Medical News on Cancer
Critical Tumor Suppressor Identified For Cancer
Aug 05, 2012
Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have identified a protein that impairs the development and maintenance of lymphoma (cancer of the lymph nodes), but is repressed during the initial stages of the disease, allowing for rapid tumor growth... Read More
First Genome-Wide Analysis Of Peripheral T-cell Lymphomas Identifies 13 Novel Alterations In This Aggressive Blood Cancer
Aug 03, 2012
Researchers at Mayo Clinic have completed the world's first genome-wide sequencing analysis of peripheral T-cell lymphomas, unlocking the genetic secrets of this poorly understood and highly aggressive cancer of the immune system. Andrew Feldman, M.D... Read More
News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: Aug. 1, 2012
Aug 03, 2012
ONCOLOGY Chemokine pathway suppresses colon cancer metastasis 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
Studying How Antimelanoma Immune Responses Develop During Disease Progression
Aug 01, 2012
In many types of cancer, activated immune cells infiltrate the tumor and influence clinical outcome. It is not always clear where these cells are activated, but results reported in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, indicate that in a subset of patients with metastatic melanoma, they can be activated in the tumor microenvironment... Read More
High-Risk Human Papilloma Virus Found With Epstein Barr Virus In Prostate Cancer
Aug 01, 2012
Two common viruses known to be associated with human cancers are both present - and may even be collaborating with each other - in most male prostate cancers, a new study suggests. The research involved examination of 100 specimens of normal, malignant and benign prostate samples from Australian men... Read More
Photoacoustics For Detecting Cancer May Have Limited Use
Aug 01, 2012
One person dies every hour from melanoma skin cancer in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society. A technique, known as photoacoustics, can find some forms of melanoma even if only a few cancerous cells exist, but a recent study by MU researchers found that the technique was limited in its ability to identify other types of cancer... Read More
A Combined Approach Reduces Surgical Site Infection Rates In A High-Risk Patient Population
Jul 31, 2012
A surgical patient safety program that combines three components - accurate outcome measurement, support of hospital leadership, and engaged frontline providers - reduces surgical site infections (SSIs) by 33 percent in patients who undergo colorectal procedures, according to a new study published in the August issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons... Read More
Cancer Progression Predicted By Tumor Cells' Inner Workings
Jul 31, 2012
Using a new assay method to study tumor cells, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center have found evidence of clonal evolution in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL)... Read More
Safe Suntans Do Not Exist, Researchers Say
Jul 30, 2012
Researchers from the GW School of Medicine and Health Sciences (SMHS) have published a new study entitled "Melanoma induction by ultraviolet A but not ultraviolet B radiation requires melanin pigment" in the June issue of the journal Nature Communications, which clarifies various misconceptions about tanning... Read More
Researchers Find Link Between Climate Change, Ozone Loss And Possible Increase In Skin Cancer Incidence
Jul 30, 2012
For decades, scientists have known that the effects of global climate change could have a potentially devastating impact across the globe, but Harvard researchers say there is now evidence that it may also have a dramatic impact on public health. As reported in a paper published in Science, a team of researchers led by James G. Anderson, the Philip S... Read More
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