developing cancer
1/16/2014
Individuals with multiple sclerosis may have an increased risk of developing any type of cancer, with an especially high risk of developing breast cancer. That is the conclusion of a recent study published in European Journal of Neurology. Because the findings contradict earlier studies, additional research is needed to determine whether a true link exists between multiple sclerosis and cancer.
Robot-assisted partial nephrectomy for kidney cancer preserves kidney function
1/16/2014
Patients with chronic kidney disease who received robot-assisted partial nephrectomy to treat kidney cancer have minimal loss of kidney function -- a smaller amount even than patients with normal kidney function, according to researchers at Henry Ford Hospital's Vattikuti Urology Institute.The study, which includes patient data from five U.S. medical centers, is the largest of its kind.
Small molecule BMH-21 shows promise as anti-cancer therapy
1/16/2014
Johns Hopkins scientists say a previously known but little studied chemical compound targets and shuts down a common cancer process. In studies of laboratory-grown human tumor cell lines, the drug disrupted tumor cell division and prevented growth of advanced cancer cells.In a study described in the journal Cancer-Cell, Marikki Laiho, M.D., Ph.D.
Viral microRNAs responsible for causing Kaposi's sarcoma, an AIDS-related cancer
1/16/2014
For the first time, scientists and engineers have identified a critical cancer-causing component in the virus that causes Kaposi's sarcoma, the most common cancer among HIV-infected people. The discovery lays the foundation for developing drugs that prevent Kaposi's sarcoma and other related cancers.
Small molecule BMH-21 shows promise as anti-cancer therapy
1/16/2014
Johns Hopkins scientists say a previously known but little studied chemical compound targets and shuts down a common cancer process. In studies of laboratory-grown human tumor cell lines, the drug disrupted tumor cell division and prevented growth of advanced cancer cells.In a study described in the journal Cancer-Cell, Marikki Laiho, M.D., Ph.D.