| Newly Discovered Signaling
Molecule Could Improve Cancer Vaccines
Investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have discovered a new
signaling molecule that prevents immune responses from running amok and damaging
the body. The finding could lead to the de...
Cancer Patients May Benefit from Reporting Symptoms Online in Real Time
New York, NY - Traditionally, clinicians have relied on information provided
by cancer patients during their office visits as the primary means of assessing
patients' symptoms and side effects. Howeve...
Nanotechnology Identifies Cancer Cells: Method May Provide a New Diagnostic
Tool for Cancer
The nano science measurements may provide a potential new method for detecting
cancer, especially in cells from body cavity fluids where diagnosis using current
methods is typically very challenging. ...
Breast Cancer: Are women seeing the most experienced breast cancer surgeons?
ANN ARBOR, Mich - U-M study finds women involved in choosing surgeon more likely
to be treated by experienced surgeon, at accredited cancer center....
Grape Skin Extract Inhibits Prostate Cancer Cell Growth in the Laboratory
Laboratory experiments show that an extract of the skin of muscadine grapes
can inhibit growth of prostate cancer cells in the laboratory. Investigators
from the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part ...
Lung Cancer: New Study Reveals Mechanism of Drug Resistance
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute researchers and their colleagues have demonstrated
that a genetic error so scarce it can't be detected with some standard screening
equipment is often responsible for the ...
Prostate Cancer Clinical Trial Closes Early
ANN ARBOR, Mich - (January 18, 2007) The Southwest Oncology Group, a national
cancer research consortium, has closed one of its trials because of an unexpected
pattern of late side effects...
Aspirin Saves Lives of Cancer Patients Suffering Heart Attacks, Despite Fears
of Bleeding
M D Anderson News Release (01/19/07): Many cancer patients who have heart attacks
often are not treated with life saving aspirin given the belief in the medical
community that they could...
Cancer Research: HIV Protease Inhibitors Show Potential as Cancer Treatments
in Preclinical Studies
Several protease inhibitors that are used in combination with other drugs to
treat Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection may also be effective against
certain types of cancer, according to rese...
Lung Cancer: Research Suggests New Treatment Approach for Targeted Lung Cancer
Drugs
BOSTON - An international research team, led by investigators from the
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Cancer Center and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute,
has found a new way that some lung ...
Breast Cancer & Prostate Cancer: NCI Launches Initiative to Idenitify Genetic
Risks
The National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health,
today launched an initiative to identify genetic alterations that make people
susceptible to prostate and breast cancer,...
Caregivers benefit from cancer support programs according to new University
of Michigan study
ANN ARBOR, Mich - As cancer care begins to address the emotional needs of patients,
a new study from researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer
Center shows that it's important to ...
Neuroblastoma Research: Genetically Modified Cells Attack Tumors
(Memphis, Tenn - December 21, 2006) Mice with neuroblastoma tumors have been
successfully treated with genetically modified cells that sought out the cancer
cells and activated a chemotherapy drug dir...
GIST Tumor: New targeted therapy shows promise with metastatic Gastrointenstinal
Stromal Tumor
Children with a rare digestive-tract cancer that is resistant to front-line
therapy have benefited from a newer targeted therapy that has been shown effective
in adults, according to data from a small...
Osteonecrosis of the jaw may be linked to drug treatment
A type of drug used to strengthen bones when cancer has spread there may be
linked to a side effect that involves deterioration of the jaw bone, according
to two new reviews of cancer literature. The ...
Cancer Death Rates: Annual Report Reveals Cancer Death Rates Continue to Drop
A new report from the nation's leading cancer organizations finds that Americans'
risk of dying from cancer continues to drop, maintaining a trend that began
in the early 1990s. However, the rate of n...
Why don’t all moles progress
to melanoma? UM researchers discovery reveals
answers
Everyone has moles. Most of the time, they are nothing but a cosmetic nuisance.
But sometimes pigment-producing cells in moles called melanocytes start dividing
abnormally to form a deadly form of ski...
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