Task Force recommends BRCA mutation screening for high-risk women
12/23/2013
According to a new guideline being published in Annals of Internal Medicine, the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends that primary care providers screen asymptomatic women with a family history of breast, ovarian, tubal, or peritoneal cancers to determine if that family history may be associated with an increased risk for potentially harmful mutations in breast cancer...
Task Force recommends BRCA mutation screening for high-risk women
12/23/2013
According to a new guideline being published in Annals of Internal Medicine, the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommends that primary care providers screen asymptomatic women with a family history of breast, ovarian, tubal, or peritoneal cancers to determine if that family history may be associated with an increased risk for potentially harmful mutations in breast cancer...
Drug combo defeats tumor defenses in pancreatic cancer
12/23/2013
A UK team has discovered how to undermine a protective wall that pancreatic cancer tumors maintain around themselves, thus enabling the body's own immune cells - which they boosted with an antibody - to enter and attack cancer cells.
A tomato-rich diet may reduce breast cancer risk, study shows
12/23/2013
It has long been known that postmenopausal women are at a higher risk of developing breast cancer. But now, new research suggests that adopting a diet rich in tomatoes may reduce this risk. This is according to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism.According to the National Cancer Institute, women in the US have a 12.
Life-saving formula a step closer to human trials
12/23/2013
A global innovation that has the potential to prevent women in developing countries from the fatal loss of blood after childbirth will move a step closer to human trials, following a $500,000 gift from Australia's Planet Wheeler Foundation.
Vanderbilt-led research identifies new gene fusions in melanoma
12/23/2013
Cancer researchers, led by investigators at Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, have identified two novel gene fusions in melanoma which may be responsive to existing cancer therapies. Melanoma is the most deadly form of skin cancer. The study was published in Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.
Cells with a mutation in the gene called K-Ras-found in close to 30% of all cancers, but mostly those with worst prognosis, such as pancreatic cancer, colon cancer, and lung cancer-behave in ways that subvert the normal mechanisms of cell death, according to a cell-culture study by researchers from Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah.
Radiation therapy to treat uterine cancer linked with increased risk of bladder cancer later in life
12/23/2013
Radiation therapy used to treat uterine cancer may increase a patient's risk of developing bladder cancer. That is the conclusion of a recent study published in BJU International. The findings indicate the importance of monitoring patients for potential signs of bladder cancer to ensure early diagnosis and treatment.
Freezing sperm Improves the chances of fatherhood after treatment for Hodgkin lymphoma
12/23/2013
Men with Hodgkin lymphoma who want to become fathers after their cancer treatment have greatly increased chances of doing so if they have frozen and stored semen samples beforehand, according to research published online in Europe's leading reproductive medicine journal Human Reproduction [1].
Smoking changes our genes
12/22/2013
The fact that smoking means a considerable health risk is nowadays commonly accepted. New research findings from Uppsala University and Uppsala Clinical Research Center show that smoking alters several genes that can be associated with health problems for smokers, such as increased risk for cancer and diabetes.We inherit our genes from our parents at birth.