Medical News on Cancer
Extending Vaccination Against Human Papilloma Virus To Young Men?
Aug 09, 2012
Vaccination against human papilloma virus (HPV) is recommended for young women to protect them from HPV infection and cervical cancer. Male HPV immunization is increasingly a topic of debate in the medical community. A timely review of the literature published in Viral Immunology, a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc... Read More
Proteins May Point Way To New Prostate Cancer Drug Targets
Aug 08, 2012
Two proteins that act in opposing directions - one that promotes cancer and one that suppresses cancer - regulate the same set of genes in prostate cancer, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center researchers have found. The findings, reported recently in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, point toward potential drug targets and prognostic markers for prostate cancer... Read More
Photosensitizing Antihypertensive Drugs May Increase Risk Of Lip Cancer
Aug 08, 2012
Long-term use of commonly used blood pressure medications that increase sensitivity to sunlight is associated with an increased risk of lip cancer in non-Hispanic whites, according to a Kaiser Permanente study that appears in the current online issue of Archives of Internal Medicine... Read More
New Approach For Detecting Prostate Cancer Shows Promise
Aug 07, 2012
Prostate cancer tests may soon be simpler and more accurate due to Casey Burton, a senior chemistry major at Missouri University of Science and Technology, who developed a new technique that detects certain metabolites in urine samples... Read More
Strawberries Can Help Protect Skin From UVA Rays
Aug 07, 2012
A team of Spanish and Italian researchers has discovered that skin cell cultures added with an extract from strawberries protects against ultraviolet radiation, increasing its viability and reducing DNA damage. The findings, featured in the Journal of Agricultural Food Chemistry pave the way for the development of new photopretective creams made from strawberries... Read More
News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: Aug. 6, 2012
Aug 07, 2012
ONCOLOGY Understanding colon cancer metastasis and invasion Chemokines are signals in the body that act as beacons, calling out to migrating cells, such as white blood cells, guiding them to where they are needed... Read More
Next Generation Sequencing Approach Provides Fast, Accurate, Low Cost Analysis Of BRCA Gene Mutations In Breast Cancer
Aug 07, 2012
Individuals with mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes have a significantly higher risk of developing breast and ovarian cancers. Families at risk have been seeking genetic testing and counseling based on their mutation carrier status, but the standard method of direct sequencing is labor-intensive, costly, and it only targets a part of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes... Read More
Development Of Better Cancer Therapies Likely Following Discovery Of New Mechanism Behind Resistance To Treatment
Aug 07, 2012
Developing resistance to chemotherapy is a nearly universal, ultimately lethal consequence for cancer patients with solid tumors - such as those of the breast, prostate, lung and colon - that have metastasized, or spread, throughout the body... Read More
Chemotherapy Can Inadvertently Encourage Cancer Growth
Aug 07, 2012
A new study from the US finds that in the process of targeting and killing off cancer cells, chemotherapy may also spur healthy cells in the neighbourhood to release a compound that stimulates cancer growth, eventually leading to treatment resistance. They hope their finding will lead to better therapies for cancer and buy precious time for patients with advanced cancer... Read More
The Unique Role Of Heat-Shock Factor In Supporting Highly Malignant Cancers
Aug 06, 2012
Whitehead Institute researchers have found that increased expression of a specific set of genes is strongly associated with metastasis and death in patients with breast, colon, and lung cancers... Read More
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