Medical News on Cancer
University Of Hawaii Cancer Researchers Discover Gene Defect Responsible For Cancer Syndrome
Sep 07, 2012
University of Hawai'i Cancer Center researchers have discovered germline BAP1 mutations are associated with a novel cancer syndrome characterized by malignant mesothelioma, uveal melanoma, cutaneous melanoma and atypical melanocytic tumors. Germline mutations are hereditary gene defects that are present in every cell... Read More
Genome-Wide Scan Maps Mutations In Deadly Lung Cancers; Reveals Embryonic Gene Link
Sep 07, 2012
Scientists have completed a comprehensive map of genetic mutations linked to an aggressive and lethal type of lung cancer. Among the errors found in small cell lung cancers, the team of scientists, including those at the Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center, found an alteration in a gene called SOX2 associated with early embryonic development. "Small cell lung cancers are very aggressive... Read More
Study Finds Increase In Number Of Non-Smokers Being Diagnosed With Lung Cancer
Sep 07, 2012
There has been an increase in the number of non-smokers being diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer, according to new findings. The report, which was presented on the 4th September 2012 at the European Respiratory Society's Annual Congress in Vienna, also found an increase in the number of women being diagnosed with the condition... Read More
Bosulif Approved By The FDA For Treatment Of Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia
Sep 07, 2012
The US Food and Drug Administration approved Bosulif as treatment for a rare disease, found in older adults, which attacks the blood and bone marrow and is known as chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML). Approximately 5,430 people will be diagnosed with CML in 2012... Read More
Tumor Suppressor Genes Vital To Regulating Blood Precursor Cells In Fruit Flies
Sep 07, 2012
UCLA stem cell scientists have shown that two common tumor suppressor genes, TSC and PTEN, are vital to regulating the stem cell-like precursor cells that create the blood supply in Drosophila, the common fruit fly. The researchers examined a signaling pathway called TOR that the cells use to gauge nutrition levels and stress, said study senior author Dr. Julian A... Read More
Possible New Therapy For The Treatment Of A Common Blood Cancer
Sep 07, 2012
Research from Karolinska Institutet shows that sorafenib, a drug used for advanced cancer of the kidneys and liver, could also be effective against multiple myeloma. The disease is one of the more common forms of blood cancer and is generally incurable... Read More
Popular Kids Smoke More
Sep 06, 2012
A new study shows heart disease, lung cancer, and emphysema may be more prevalent in popular youths. The University of California and the University of Texas collaborated on a study which found that popular students in seven different California high schools were more likely to smoke cigarettes than unpopular students... Read More
PTSD Common In Children With Cancer
Sep 06, 2012
Infants and toddlers can develop PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) upon receiving a cancer diagnosis or when they undergo taxing treatment with surgery, chemotherapy, or radiotherapy, scientists from the University of Zurich and the University Children's Hospital Zurich reported in Psycho-Oncology... Read More
Married Lung Cancer Patients Have A Better Chance Of Survival
Sep 06, 2012
According to a study carried out by experts at the University of Maryland Marlene and Stewart Greenebaum Cancer Center in Baltimore, which will be presented at the 2012 Chicago Multidisciplinary Symposium in Thoracic Oncology, locally advanced lung cancer patients who are married are more likely to survive than those who are single... Read More
Ovarian Cancer Cells Hijack Surrounding Tissues To Enhance Tumor Growth
Sep 06, 2012
Tumor growth is dependent on interactions between cancer cells and adjacent normal tissue, or stroma. Stromal cells can stimulate the growth of tumor cells; however it is unclear if tumor cells can influence the stroma... Read More
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