Medical News on Cancer
Skin Cancer Patients Should Be Screened Before Receiving Vemurafenib
Aug 15, 2012
According to a study conducted by Cancer Research UK, different genetic mutations powering skin cancer may have an impact on how patients respond to the drug vemurafenib, meaning that individuals suffering from melanoma skin cancer should be screened prior to treatment... Read More
Personalized Clinical Trial For Cancer Therapies May Be Possible With New Method
Aug 15, 2012
A new tool to observe cell behavior has revealed surprising clues about how cancer cells respond to therapy - and may offer a way to further refine personalized cancer treatments... Read More
Mechanisms Of Acquired Chemoresistance In Ovarian Cancer Identified
Aug 15, 2012
The presence of multiple ovarian cancer genomes in an individual patient and the absence or downregulation of the gene LRP1B are associated with the development of chemoresistance in women with the high-grade serous cancer subtype of ovarian cancer whose disease recurs after primary treatment... Read More
Scientists Develop Model For New Burkitt Lymphoma Treatments
Aug 15, 2012
Burkitt lymphoma is a malignant, fast-growing tumor that originates from a subtype of white blood cells called B lymphocytes of the immune system and often affects internal organs and the central nervous system. Now Dr... Read More
New Treatment Options For High-Risk Childhood Leukemia Subtype Offered By Existing Drugs
Aug 15, 2012
Discovery of the genetic basis of a high-risk subtype of leukemia shows some patients might benefit from existing targeted therapies, advancing the goal of curing all children with the most common childhood cancer Scientists have identified new genetic alterations underlying a high-risk subtype of the most common childhood cancer that could be effectively targeted with exist... Read More
Bowel Cancer Caused By Faulty Gene And High Iron Levels
Aug 15, 2012
New research published in Cell Reports has revealed that high levels of iron switches on a key pathway in people with faults in a critical anti-cancer gene (APC) that could raise the risk of bowel cancer... Read More
Should Young Men Be Vaccinated Against Human Papilloma Virus?
Aug 14, 2012
A new study published in Viral Immunology has sparked a debate on whether the human papilloma virus (HPV) vaccination should be given to men. The review - available at http://www.liebertpub... Read More
Hope For Improved Treatment For Acute Myeloid Leukemia Following Gene Discovery
Aug 14, 2012
Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have made a discovery involving mice and humans that could mean that people with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a rare and usually fatal cancer, are a step closer to new treatment options. Their study results were published online in Cancer Cell... Read More
Personalized Cancer Care Via Chromosomal Translocations
Aug 14, 2012
A broken chromosome is like an unmoored beansprout circling in search of attachment. If a cell tries to replicate itself with broken chromosomes, the cell will be killed and so it would very much like to find its lost end. Often, it finds a workable substitute: another nearby chromosome... Read More
New Therapy That Prevents Lung Cancer Growth In Mice
Aug 14, 2012
The discovery, which is already being tested in co-clinical trials, brings new clues for the treatment of this disease Lung cancer is one of the most aggressive types of cancer and the most common cause of death from this disease worldwide... Read More
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