• AACR: Protein Array Accurate for Prostate CA

    Updated: 2010-09-30 19:25:14
    DENVER -- A panel of prostate cancer-derived autoantibodies distinguished cancer from benign prostatic hyperplasia and healthy tissue with greater than 90% accuracy, according to a preliminary study reported here.

  • Think Blue For Prostate Cancer – From the Michigan Daily

    Updated: 2010-09-30 17:36:40
    Think Blue for Prostate Cancer Illustration by Madalyn Hochendoner Reprinted with permission from the  Michigan Daily-    Published September 27th, 2010 Blue — yes, it’s a color. But it’s also a very important color. Especially today — except I’m not going to tell you why just yet. More like this Do you remember that Facebook theme from [...]

  • New mammography study & new decision-making studies

    Updated: 2010-09-30 15:02:04
    Gary Schwitzer's HealthNewsReview Blog Gary Schwitzer Publisher , HealthNewsReview.org feedback healthnewsreview.org New mammography study new decision-making studies By Gary Schwitzer on September 30, 2010 10:02 AM No Comments No TrackBacks We are preparing to review four stories on the new Swedish mammography study . We hope to post those reviews within a few days . Why does it take so long Our reviewers do not work on this project fulltime and we will have three reviewers evaluate each story . That takes time . We hope you think it's worth the wait . At the same time , I want to draw attention to a new issue of the journal Medical Decision Making that features several studies that are noteworthy . I'm traveling this week and don't have time to do anything more than to post the links to

  • Tobacco control results in lower lung cancer rate

    Updated: 2010-09-30 06:07:31
    A study led by scientists at the University of California, San Diego shows that California's 40 year-long tobacco control program has resulted in lung cancer rates that are nearly 25 percent lower than other states. "The consistency in the trends from cigarette sales and population surveys was reassuring" said John P. Pierce, PhD, Sam M. Walton Professor of Cancer Research in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine at UCSD School of Medicine and director of the Population Sciences Division at Moores UCSD Cancer Center. "What is really important is that the widening gap in smoking behavior between California and the rest of the nation is replicated in the lung cancer data 16 years later. There is no other behavior that affects a disease like this"........

  • Prostate Cancer Among Men – Two Enjoyable Ways to Deal With It!

    Updated: 2010-09-30 04:32:04
    Prostate cancer unfortunately is the prime cancer among men. We’re about to tell you about two fun ways to curb your prostate cancer. Consider eating marinara sauce How it can work: Tomato is the key ingredient of marinara sauce. And tomatoes come rich with lycopene, which happens to be a potent antioxidant proven to ease [...]

  • A New Clinical Trial of MDV3100 in Earlier Advanced Prostate Cancer

    Updated: 2010-09-29 18:30:55
    – A New Trial Marks Expanded Phase 3 Development of MDV3100 into Earlier-Stage Disease – Medivation, Inc. and Astellas Pharma Inc. today announced the launch of a second Phase 3 clinical trial of their investigational drug MDV3100.  This trial marks the expansion of the Phase 3 development of their novel, triple-acting oral androgen receptor antagonist into [...]

  • Study: New Test May Detect Two Cancers Earlier

    Updated: 2010-09-29 14:59:00
    : 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 Sep 29 0 Study : New Test May Detect Two Cancers Earlier by : cancercompass Researchers at Somalogic Inc . a privately held company focused on biomarker technology , presented at an American Association for Cancer Research meeting in Denver this . week The company stated that a new blood screening technology will allow doctors to diagnose pancreatic cancer and mesothelioma patients at earlier . stages Currently these cancers are detected at an advanced stage , where

  • More migraine news hype

    Updated: 2010-09-29 11:47:24
    Gary Schwitzer's HealthNewsReview Blog Gary Schwitzer Publisher , HealthNewsReview.org feedback healthnewsreview.org More migraine news hype By Gary Schwitzer on September 29, 2010 6:47 AM No Comments No TrackBacks What started off as a longer piece in the The Daily Telegraph of the UK ended up being shortened as it traveled across the ocean . The Montreal Gazette for example , gutted it in half , from more than 600 words down to fewer than 300 words , but leaving in extravagant claims like : could allow scientists to create a new generation of drugs a once-in-a-generation find could potentially lead to a treatment for pain in general All pretty sensational for a finding that has not yet had the chance to impact even one human yet due to the nature of the research . We recently gave the

  • Relatives of young breast cancer patients could face increased risks of other cancers

    Updated: 2010-09-29 00:02:00
    BOTH male and female relatives of women diagnosed with breast cancer before the age of 35 are at an increased risk of other cancers even if they do not carry faulty BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes, scientists have discovered.

  • Exercise reduces risk of developing womb cancer

    Updated: 2010-09-29 00:01:00
    Women who exercise and keep active are around 30 per cent less likely to develop womb cancer than couch potatoes - according to a new study published in the British Journal of Cancer today.

  • American Cancer Society's Brawley: "Prostate cancer screening clearly saves lives: THAT'S A LIE."

    Updated: 2010-09-28 18:43:16
    : : . Gary Schwitzer's HealthNewsReview Blog Gary Schwitzer Publisher , HealthNewsReview.org feedback healthnewsreview.org American Cancer Society's Brawley : Prostate cancer screening clearly saves lives : THAT'S A LIE . By Gary Schwitzer on September 28, 2010 1:43 PM 1 Comment No TrackBacks Dr . Otis Brawley has taken the gloves off on prostate cancer screening . Brawley , chief medical officer of the American Cancer Society , makes some powerful statements about controversies in prostate cancer screening in a new YouTube video that is billed as the first of a series that the Cancer Society will post on discussions with ACS officials . Key nuggets from this video not surprising to anyone who has followed this debate or Brawley's past comments include these quotes : I'm very concerned .

  • Five noteworthy health news stories - ED ads on prime time, expensive CA drugs & more

    Updated: 2010-09-28 17:35:24
    , Gary Schwitzer's HealthNewsReview Blog Gary Schwitzer Publisher , HealthNewsReview.org feedback healthnewsreview.org Five noteworthy health news stories ED ads on prime time , expensive CA drugs more By Gary Schwitzer on September 28, 2010 12:35 PM No Comments No TrackBacks On MSNBC , Erectile dysfunction drug ads too hot for prime time An AP story , 93,000 cancer drug : How much is a life worth Guy Boulton of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel on Research could be key to lower health spending Comparative-effectiveness studies can reduce spending on treatments that are ineffective or no more effective than less expensive alternatives . A Kaiser Health News piece , Americans Still Confused , Divided About Health Law about a Kaiser Family Foundation poll that shows that Misperceptions about

  • Bone-Anchored Sling for Male Stress Urinary Incontinence: Assessment of Complications

    Updated: 2010-09-28 17:23:52
    Researchers at the Department of Urology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan evaluated the complications associated with the male bone-anchored sling (BAS) to determine the appropriate preoperative counseling for men considering surgery. The BAS is a surgical option for the treatment of stress urinary incontinence (SUI) due to [...]

  • A terrific local TV news story on the conflicting advice given women with breast cancer

    Updated: 2010-09-28 15:02:48
    Gary Schwitzer's HealthNewsReview Blog Gary Schwitzer Publisher , HealthNewsReview.org feedback healthnewsreview.org A terrific local TV news story on the conflicting advice given women with breast cancer By Gary Schwitzer on September 28, 2010 10:02 AM No Comments No TrackBacks Another fine example of what local television news can do with complex health topics when serious reporters are given time to pursue stories in-depth . Jeff Baillon of KMSP-TV in Minneapolis-St . Paul a former health journalism graduate student of mine reported on the conflicting opinions breast cancer patients are given about followup testing . It's an important story of evidence-based medicine and of shared decision-making . He demonstrated the confusing , conflicting world that many can be thrown into . One

  • Guidelines to Reduce Cancer Development

    Updated: 2010-09-28 06:44:00
    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 Sep 28 0 Guidelines to Reduce Cancer Development by : cancercompass The Washington Post recently published an article highlighting lifestyle changes to reduce one's chance of developing . cancer Dr . Ranit Mishori , a family physician and faculty member in the Department of Family Medicine at Georgetown University School of Medicine , discussed several steps to limit oneself when trying to get healthy and deter cancer development . Those steps includes limiting or :

  • No Prostate Cancer Indication for Sunitinib

    Updated: 2010-09-28 05:30:00
    A phase IIIa trial of the tyrosine kinase inhibitor sunitinib (Sutent) in patients with advanced castration-resistant prostate cancer has been halted for lack of efficacy, the drug's manufacturer announced.

  • Announcing A Recall of Epogen & Procrit

    Updated: 2010-09-28 04:02:04
    It was announced by the pharmaceutical manufacture, Amgen, that they are recalling certain lots of EPOGEN® and PROCRIT® (Epoetin alfa) The recall is prompted because the vials may contain extremely thin glass flakes (lamellae) that are barely visible. The lamellae result from the interaction of the formulation with glass vials over the shelf life of [...]

  • Breast Cancer Awareness Month AOL Health

    Updated: 2010-09-27 23:22:50
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  • New Book Released Regarding Cell Phone Radiation

    Updated: 2010-09-27 20:56:00
    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 Sep 27 0 New Book Released Regarding Cell Phone Radiation by : cancercompass Dr . Devra Davis released a new book titled Disconnect : The Truth About Cell Phone Radiation , What the Industry Has Done to Hide It , and How to Protect Your Family Davis is an epidemiologist and toxicologist . She also happens to be an expert in environmental health . And according to TIME Davis believes cancer is caused more by our environments than our genes and cell phones are one of her

  • Scientists discover how 'winning cell' guides blood vessel growth

    Updated: 2010-09-26 18:00:00
    Cancer Research UK scientists have found for the first time that cells compete with each other to guide the 'sprouting' and growth of blood vessels, and they have identified how the balance of key receptors on cells control this process.

  • Beat Cancer Boot Camp

    Updated: 2010-09-24 15:37:00
    For Strength. For Health. For Life. That's the motto of Beat Cancer Boot Camp, a workout and support organization for cancer survivors, patients and their loved ones.Based in Tucson, Arizona, Beat Cancer Boot Camp has two other chapters in Ohio and Massachusetts. Founder Anita " the Sarge" Kellman focuses on group support through physical activity as opposed to "woe is me," according to Beat Cancer Boot Camp's new website.What do you think of Beat Cancer Boot Camp? Do you have a cancer-focused physical fitness group that you belong to? What do you and your loved ones do for support and health?

  • On the Horizon- Custirsen for Men with Advanced Prostate Cancer

    Updated: 2010-09-24 14:14:27
    OncoGenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: OGXI) announced the publication of results from their randomized Phase 2 trial of custirsen for men with advanced prostate cancer in the September 20, 2010 Journal of Clinical Oncology. According to their announcement, the trial results showed a survival benefit with their investigational agent OGX-011/TV1011 (custirsen) in men with advanced prostate [...]

  • New campaign will alert people to early signs of cancer

    Updated: 2010-09-24 01:49:00
    The government has announced a new campaign that will improve people's awareness of the early signs of cancer and the need to seek timely treatment.

  • Scientists reveal gut stem cell secrets

    Updated: 2010-09-23 18:00:00
    Cancer Research UK scientists have discovered that gut stem cells replace each other in a 'one in, one out' system, which is completely different to previously accepted theories. The research is published online in Science today.

  • A new class of drugs - not exactly safe but dangerous enough to deny access

    Updated: 2010-09-23 17:51:22
    That's the way Merrill Goozner analyzes the Avandia story - a terrific analysis focusing on the fact that "The Food and Drug Administration today slapped new restrictions on GlaxoSmithKline's diabetes drug Avandia (rosiglitazone), while the European Union suspended its marketing entirely." Read the entire column - a GoozNews gem.

  • Never Before Done Surgery Saves Woman From Rare Bone Cancer

    Updated: 2010-09-23 16:09:00
    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 Sep 23 0 Never Before Done Surgery Saves Woman From Rare Bone Cancer by : cancercompass Young mother Janis Ollson experienced excruciating back pain while pregnant with her second child . She knew something was seriously wrong . And after seeing specialists to diagnose the issue , she soon discovered that she had an incurable bone disease called chondrosarcoma Ollson was faced with a major decision : undergo a major surgery that had only been performed on cadavers ,

  • Miracle! Cure! Marvel! - NBC's way of covering cancer drug costs

    Updated: 2010-09-23 16:04:38
    Gary Schwitzer's HealthNewsReview Blog Gary Schwitzer Publisher , HealthNewsReview.org feedback healthnewsreview.org Miracle Cure Marvel NBC's way of covering cancer drug costs By Gary Schwitzer on September 23, 2010 11:04 AM No Comments No TrackBacks On the eve of the FDA's Avastin announcement last night and with no apparent reference to that important contextual point although I acknowledge I didn't see the entire newscast the NBC Nightly News last night attempted to report on the problem some patients encounter in the face of an awful economy and astronomical cancer drug costs . I didn't see the newscast as it aired . But this morning , a woman who is both a cancer survivor and an employee of the American Cancer Society sent me an email with the subject line , Miracle Cure Marvel . She

  • A Massage, Relaxing and Very Good for Your Health

    Updated: 2010-09-23 14:28:42
    Researchers at the Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles set out to see if there are any health benefits to be derived from a massage, or is a massage just relaxing to your muscles? They took 53 healthy adults and randomly assigned them to either receive a 45 minute session of deep tissue Swedish massage or [...]

  • Less invasive surgical technique 'safe and effective' for breast cancer patients

    Updated: 2010-09-23 09:54:00
    Surgery to remove the first group of lymph nodes under the arm (also known as the sentinel lymph nodes) is a safe, effective and less invasive alternative to removing all of the lymph nodes in most breast cancer patients, US scientists have found.

  • Molecular signal behind nerve repair may have role in tumour spread

    Updated: 2010-09-23 01:54:00
    Cancer Research UK scientists have discovered how tumours may spread throughout the peripheral nervous system - by mimicking signals given out when nerves are repaired, reveals research published in Cell.

  • Selenium & prostates: MD lashes out against "lousy" misinterpretation

    Updated: 2010-09-22 16:36:21
    : Gary Schwitzer's HealthNewsReview Blog Gary Schwitzer Publisher , HealthNewsReview.org feedback healthnewsreview.org Selenium prostates : MD lashes out against lousy misinterpretation By Gary Schwitzer on September 22, 2010 11:36 AM 1 Comment No TrackBacks Knowledge Comes and Knowledge Goes A guest post by Arnon Krongrad , MD , urologist and coauthor of the selenium study cited . below Once , the earth was flat and everybody knew it . Today , the earth is round and everybody knows it . Knowledge comes and knowledge . goes So it is with health knowledge . Consider selenium , found in soil in inverse relationship to the incidence of skin cancer . Someone hypothesized that adding selenium to diet would reduce the incidence of skin cancer . Thus was hatched a multi-center , randomized ,

  • Combined Therapy – Using Second Line Therapy (Part 5 of a Series of Posts on Second Line Hormone Therapy)

    Updated: 2010-09-22 16:31:39
    All the drugs used as 2nd line hormone therapy are only partially effective. Only some individuals respond and receive any benefit from them, but there has been some recent research into combining the drugs. At the last American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO), Dr. Eric Small, M.D. presented [...]

  • Sandostatin – A Second Line Hormone Therapy (Part 4 of a Series of Posts on Second Line Hormone Therapy)

    Updated: 2010-09-21 18:18:00
    Somastatin is a naturally occurring hormone that affects the levels of other hormone production in the body. Its most common drug use today is to treat giantism and acromegaley, a disease characterized by an over abundance of growth hormones. There is laboratory evidence that somastatin analogs such as octreotide acetate (Sandostatin/Sandoz) [...]

  • Cupcakes for a Cause® Week Benefits Childhood Cancer

    Updated: 2010-09-21 17:01:00
    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 Sep 21 0 Cupcakes for a Cause® Week Benefits Childhood Cancer by : cancercompass Who doesn't love cupcakes It's the amuse bouche of delectable desserts . Perfectly proportioned gems of sweetness that people aged 1 to 100 all . love And this week , cupcakes are doing more than just filling bellies and satisfying sweet . tooths Cupcakes for a Cause® Week a national fundraiser benefitting CancerCare for Kids® , nbsp kicked off its 7th year on Monday . According to the

  • ASH Scotland calls for new tobacco reduction action plan

    Updated: 2010-09-21 10:18:00
    A new direction needs to be taken if Scotland is to make further progress in reducing the impact and incidence of smoking, it has been suggested.

  • Ordering up a dirty wrap of Big Food news on Croakey blog

    Updated: 2010-09-21 00:55:53
    Australian journalist Melissa Sweet offers a menu of food-related stories she's been hoarding over recent weeks. Choose from: • Unhappy meals • Junking up carrots • Health-washing the junk • World hunger - a marketing solution for obesity-promoting companies? • Social media marketing • Expanding markets and waistlines • Green tea's health claims overstep the mark She does a great job on her blog. Well worth bookmarking or grabbing an RSS feed.

  • Florida Firefighters Don Pink for Cancer Awareness

    Updated: 2010-09-20 21:26:00
    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 Sep 20 0 Florida Firefighters Don Pink for Cancer Awareness by : cancercompass October 1st is the first day of breast cancer awareness month , but the firefighters of Palm Beach County got a head start on Sunday by driving pink fire trucks and donning pink t-shirts as part of the nationwide Pink Heals Tour We treat a lot of people who have cancer , taking them to hospitals and things like that when they're sick , rdquo Fire Rescue engineer Rick Rhodes told WPBF This is

  • 4 possible risk factors for ovarian cancer

    Updated: 2010-09-20 19:55:29
    A consortium of cancer scientists has identified four chromosome locations with genetic changes that are likely to alter a woman's risk of developing ovary cancer. The findings are published in Nature Genetics in an article authored by a Mayo Clinic researcher. Scientists say that while more needs to be learned about the function of the specific chromosomal regions involved in susceptibility, the discoveries move them a major step closer to individualized risk evaluations for ovary cancer. In the future, women at greatest risk due to these and other inherited changes appears to be offered increased surveillance or preventive measures........

  • Leukine – A Second Line Hormone Therapy (Part 3 of a Series of Posts on Second Line Hormone Therapy)

    Updated: 2010-09-20 18:01:56
    Leukine, a granulocyte macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF), is a hormone therapy that does not have an effect on a man’s testosterone production. Leukine is used by many physicians who are knowledgeable about the value of second line hormone therapy. Leukine works by stimulating the white blood cells (both increasing the overall production of the [...]

  • Scientists discover first DNA region to alter breast cancer risk in women with BRCA1 faults

    Updated: 2010-09-19 18:01:00
    Cancer Research UK scientists have identified a DNA region which can increase or decrease the high breast cancer risk associated with the BRCA1 gene. The region is particularly involved in oestrogen receptor negative breast cancer and has also been linked to an increased risk of ovarian cancer in the general population.

  • Estrogen – A Second Line Hormone Therapy (Part 2 of a Series of Posts on Second Line Hormone Therapy)

    Updated: 2010-09-17 15:33:56
    One of the earliest hormone therapies (ADT) given to men to treat prostate cancer was estrogen. Estrogen, commonly known as the female hormone, was used as an ADT treatment in the early 1950s. Initially, the estrogen was administered orally and the most common estrogen drug used was diethylstilbestrol (DES). DES (estrogen) [...]

  • Winery Renews Capsules for Hope® Program

    Updated: 2010-09-17 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 Sep 17 0 Winery Renews Capsules for Hope® Program by : cancercompass Sutter Home Family Vineyards announced Friday that it will renew its Capsules for Hope® . program Capsules for Hope® encourages Sutter Home wine drinkers to mail-in their wine capsules from any Sutter Home bottle . The wine company provides postage-paid , pre-addressed envelopes at in-store displays . Sutter Home then donates 1 for every mailed-in foil capsule to City of . Hope Every October , I'm

  • Report card delivered on UK cancer plans

    Updated: 2010-09-17 00:01:00
    In a new report released today (Friday) cancer experts and health professionals outline the importance of cancer plans and reveal the gains and gaps between the different nations' cancer care.

  • Concerns Grow Regarding Tanning Bed Addiction

    Updated: 2010-09-16 21:55:00
    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 Sep 16 0 Concerns Grow Regarding Tanning Bed Addiction by : cancercompass According to a new article published in USA Today , there are growing concerns that indoor tanning bed users are ignoring the dangers of skin cancer , which lead some experts to believe that a subgroup of tanning enthusiasts may be addicted to fake . baking Studies show that tanning salon customers know as much or more about skin cancer than non-tanners . Yet emerging evidence shows that frequent

  • Low-dose aspirin may reduce bowel cancer risk

    Updated: 2010-09-16 18:01:00
    Even low doses of aspirin may help to prevent bowel cancer, a new study from the University of Edinburgh suggests.

  • Single PSA test at age 60 provides an indication of future prostate cancer risk

    Updated: 2010-09-16 11:30:00
    A one-off prostate-specific antigen (PSA) level test at age 60 appears to provide an indication of a man's lifetime risk of being diagnosed and dying from prostate cancer, US scientists have found.

  • Celebs unleash their pink side

    Updated: 2010-09-16 00:05:00
    Tough guy actor Liam Neeson and the former man behaving badly Martin Clunes have got in touch with their feminine sides to model pink handbags for Cancer Research UK.

  • Taxicabs and Limos May Brighten Up Next Month

    Updated: 2010-09-15 22:08:00
    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 Sep 15 0 Taxicabs and Limos May Brighten Up Next Month by : cancercompass Taxicabs and limousines usually stick to a few distinct colors : yellow , black , white . and pink Yes , you may see more pink taxicabs and limousines in your area as the Taxicab , Limousine Paratransit Association TLPA is encouraging its members to have one vehicle in their fleets go pink all in the name of breast cancer awareness month next . month The Pink Ride' campaign will have donated funds

  • Calcium deposits could improve breast cancer diagnosis

    Updated: 2010-09-15 00:02:00
    SCIENTISTS have discovered for the first time that studying calcium deposits in the breast, often detected through screening, could help doctors diagnose breast cancer more effectively.

  • New test hope to personalise treatment for bladder cancer patients

    Updated: 2010-09-14 19:01:00
    Cancer Research UK scientists have identified a molecule in cells which could predict the success of radiotherapy to treat individual bladder cancer patients, reveals research published in Cancer Research.

  • A Woman’s Guide to Prostate Cancer Treatment

    Updated: 2010-09-13 16:30:33
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  • Risks Top Benefits of Screening in Men With Low PSA

    Updated: 2010-09-13 14:21:28
    Men with low prostate-specific antigen (PSA) values may face more risks than benefits from aggressive approaches to prostate cancer screening and evaluation -- along with potential overtreatment -- data from a large cohort study suggest.

  • Flora's fabulous family jumps at the chance to help beat cancer

    Updated: 2010-09-13 11:45:00
    Mum-of-two Flora Skeates says she owes her life to cancer research after surviving bowel cancer twice within two years. That is why she is representing Cancer Research UK in a stunning new photographic exhibition to encourage people to remember the charity in their Will.

  • Study suggests screening in men with genetic predisposition to prostate cancer is more effective

    Updated: 2010-09-10 14:03:00
    A new multinational study suggests that regular blood testing to measure levels of prostate specific antigen (PSA) is more effective at detecting prostate cancer in men with a genetic predisposition to the disease.

  • Cancer survival rates improving across England

    Updated: 2010-09-09 15:06:00
    Cancer survival rates have improved across England, according to two new reports from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

  • Assess severity of prostate cancers

    Updated: 2010-09-09 04:56:04
    Rutgers scientists are in the process of developing methods that can accurately assess the severity of prostate cancer by analyzing magnetic resonance images and spectra of a patient's prostate gland. This may help physicians decide more confidently which patients need aggressive therapy and which are better served by "watchful waiting," and could even postpone or eliminate invasive biopsies in patients with low-grade tumors........

  • A Cluster Bomb for Cancer Care

    Updated: 2010-09-09 04:56:04
    Chemotherapy, while an effective cancer therapy, also brings debilitating side effects such as nausea, liver toxicity and a battered immune system. Now, a new way to deliver this life-saving treatment to cancer patients - getting straight to the source of the disease - has been invented by Dr. Dan Peer of Tel Aviv University's Department of Cell Research and Immunology and the Center for Nano Science and Nano Technology together with Prof. Rimona Margalit of the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology........

  • Targeting advanced prostate cancer

    Updated: 2010-09-09 04:56:04
    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........

  • High-risk prostate cancer and bone mineral content loss

    Updated: 2010-09-09 04:56:04
    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........

  • Potential biomarkers for colorectal cancer

    Updated: 2010-09-09 04:56:03
    Colorectal cancer, cancer of the colon and rectum, is a common cause of mortality worldwide. Statistical data showed that the number of deaths caused by colorectal cancer is increasing in both men and women. Proteins are functional components of the cell that regulate the cell's activity. Understanding the differential expression of proteins in colorectal cancer and normal tissues will lead to a better understanding of the development of the disease, furthermore, these proteins may serve as biomarkers for therapy or detection of the disease. Hydrophobic proteins play a vital role in various cellular processes, by virtue of their cellular location, and may serve as a target for drug-targeted treatment........

  • Studying Cells in 3-D

    Updated: 2010-09-09 04:56:02
    Showing movies in 3-D has produced a box-office bonanza in recent months. Could viewing cell behavior in three dimensions lead to important advances in cancer research? A newly released study led by Johns Hopkins University engineers indicates it may happen. Looking at cells in 3-D, the team members concluded, yields more accurate information that could help develop drugs to prevent cancer's spread........

  • Against advanced melanoma

    Updated: 2010-09-09 04:56:02
    The combination of two different chemotherapies and a previously approved therapy for kidney and liver cancers is not effective against advanced melanoma, as per results disclosed in an oral presentation today at the 46th annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) in Chicago........

  • Exercise may keep cancer patients healthier

    Updated: 2010-09-09 04:56:01
    Breast and patients with prostate cancer who regularly exercise during and after cancer therapy report having a better quality of life and being less fatigued, as per scientists at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. "Using exercise as an approach to cancer care has the potential to benefit patients both physically and psychologically, as well as mitigate therapy side effects," says study main author Eleanor M. Walker, M.D., division director of breast services in the Department of Radiation Oncology at Henry Ford Hospital........

  • Making the tumor glow

    Updated: 2010-09-09 04:56:01
    A series of novel imaging agents could light up tumors as they begin to form before they turn deadly and signal their transition to aggressive cancers. The compounds fluorescent inhibitors of the enzyme cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) could have broad applications for detecting tumors earlier, monitoring a tumor's transition from pre-malignancy to more aggressive growth, and defining tumor margins during surgical removal........

  • Gene can determine cancer susceptibility

    Updated: 2010-09-09 04:56:01
    It is an accepted fact that genetics play a key role in a person's susceptibility to cancer, and that throughout life, mutations can cause damage to tumor suppressor genes (TSGs) further increasing the chances of developing malignant tumors. Now a newly released study led by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) demonstrates that even subtle changes in expression of the PTEN tumor suppressor gene can significantly increase cancer susceptibility in specific tissues, suggesting that environmental factors, such as diet or exposure to carcinogens, may have a more dramatic influence on tumor development than previously recognized. Appearing in this week's Advance On-line issue of Nature Genetics, the findings propose a new model for the role of tumor suppressor genes in the onset of cancer and could prove valuable in the development of diagnostic tests targeted to these gene alterations........

  • Getting Physical Against Cancer

    Updated: 2010-09-09 04:56:00
    Conventional biological wisdom holds that living cells interact with their environment through an elaborate network of chemical signals. As a result a number of therapies for the therapy of cancer and other diseases in which cell behavior goes awry focus on drugs that block or disrupt harmful chemical signals. Now, a new road for future therapies may have been opened with scientific evidence for a never seen before way in which cells can also sense and respond to physical forces........

  • Cancer in the other breast in women with breast cancer

    Updated: 2010-09-09 04:56:00
    Postmenopausal women, including those over 70 years old, who have been newly diagnosed with cancer in one breast have higher cancer detection rates when the other breast is scanned for tumors with MRI, in comparison to premenopausal women, say scientists at the Mayo Clinic campus in Florida. They observed that 3.8 percent of 425 women had breast cancer in the undiagnosed breast that had not been found with a clinical or mammographic examination; all were postmenopausal. In these women, detecting and treating cancer in both breasts at the same time may save costs, patient stress, and the potential toxicity that may come from having to treat cancer later in the second breast once it is discovered, the scientists say in the March/recent issue of The Breast Journal........

  • Gene mutation that causes endometrial cancer

    Updated: 2010-09-09 04:55:59
    A mutation in a single gene can cause endometrial cancer that is responsive to a specific drug treatment, scientists at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found in an animal study. The finding suggests that eventually it might be possible to screen women with endometrial cancer to see if they have that mutation and use the drug as targeted treatment, the scientists said........

  • The Basic Symptoms of Prostate Cancer

    Updated: 2010-09-09 04:55:54
    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. [...]

  • More Foods For Prostate Health

    Updated: 2010-09-09 04:55:53
    You know that as you grow older, hormonal changes can cause your prostate to enlarge. However, also, there are many dietary changes that you may need to make to not only improve your quality of life, but also, to help your prostate function well. Certain nutrients have been discussed as aiding in prostate health, as [...]

  • Prostate Cancer Vitamins

    Updated: 2010-09-09 04:55:52
    Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men in the United States and could be a principal reason behind cancer death. Lately, many nutritional risk factors are examined regarding their connection to prostrate cancer. Various studies have revealed that greater intakes of dairy farm merchandise, meat, fat and lower intakes of tomato products, selenium, [...]

  • Natural Prostate Health

    Updated: 2010-09-09 04:55:52
    Prostate health is a concern for every man seeing half the male population over 50 and more than half of men over 80 show signs of an enlarged prostate. Prostate health is best maintained by healthy lifestyle and dietary choices including essential fatty acids, required for proper cell membrane function. Natural prostate health is the [...]

  • Prostate Cancer Treatment Options

    Updated: 2010-09-09 04:55:51
    With prostate cancer estimated to affect as many as 1 in 6 men, any new research developments that may affect treatment are extremely noteworthy. Because the risks of having prostate cancer increase dramatically with age, every generation is in a race against the clock to find the most effective treatment methods, or prevention methods, possible. [...]

  • The Information about Prostate Cancer

    Updated: 2010-09-09 04:55:50
    Prostate cancer is a disease in which malignant (cancer) cells form in the tissues of the prostate. Prostate cancer is the condition in which cells of the prostate reproduce more rapidly than in normal prostate, creating swelling or a tumour. It is not the same thing as Benign Prostate Hyperplasia (BPH) or Prostatitis and having [...]

  • The Growing and Treatment Of Prostate Cancer

    Updated: 2010-09-09 04:55:49
    Prostate cancer is the leading cancer diagnosed among men in the United States. Because prostate cancer is so slow-growing, many men, once diagnosed are told to do nothing but “watch and wait” for it to progress. Generally, prostate cancer is a progressive disease that is likely to grow and spread over a period of time, [...]

  • New Prostate Cancer Vaccine Can Prologue Your Life

    Updated: 2010-09-09 04:55:48
    In order to prevent prostate cancer scientists are trying to find abnormal genes that are related to this disease and so identify those who are at risk of developing prostate cancer. Research has always been done to discover more and more ways of treating and who knows, even curing prostate cancer. The most recent discovery [...]

  • Understanding Prostate Cancer

    Updated: 2010-09-09 04:55:47
    In most men, prostate cancer grows very slowly and most men will never know they have the condition. Prostate cancer can be deadly but can be cured if it’s caught early enough or it may take a lifetime to run its course. The prostate gland is located directly beneath the bladder and in front of [...]

  • Trial results raise hope of more effective pancreatic cancer treatment

    Updated: 2010-09-08 00:00:00
    A major international trial has shown a commonly used chemotherapy drug is as effective at helping prevent pancreatic cancer returning after surgery as the more expensive standard chemotherapy treatment, reveals a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association today (Wednesday).

  • Poor public awareness highlights radiotherapy's 'Cinderella' status

    Updated: 2010-09-07 00:01:00
    Only one in ten people know that radiotherapy helps cure forty per cent of cancer patients according to new figures published by Cancer Research UK today (Tuesday).

  • Study identifies symptoms 'more likely to mean cancer'

    Updated: 2010-09-07 00:00:00
    Scientists at Keele University have identified eight symptoms that, when they are presented to a GP, have a more than five per cent chance of turning out to be cancer.

  • UK scientists shed light on origins of aggressive breast cancer

    Updated: 2010-09-03 18:59:00
    A UK research team has taken an important step forward in improving our understanding of the origins of breast cancer.

  • Scottish government proposes minimum alcohol price of 45p per unit

    Updated: 2010-09-03 18:39:00
    The Scottish government has confirmed that it proposes to introduce a minimum price of 45p per unit of alcohol, in order to tackle alcohol misuse and prevent related illnesses.

  • Long-term use of bone-strengthening drugs may increase oesophageal cancer risk

    Updated: 2010-09-03 17:34:00
    People who take bone-strengthening pills called bisphosphonates over a long period of time could be more likely to develop cancer of the oesophagus (gullet), new research suggests.

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