Medical News on Cancer
Metastatic Breast Cancer: Bevacizumab Slows Progression, But Has No Impact On Survival
Jul 12, 2012
The cancer drug bevacizumab (Avastin®) offers only a modest benefit in prolonging disease progression in patients with advanced stage breast cancer, according to a systematic review by Cochrane researchers... Read More
Fewer Iron Supplements During Pregnancy Work Just As Well For Preventing Anaemia
Jul 12, 2012
Taking iron supplements one to three times a week instead of every day is just as effective at preventing anaemia in pregnant women, according to the findings of a new Cochrane systematic review. The authors of the review also showed that women experienced fewer side effects when taking iron supplements intermittently rather than daily... Read More
New Mechanism That Might Promote Cancer's Growth And Spread In The Body Revealed By Study
Jul 12, 2012
Tiny vesicles released by tumors cells are taken up by healthy immune cells, causing the immune cells to discharge chemicals that foster cancer-cell growth and spread, according to a study by researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute (OSUCCC - James) and at Children's Hospital in Los Angeles... Read More
Potential New Treatment For Metastatic Colon Cancer
Jul 12, 2012
How does a tumor cell set up a signaling pathway in order to metastasize? Scientists at Technische Universitat Munchen's (TUM) Klinikum rechts der Isar and Helmholtz Zentrum Munchen have made a significant discovery in this area by studying colon cancer. They have learned that the tumor cells release certain proteins known as chemokines... Read More
Targeting Cancer With Decreased Toxicity: First-Of-Its-Kind Approach To Designing Nanomedicines
Jul 12, 2012
Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) are the first to report a new approach that integrates rational drug design with supramolecular nanochemistry in cancer treatment. Supramolecular chemistry is the development of complex chemical systems using molecular building blocks... Read More
Patient Concerns And Misinformation Impede Treatment Of Menopausal Women
Jul 12, 2012
The Endocrine Society commissioned Lake Research Partners to conduct a national survey of 424 internal medicine, family practice and OB/GYN physicians about their attitudes and experiences related to treating menopausal symptoms... Read More
Bevacizumab Slows Progression Of Metastatic Breast Cancer But Has No Impact On Survival
Jul 12, 2012
The cancer drug bevacizumab (Avastin®) offers only a modest benefit in delaying disease progression in patients with advanced stage breast cancer, according to a systematic review by Cochrane researchers... Read More
For Anemia Prevention During Pregnancy, Iron Supplements Need Not Be Taken Every Day
Jul 12, 2012
Taking iron supplements one to three times a week instead of every day is just as effective at preventing anaemia in pregnant women, according to the findings of a new Cochrane systematic review. The authors of the review also showed that women experienced fewer side effects when taking iron supplements intermittently rather than daily... Read More
Discovery Of Melanoma-Promoting Gene
Jul 11, 2012
Black skin cancer, also known as melanoma, is particularly aggressive and becoming increasingly common in Switzerland. Despite intensive research, however, there is still no treatment. Researchers from the University of Zurich have now discovered a gene that plays a central role in black skin cancer... Read More
Exploiting "Molecular Glues" To Target Disease Relevant Proteolytic Enzymes
Jul 11, 2012
Scientists at the University Medical Center of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz in Germany identified a novel strategy to target the oncologically relevant protein-cleaving enzyme Taspase1. Taspase1 levels are not only elevated in cancer cells of patients with head and neck tumors and other solid malignancies but the enzyme is also critical for the development of leukemias... Read More
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