• Scottish breast screening programme detects 1,500 cases in 2008-09

    Updated: 2010-07-31 13:08:48
    A new report has revealed that the NHS Breast Screening Programme detected nearly 1,500 cases of the disease in 2008-09 in Scotland.

  • Bone Density May Predict Prostate Cancer in Old Age

    Updated: 2010-07-30 21:26:49
    Bone scans might help identify men at high risk for aggressive prostate tumors as they age, researchers said.

  • Malecare Advanced Prostate Cancer Teleconference

    Updated: 2010-07-30 20:57:40
    Join us for a conversation about treating advanced stage prostate cancer, with James M. McKiernan, M.D. and Joel Nowak, M.A., M.S.W. Dr. McKiernan is Vice Chairman of the Department and Director of Urologic Oncology at New York – Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center. He treats many patients with high risk cancer diagnoses. Dr. McKiernan is actively involved [...]

  • Chemotherapy Definition 4 AOL Health

    Updated: 2010-07-30 16:51:10
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  • Cancer Research UK launches medicine manufacturing hub for life-saving research

    Updated: 2010-07-30 16:50:52
    Cancer Research UK's Drug Development Office marks the launch of its Biotherapeutics Development Unit (BDU) today with the manufacture of its first product - an antibody for treating a range of cancers.

  • Report shows cost-sharing money not getting through

    Updated: 2010-07-30 16:50:52
    The amount of paperwork that primary care trusts (PCTs) have to fill out in order to be reimbursed for cancer drugs is so great that they may be missing out on millions of pounds, a report suggests.

  • Some much-deserved props for the oft-forgotten fecal occult blood stool test for colon CA

    Updated: 2010-07-30 15:34:30
    Gary Schwitzer's HealthNewsReview Blog Gary Schwitzer Publisher , HealthNewsReview.org feedback healthnewsreview.org Some much-deserved props for the oft-forgotten fecal occult blood stool test for colon CA By Gary Schwitzer on July 30, 2010 10:34 AM 5 Comments No TrackBacks We do a lot of colonoscopies in this country , looking for colon cancer . And that's a good thing . But do people realize that the only screening test for colon cancer shown by randomized controlled trials to decrease colon cancer mortality and incidence is fecal occult blood testing FOBT It's an inexpensive about 20 at-home test kit that often seems to get lost in the enthusiasm for in-office higher-tech procedures like standard colonoscopy or its new sibling , virtual colonoscopy . This week , a study in Health

  • WSJ: Senator Slams FDA Advisory Committee's Avastin Decision

    Updated: 2010-07-29 20:02:16
    : Gary Schwitzer's HealthNewsReview Blog Gary Schwitzer Publisher , HealthNewsReview.org feedback healthnewsreview.org WSJ : Senator Slams FDA Advisory Committee's Avastin Decision By Gary Schwitzer on July 29, 2010 3:02 PM No Comments No TrackBacks Only so much to say about this story It's about Senator David Vitter of Louisana . He says that an FDA advisory committee's vote to revoke the approval of Roche-Genentech's Avastin for treating breast cancer is essentially government rationing . The WSJ : reports New studies presented to the panel showed more side effects among women being treated with Avastin and no overall survival benefit , though they did show women taking the drug had an extra month to 2.9 months of progression-free survival . Advisory panels do not discuss monetary costs

  • Looking for Skin Cancer

    Updated: 2010-07-29 19:10:00
    Connect Search For Others Create Your Profile Participate Message Board Learn Cancer Atlas Cancer News Cancer Blog Cancer Information Weekly Cancer Newsletter Insurance Information Your Guide to Cancer Care Podcasts CF Thrive Magazine Recipes Empowering cancer patients to make informed . decisions Login or Join Now why join Jul 29 0 Looking for Skin Cancer by : cancercompass CBS news published an informative article on Wednesday about the importance of checking skin , the body's largest organ , for . cancer Sunscreen , wide-brimmed hats , sunglasses , and protective clothing are not enough . One must periodically check their skin to make sure that mole isn't . cancer In fact , Dr . Ariel Ostad , a New York City-based dermatologist , told CBS News that doctors usually recommend a

  • Medicare/ Trailblazer Rejects Reimbursement for Provenge & Jevtana!

    Updated: 2010-07-29 05:12:11
    A member of the advanced prostate cancer on-line support group who is the wife of an advanced prostate cancer survivor in New Mexico just informed us that Trailblazer (the MAC that controls New Mexico reimbursements for Medicare and Medicaid) has said they will not pay for her husband to get Provenge. They were [...]

  • Immunotherapy Shows Benefit in Prostate CA

    Updated: 2010-07-28 22:00:00
    A cellular immunotherapy appears to prolong survival among men with metastatic castration-resistant prostate cancer, researchers reported.

  • Columnist: Canadians spend $2B/yr on statins - much of it wasted

    Updated: 2010-07-28 21:29:02
    : Gary Schwitzer's HealthNewsReview Blog Gary Schwitzer Publisher , HealthNewsReview.org feedback healthnewsreview.org Columnist : Canadians spend 2B yr on statins much of it wasted By Gary Schwitzer on July 28, 2010 4:29 PM No Comments No TrackBacks My friend Alan Cassels who publishes the Media Doctor Canada site that does basically the same thing our HealthNewsReview.org site does had a biting column in the Vancouver Sun this week . : Excerpts is there convincing proof that statins will help people with high cholesterol yet without established heart disease live longer The answer to this 2-billion question is a resounding no . Low-risk Canadians , like the patients in this study , spend about 2 billion on statins every . year While doctors have known for some time that statins can help

  • Study: Low-Risk Prostate Cancer Patients Receiving Aggressive Treatments

    Updated: 2010-07-28 15:17:00
    : Connect Search For Others Create Your Profile Participate Message Board Learn Cancer Atlas Cancer News Cancer Blog Cancer Information Weekly Cancer Newsletter Insurance Information Your Guide to Cancer Care Podcasts CF Thrive Magazine Recipes Empowering cancer patients to make informed . decisions Login or Join Now why join Jul 28 0 Study : Low-Risk Prostate Cancer Patients Receiving Aggressive Treatments by : cancercompass According to a new study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine , most men diagnosed with low-risk prostate cancer tend to undergo aggressive treatment like prostate . removal Aside from pain , the side-effects from surgically removing the prostate can include permanent impotence and urinary . inconsistency Low-risk prostate cancer can be determined by a

  • £50m interim fund to improve access to cancer drugs

    Updated: 2010-07-28 14:11:48
    The government has announced a new £50 million fund to improve access to cancer drugs until the new Cancer Drugs Fund comes into effect in April 2011.

  • Salvage Radiotherapy after High-Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) for Recurrent Localized Prostate Cancer

    Updated: 2010-07-28 14:05:29
    HIFU has been a common primary prostate cancer treatment in Europe for quite a while. Currently, in the United States, there are a number of clinical trial sites evaluating HIFU as a primary treatment. Like all other primary treatments there is a significant failure rate causing men to move on to salvage therapy. [...]

  • New molecular marker could predict if breast cancer patients need chemotherapy

    Updated: 2010-07-28 05:40:48
    A new predictive marker which could help doctors to decide whether breast cancer patients would benefit from chemotherapy has been identified by a team of scientists.

  • Lance Armstrong Under Scrutiny

    Updated: 2010-07-27 22:11:00
    Connect Search For Others Create Your Profile Participate Message Board Learn Cancer Atlas Cancer News Cancer Blog Cancer Information Weekly Cancer Newsletter Insurance Information Your Guide to Cancer Care Podcasts CF Thrive Magazine Recipes Empowering cancer patients to make informed . decisions Login or Join Now why join Jul 27 0 Lance Armstrong Under Scrutiny by Dana Demas Is Lance Armstrong a fierce competitor or a cheater That's the question being posed by a federal grand jury probe Maybe you think he's both . Few would deny that Armstrong has been a tireless soldier in the war against cancer . He roots for cancer patients loud and proud with his Livestrong empire . But has all he's done for cancer advocacy and research been tainted by allegations he took performance-enhancing drugs

  • Perfect elements for NY Post story: alleged killer, rat poison, liver transplant - but is it true?

    Updated: 2010-07-27 21:05:32
    They fell like dominoes. The New York Post broke the story with the headline, "Suicidal 'killer' gets liver transplant." MSNBC.com followed with ""Many outraged as accused murderer gets liver transplant." CBS News had, "Suspected Killer Gets Organ Transplant, Jumped to Top of Waiting List." Fox followed with, "Confessed Killer Gets New Liver Ahead of Others." Too good to be true on a slow news day. But hold on. As Reuters reports, the hospital where the transplant reportedly took place denies it. Reports of jumping transplant waiting lists are concerning. What did these news organizations do to verify their stories?

  • NICE guideline focuses on care for patients with cancer of unknown primary

    Updated: 2010-07-27 21:00:39
    The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has published a new guideline which should help to improve care for thousands of patients with advanced cancer that has spread from an unknown primary location.

  • 800 researchers around the planet trying to measure impact of 300+ health problems

    Updated: 2010-07-27 15:31:26
    Gary Schwitzer's HealthNewsReview Blog Gary Schwitzer Publisher , HealthNewsReview.org feedback healthnewsreview.org 800 researchers around the planet trying to measure impact of 300+ health problems By Gary Schwitzer on July 27, 2010 10:31 AM No Comments No TrackBacks My friend and colleague Bill Heisel , one of our news reviewers , also works at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation IHME at the University of Washington . He wrote to me that this group : has launched a major global health survey to measure the impact of more than 300 diseases or injuries and more than 40 risk factors . This is the most ambitious global health measurement project in two decades . And when people answer the survey , they will be providing information that will directly shape the final outcome of

  • Tour de France Officials Upset About Cancer Jerseys

    Updated: 2010-07-27 15:21:00
    Connect Search For Others Create Your Profile Participate Message Board Learn Cancer Atlas Cancer News Cancer Blog Cancer Information Weekly Cancer Newsletter Insurance Information Your Guide to Cancer Care Podcasts CF Thrive Magazine Recipes Empowering cancer patients to make informed . decisions Login or Join Now why join Jul 27 0 Tour de France Officials Upset About Cancer Jerseys by : cancercompass Lance Armstrong's Tour de France bicycling team donned unapproved jerseys before the last stage of the race on Sunday , which postponed the start by nearly 20 . minutes The black jerseys had the number 28 on the back , which represents the 28 million people fighting cancer a number which the seven-time Tour de France winner uses for his Livestrong . campaign According to the Associated Press

  • New Drug for Advanced Prostate Cancer

    Updated: 2010-07-27 00:35:13
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  • New data raising concerns over overdiagnosis & overtreatment of prostate cancer

    Updated: 2010-07-26 21:47:52
    Gary Schwitzer's HealthNewsReview Blog Gary Schwitzer Publisher , HealthNewsReview.org feedback healthnewsreview.org New data raising concerns over overdiagnosis overtreatment of prostate cancer By Gary Schwitzer on July 26, 2010 4:47 PM No Comments No TrackBacks What's known about the characteristics of men being treated aggressively for prostate cancer Up to now , not much . A study published in the Archives of Internal Medicine describes the first large-scale US population-based study to document the risk profiles and treatment patterns among men with PSA levels of 4.0 ng mL or lower who were diagnosed as having prostate cancer . Between 2004 and 2006, about 14 percent of prostate cancer diagnoses fell into this category . Such men are considered less likely to have more worrisome ,

  • PSA Screening Can Lead to Overtreatment

    Updated: 2010-07-26 21:03:15
    Many men being treated aggressively for low-grade prostate cancer -- particularly if it was detected during prostate-specific antigen screening -- are unlikely to benefit from the intervention, a new study suggests.

  • Phase II Study of Nitric Oxide for Men with Increasing PSAs After Primary Treatment for Prostate Cancer

    Updated: 2010-07-26 18:03:29
    Biochemical recurrence of prostate cancer after primary therapy (PSA only) remains a significant problem.   Deciding on the best treatment options for men who have failed primary therapy without documented evidence of metastatic disease remains limited and controversial. Androgen deprivation therapy (ADT), the usual next step for biochemical recurrence does prolong the time to further disease progression. [...]

  • Study: Sedentary Lifestyle May Decrease Lifespan

    Updated: 2010-07-26 16:00:00
    : Connect Search For Others Create Your Profile Participate Message Board Learn Cancer Atlas Cancer News Cancer Blog Cancer Information Weekly Cancer Newsletter Insurance Information Your Guide to Cancer Care Podcasts CF Thrive Magazine Recipes Empowering cancer patients to make informed . decisions Login or Join Now why join Jul 26 0 Study : Sedentary Lifestyle May Decrease Lifespan by : cancercompass According to a new study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology this month , couch potatoes' , or those who do not often participate in physical activity , showed an increase in cardiovascular disease . mortality Researchers studied over 123,000 U.S . adults who were enrolled in the Cancer Prevention II CPS-II study funded by the American Cancer Society . The study's researchers

  • Stem cells scams "preying on desperate people"

    Updated: 2010-07-26 15:47:20
    Important piece by NPR's Richard Knox, "Offshore Stem Cell Clinics Sell Hope, Not Science." Read by following the link, or listen:

  • Checkup on evidence-based treatment of stroke (or not)

    Updated: 2010-07-26 15:19:50
    Another excellent piece by John Fauber of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, "Drug that could stop stroke isn't always used." This story also includes good graphics and reminders for readers on warning signs of a stroke, how to be prepared for a stroke emergency and what to do in such an emergency. And, in that newspaper's partnership with MedPageToday.com, a version of the story appears on that site as well under the headline, "Do Certified Stroke Centers Deliver Speedy Treatment?"

  • Can B7-H3 Expression Serve as a Biomarker of Biochemical Recurrence after Salvage Radiation Therapy for Recurrent Prostate Cancer?

    Updated: 2010-07-25 16:13:12
    Current knowledge makes it very difficult to predict which men will experience biochemical recurrence (BCR) after salvage radiation therapy (SRT) for recurrent prostate cancer (PCa). We are also lacking in novel targets for adjuvant therapies. At the College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic Florida, Jacksonville, FL., researchers evaluated the association of B7-H3 expression [...]

  • Huge public support to remove cigarette vending machines and tobacco displays in shops

    Updated: 2010-07-25 07:24:44
    Three quarters of British adults support the removal of shop displays of tobacco (73 per cent) and a complete ban on cigarette vending machines (77 per cent) according to a new survey commissioned by Cancer Research UK this weekend.

  • Can Our Society Find Its Way To An Honest Dialogue About The Price Of A Human Life?

    Updated: 2010-07-23 16:55:31
    What is the real cost of approved treatments for advanced prostate cancer and how much we should spend? These questions are rippling through the prostate cancer community and the general population. We find ourselves in a time when both the federal and our state governments are struggling to pay for the [...]

  • Young people believe tobacco displays in shops encourage smoking

    Updated: 2010-07-23 15:18:02
    Young people believe 'behind the counter' shop displays of cigarettes encourage smoking and are considered "cool, fun and attractive" according to new research published in Health Promotion Practice.

  • Hollywood Actress Overcomes Divorce, Breast Cancer

    Updated: 2010-07-23 14:33:00
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  • Study supports view that painters face higher risk of bladder cancer

    Updated: 2010-07-22 19:41:32
    A new study by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has provided further evidence that professional painters may face a higher risk of developing bladder cancer than the general population.

  • Industry attempts to influence the Food Pyramid

    Updated: 2010-07-22 19:10:19
    Gary Schwitzer's HealthNewsReview Blog Gary Schwitzer Publisher , HealthNewsReview.org feedback healthnewsreview.org Industry attempts to influence the Food Pyramid By Gary Schwitzer on July 22, 2010 2:10 PM No Comments No TrackBacks Nice job by the Chicago Tribune in its story , Looking at the food pyramid a story on last week's Washington , DC meeting to accept public comment on the proposed guidelines for 2010, which will be released at the end of the year . The story touches on issues raised by the salt , fat , seafood and dietary supplements industries . : Excerpt The proposed 2010 guidelines are the first to acknowledge America's dire obesity epidemic and the roles environment and communication play in actually getting the public to follow the . suggestions They cite powerful

  • Buyer beware on direct-to-consumer genetic test kits

    Updated: 2010-07-22 18:30:13
    Gary Schwitzer's HealthNewsReview Blog Gary Schwitzer Publisher , HealthNewsReview.org feedback healthnewsreview.org Buyer beware on direct-to-consumer genetic test kits By Gary Schwitzer on July 22, 2010 1:30 PM No Comments No TrackBacks See Natasha Singer's New York Times piece and or just listen to the following audio clips of phone calls from a federal investigation , with testing company representatives telling consumers some egregious and unsubstantiated things about what the company tests can show and what the results mean . This is some pretty troubling stuff . Read Singer's piece for more details on the feds' investigation . Categories Business of health Health care research ethics Tags genetic testing No TrackBacks TrackBack URL : http : www.healthnewsreview.org blog mt-tb.cgi

  • Possible Role of a BRCA1 Gene Loss in Metastatic Prostate Cancer Progression

    Updated: 2010-07-22 17:54:17
    Genetic counseling is common place in the world of breast cancer including the evaluation of the BRCA genes. Prostate and breast cancer increasingly been shown to have a relationship, perhaps all the down to the genetic level. Researchers are now understanding, that like in breast cancer, BRCA1 loss preexisting in small sub-populations of prostate [...]

  • New Guidelines: Women Under 21 Shouldn't Get Pap Smears

    Updated: 2010-07-22 16:08:00
    : Connect Search For Others Create Your Profile Participate Message Board Learn Cancer Atlas Cancer News Cancer Blog Cancer Information Weekly Cancer Newsletter Insurance Information Your Guide to Cancer Care Podcasts CF Thrive Magazine Recipes Empowering cancer patients to make informed . decisions Login or Join Now why join Jul 22 0 New Guidelines : Women Under 21 Shouldn't Get Pap Smears by : cancercompass According to guidelines issued by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists ACOG on Wednesday , women who are under the age of 21 should not get pap . smears Pap smears help clinicians detect abnormal cells on the cervix , like the human papillomavirus HPV which can cause cervical cancer . However , the ACOG recommends adolescents do not get . tested There's no point in

  • Some critics not so sweet on sweet corporate ties to American Dietetic Association

    Updated: 2010-07-22 15:35:46
    Gary Schwitzer's HealthNewsReview Blog Gary Schwitzer Publisher , HealthNewsReview.org feedback healthnewsreview.org Some critics not so sweet on sweet corporate ties to American Dietetic Association By Gary Schwitzer on July 22, 2010 10:35 AM No Comments No TrackBacks See the LA Times' Booster Shots piece that lets readers know about who's behind a survey touting the benefits of chocolate in a healthy diet . And the piece also addresses some concerns about chocolate industry corporate sponsorship of the American Dietetic Association . Excerpt : The Hershey Center stepped up its commitment to your health this week by becoming a corporate sponsor of the American Dietetic Assn . the professional group for nutritionists and dieticians . The organization can be found online at EatRight.org .

  • Womb cancer cases are highest for over three decades

    Updated: 2010-07-22 03:39:01
    The number of women diagnosed with womb cancer is at its highest for over 30 years according to new figures published today by Cancer Research UK which show more than 7,530 people now* develop the disease each year in the UK.

  • Gene Therapy Benefits Persist in SCID

    Updated: 2010-07-21 22:00:00
    Gene therapy appears to have long-term success for treating X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency disease (SCID) -- but recipients are at risk for acute leukemia, according to a small study from France.

  • Docetaxel (Chemotherapy) Re-Treatment – Can It Work Again?

    Updated: 2010-07-21 18:48:24
    A group of researchers from the Dipartimento di Endocrinologia ed Oncologia Clinica e Molecolare, Università Federico II, Napoli, Italy wanted to know if retreatment with docetaxel could be tolerated and have a positive effect in men with castration-resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) who have already failed chemotherapy. The researchers evaluated 45 men who had [...]

  • Study: Melanoma Increasing in Florida Minorities with Dark Skin

    Updated: 2010-07-21 15:14:00
    : Connect Search For Others Create Your Profile Participate Message Board Learn Cancer Atlas Cancer News Cancer Blog Cancer Information Weekly Cancer Newsletter Insurance Information Your Guide to Cancer Care Podcasts CF Thrive Magazine Recipes Empowering cancer patients to make informed . decisions Login or Join Now why join Jul 21 0 Study : Melanoma Increasing in Florida Minorities with Dark Skin by : cancercompass According to a new study from the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine , melanoma rates are increasing among minorities in Florida , which conversely compares to national melanoma . trends Researchers studied nearly 110,000 patients , 36,000 of whom were Florida residents . The researchers discovered that male Hispanics from Florida had a 20 higher incidence of

  • Gout Major 1 AOL Health

    Updated: 2010-07-21 11:38:07
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  • Treatment reduces dangerous side effects of cancer treatment in children

    Updated: 2010-07-21 11:38:07
    CHILDREN given a hormone growth factor alongside chemotherapy for the aggressive cancer neuroblastoma are less likely to suffer a potentially deadly side-effect, according to a major international study published today (Tuesday) in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

  • Study does not prove link between household cleaning products and breast cancer

    Updated: 2010-07-21 11:38:07
    Results of a new US study published today have looked at whether cleaning products are linked to an increased risk of breast cancer. They appear to show that women who say they used such products in the past are more likely to have breast cancer.

  • Women's Sexual Health AOL Health

    Updated: 2010-07-21 11:38:06
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  • Key pathway in end-stage prostate cancer blocked

    Updated: 2010-07-21 01:11:29
    Prostate cancer advances when tumors become resistant to hormone treatment, which is the standard therapy for patients, and begin producing their own androgens. Scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center have observed that blocking one of the enzymatic steps that allow the tumor to produce androgens could be the key in halting a tumor's growth........

  • CDC Releases Mammography Statistics

    Updated: 2010-07-20 16:39:00
    Connect Search For Others Create Your Profile Participate Message Board Learn Cancer Atlas Cancer News Cancer Blog Cancer Information Weekly Cancer Newsletter Insurance Information Your Guide to Cancer Care Podcasts CF Thrive Magazine Recipes Empowering cancer patients to make informed . decisions Login or Join Now why join Jul 20 0 CDC Releases Mammography Statistics by : cancercompass The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released statistics earlier this month regarding who , and who doesn't , get mammograms in order to curb the development of breast . cancer Below is what the CDC found among women in the United : States 81 of women aged 50-74 years reported having a mammogram within the past two . years American Indian and Alaska Native women reported the lowest prevalence for

  • Sanofi-aventis Announces that Jevtana® (cabazitaxel) Injection Is Now Available in the U.S.

    Updated: 2010-07-20 16:34:15
    Sanofi-aventis, the pharmaceutical company that makes taxotere and the newly approved drug, Jevtana (cabazitaxel) yesterday announced that their newly approved treatment for men with metastatic hormone-refractory prostate cancer (mHRPC) who have been previously treated with a docetaxel-based treatment regimen and failed is finally available for distribution in the United States. Around one month ago, [...]

  • Save the Date: Empowerment Rally

    Updated: 2010-07-19 17:32:00
    : Connect Search For Others Create Your Profile Participate Message Board Learn Cancer Atlas Cancer News Cancer Blog Cancer Information Weekly Cancer Newsletter Insurance Information Your Guide to Cancer Care Podcasts CF Thrive Magazine Recipes Empowering cancer patients to make informed . decisions Login or Join Now why join Jul 19 0 Save the Date : Empowerment Rally by Dana Demas On Friday , July 23, 2010, five cancer survivors will participate in a roundtable discussion on patient empowerment . They'll share their personal cancer journeys and sources of empowerment in their . care : Who Five cancer advocates and bloggers join us Joe Bacal Hodgkin's lymphoma survivor Lani Horn breast cancer survivor Mel Majoros breast cancer survivor Jody Schoeger breast cancer survivor Matt Zachary

  • The Basic Symptoms of Prostate Cancer

    Updated: 2010-07-16 11:18:31
    It is very complicated and risky to recognize if you have a serious type of disease. Almost all doctors rely on the first early symptoms of certain disease. It is because the significance of the early symptoms of any disease is to warn the patient and the doctor about the general condition of the patient. [...]

  • Gene implicated in spread of HER2 positive breast cancer cells in lab

    Updated: 2010-07-16 03:18:02
    UK scientists have discovered that a gene called C35 can work together with other cancer-promoting genes to drive the growth and invasion of breast cancer cells in the lab.

  • Study finds childhood cancer survivors have higher risk of dying years later

    Updated: 2010-07-16 03:18:01
    Childhood cancer survivors may have an increased risk of death from other forms of cancer, cardiac and cerebrovascular causes more than 25 years after their initial illness, UK scientists have found.

  • Sir Paul Nurse to lead new UKCMRI

    Updated: 2010-07-15 00:49:28
    Sir Paul Nurse is to become the first director and chief executive of the UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation (UKCMRI), a biomedical research institute planned for central London which will bring together world-class scientists and the latest technology.

  • Cervical cancer vaccine 'may prevent more cases than initially thought'

    Updated: 2010-07-15 00:49:28
    The cervical cancer vaccine could prevent even more cases of the disease in England than previously thought, UK scientists have found.

  • High-risk prostate cancer and bone mineral content loss

    Updated: 2010-07-14 14:48:42
    Men with prostate cancer lose significantly less bone mineral content (BMC) as they age than men who are free of the disease, as per research in the recent issue of BJUI The findings are important because loss of BMC can play a key role in the development of fragile bones, fractures and osteoporosis........

  • 'Skills Swap' to exploit expertise for patient benefit

    Updated: 2010-07-14 00:47:51
    Cancer Research Technology (CRT) and Medical Research Council Technology (MRCT) will 'swap' medical discoveries to accelerate the translation of early scientific research into patient benefit.

  • How prostate cancer packs a punch

    Updated: 2010-07-13 16:47:20
    Some types of prostate tumors are more aggressive and more likely to metastasize than others. Nearly one-third of these aggressive tumors contain a small nest of particularly dangerous cells known as neuroendocrine-type cells. More rarely, some aggressive prostate tumors are made up entirely of neuroendocrine-type cells. The presence of neuroendocrine-type cancer cells is linked to a poor prognosis, but spotting these rare cells can be like finding a needle in a haystack. Now, as per a research findings reported in the July 13 issue of Cancer Cell, a team of researchers led by Ze'ev Ronai, Ph.D. at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham) has identified a series of proteins that might make it easier for doctors to better diagnose the more metastatic forms of prostate cancer........

  • Long-term survival from once-deadly cancers doubles

    Updated: 2010-07-12 00:21:48
    People diagnosed with breast, bowel and ovarian cancers and non-Hodgkin's lymphoma are today twice as likely to survive for at least 10 years as those diagnosed in the early 1970s according to new figures released by Cancer Research UK.

  • 'Missing silencer' can trigger leukaemia

    Updated: 2010-07-12 00:21:48
    A completely new mechanism that leads to the development of a certain type of leukaemia could eventually be targeted by new treatments, according to research published in Nature Immunology today (Sunday).

  • What's your baseline PSA?

    Updated: 2010-07-10 08:17:25
    Men who have a baseline PSA value of 10 or higher the first time they are tested are up to 11 times more likely to die from prostate cancer than are men with lower initial values, as per Duke University Medical Center researchers. Researchers say the finding, appearing early online in the journal Cancer, supports routine, early prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening among healthy men with normal life expectancy a practice several studies have recently questioned........

  • Men with faulty BRCA2 gene have estimated 1-in-15 chance of breast cancer by age 70

    Updated: 2010-07-08 22:39:40
    Men who carry a faulty version of the BRCA2 gene have an estimated one-in-15 chance of developing breast cancer by the time they reach 70, British scientists have found.

  • Targeting advanced prostate cancer

    Updated: 2010-07-07 22:17:30
    In its early stages, prostate cancer requires androgens (hormones that promote the development and maintenance of male sex characteristics) for growth, and current first-line therapies target the receptor for these hormones to slow cancer's development and spread. However, advanced prostate cancers are often androgen-independent, meaning that androgen-blocking therapies are ineffective........

  • New drug for inherited breast and ovarian cancers shows promise in early trials

    Updated: 2010-07-07 22:17:27
    Olaparib, a new type of experimental drug called a PARP inhibitor, has shown promising results against inherited forms of breast and ovarian cancer in two small clinical trials led by scientists at the Breakthrough Breast Cancer Research Unit at King's College London.

  • Bowel cancer screening test 'may be less accurate in summer'

    Updated: 2010-07-07 22:17:27
    A new study suggests that the test used in the Italian national bowel cancer screening programme may be less likely to spot cancerous changes in summer than it is in winter.

  • Teenagers get sunburnt on purpose

    Updated: 2010-07-06 21:09:47
    More than a quarter of teenagers will get sunburnt on purpose this summer in the belief that they will ultimately get a suntan, a survey has found.

  • DIYers urged to be asbestos aware

    Updated: 2010-07-06 21:09:46
    A new survey has highlighted the need for Britons to improve their awareness of asbestos - a building material that was banned in the UK in 1999 after scientists discovered its link to a number of lung diseases, including cancer.

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