Medical News on Cancer
Crizotinib Reduces Tumor Size In Patients With ALK Positive Lung Cancer
Sep 10, 2012
Crizotinib is effective in shrinking tumors in patients with anaplastic lymphoma receptor tyrosine kinase (ALK) positive non-small cell lung cancer, a cancer commonly found in people who never smoked, and should be the standard of care for advanced stages of this disease, according to research presented at the 2012 Chicago Multidisciplinary Symposium in Thoracic Oncology... Read More
Novel Therapeutic Targets Identified For Small Cell Lung Cancer
Sep 10, 2012
Newly discovered molecular differences between small cell lung cancer and nonsmall cell lung cancer have revealed PARP1 and EZH2 as potential therapeutic targets for patients with small cell lung cancer, according to the results of a study published in Cancer Discovery, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research... Read More
Childhood Virus RSV Shows Promise Against Adult Cancer
Sep 10, 2012
RSV, a virus that causes respiratory infections in infants and young children, selectively kills cancer cells while leaving healthy cells alone, researchers from the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio said. Santanu Bose, Ph.D., of the School of Medicine, is the inventor on a pending U.S. patent of RSV as an oncolytic therapy... Read More
Almost 1 In 5 Young Children With Cancer Suffers From A Trauma Disorder
Sep 10, 2012
People who suffer from posttraumatic stress disorder relive their traumatic experiences in the form of flashbacks and nightmares - and in childhood, also in traumatic plays during which they re-enact the experience over and over again. They avoid stimuli that remind them of the trauma or suffer from vegetative hyperarousal such as insomnia, hypervigilance or concentration problems... Read More
Moffitt Cancer Center Researchers Find Acidic PH Microenvironments In Tumors Aid Tumor Cell Survival
Sep 10, 2012
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues at the University of South Florida and Wayne State University have discovered that tumor cell survival relies on adaptation to acidic conditions in the tumor microenvironment... Read More
Breast Cancer Screening Saves Lives, New Study Shows
Sep 10, 2012
The study, published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention is the largest of its kind in Australia and one of the largest in the world. It followed about 4,000 women in a study of the BreastScreen program in Western Australia... Read More
Researchers Observe Modified Methylation Patterns In A Group Of Prostate Cancers
Sep 09, 2012
In about half of all prostate tumours, there are two genetic areas that are fused with one another. When this is not the case, the exact way cancer cells originate in prostate tumours was not clear until now... Read More
Study Uncovers Simple Way Of Predicting Severe Pain Following Breast Cancer Surgery
Sep 09, 2012
Women having surgery for breast cancer are up to three times more likely to have severe pain in the first week after surgery if they suffer from other painful conditions, such as arthritis, low back pain and migraine, according to a Cancer Research UK study published recently (Wednesday 5th) in the British Journal of Cancer... Read More
Colon Cancer Drug Prolongs Patient Survival
Sep 08, 2012
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently approved a drug effective in starving cancer growth, which was first studied in humans by a Georgia Health Sciences University cancer clinician. Dr... Read More
HIF Gene Mutation Found In Tumor Cells Offers New Clues About Cancer Metabolism
Sep 08, 2012
For the first time, a mutation in HIF2α, a specific group of genes known as transcription factors that is involved in red blood cell production and cell metabolism, has been identified in cancer tumor cells... Read More
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