Medical News on Cancer
One Fifth Of Breast Conserving Surgeries Require Reoperation
Jul 15, 2012
About one fifth of female breast cancer patients who chose breast conserving surgery instead of mastectomy eventually need another operation, British researchers reported in the BMJ (British Medical Journal)... Read More
Managing Colorectal Cancer Using Multidrug Strategy
Jul 13, 2012
A Harvard researcher studying the evolution of drug resistance in cancer says that, in a few decades, "many, many cancers could be manageable." "Many people are dying needlessly of cancer, and this research may offer a new strategy in that battle," said Martin Nowak, a professor of mathematics and of biology and director of the Program for Evolutionary Dynamics... Read More
New Strategy Developed To Overcome Drug-Resistant Childhood Cancer
Jul 13, 2012
A new drug combination could offer hope to children with neuroblastoma - one of the deadliest forms of childhood cancer - by boosting the effectiveness of a promising new gene-targeted treatment... Read More
Exploring The Healing Powers Of Singing
Jul 13, 2012
The Welsh cancer charity Tenovus and Cardiff University, both based in the UK, have reported that participation in a choir improves a number of quality of life factors for cancer survivors and their carers. In an effort to create a community for cancer survivors and their carers, Tenovus established the choir, Sing for Life, in 2010... Read More
Researchers Discover Switch That Lets Early Lung Cancer Grow Unchecked
Jul 13, 2012
Cellular change thought to happen only in late-stage cancers to help tumors spread also occurs in early-stage lung cancer as a way to bypass growth controls, say researchers at Mayo Clinic in Florida... Read More
Skin Cancer Self Exam By Use Of Mobile App
Jul 12, 2012
Each year, over 2 million people in the U.S. are diagnosed with skin cancer. 50,000 of these will be diagnosed with melanoma, the most serious type of skin cancer. Regular skin checks can assist in detecting melanoma in its earliest stages. Cancer screening has just gone mobile with a new free app called UMSkinCheck, downloadable on iTunes... Read More
Breast Cancer Molecular "Post-It-Note" Warns Of Metastasis Spread Risk
Jul 12, 2012
According to a new report published in the BJC (British Journal of Cancer), a molecular "post-it note" added to breast cancer genes could identify the risk that the disease will spread in patients... Read More
In Bone Marrow Transplant Patients, Maraviroc Reduces Graft-Vs.-Host Disease
Jul 12, 2012
An HIV drug that redirects immune cell traffic significantly reduces the incidence of a dangerous complication that often follows bone marrow transplants for blood cancer patients, according to research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, published in the New England Journal of Medicine... Read More
Yissum Introduces A Novel Method For Treating Cancer Based On A Protein Encoded By HIV-1
Jul 12, 2012
The novel method uses a peptide derived from HIV to increase the sensitivity of cancer cells to radiotherapy and chemotherapy - Finding published in Blood, journal of the American society of hematology... Read More
New Breast Cancer Treatment Available In France
Jul 12, 2012
Reimbursement granted for Halaven® (eribulin) for women with locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer Halaven® (eribulin), a novel treatment for patients with locally advanced or metastatic breast cancer who have progressed after at least two chemotherapeutic regimens for advanced disease, has today received reimbursement approval from the French health authorities... Read More
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