• Gene Mutation May Be Key to Familial Pancreatic Cancer

    Updated: 2011-12-30 00:51:04
    Health News Gene Mutation May Be Key to Familial Pancreatic Cancer Print E-mail THURSDAY , Dec . 29 HealthDay News Individuals may face a higher hereditary risk for developing pancreatic cancer if they carry abnormalities in the so-called ATM gene , new research . reveals The finding , reported in an upcoming issue of Cancer Discovery stems from genetic-sequencing work conducted among 166 pancreatic cancer patients . For comparative purposes , 190 other individuals who did not have pancreatic cancer also underwent . sequencing The study was led by Alison Klein , an associate professor of oncology at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins and director of the National Familial Pancreas Tumor . Registry Noting that 10 percent of pancreatic cancer patients are from

  • Health Care Reform Battle Tops Health News for 2011

    Updated: 2011-12-30 00:51:04
    Health News Health Care Reform Battle Tops Health News for 2011 Print E-mail THURSDAY , Dec . 29 HealthDay News While no one story dominated health news in 2011, the ongoing debate over the legality of the new health care reform law was perhaps the most polarizing , with the case now set to go to the U.S . Supreme Court early in 2012. Supporters of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act which President Obama signed into law in 2010, claim the legislation will extend coverage to 30 million Americans . But opponents labeled it an unconstitutional intrusion of government upon personal rights , especially the individual mandate clause that requires Americans to purchase health insurance or face . fines Some of the law's provisions , such as allowing children to remain on their parents'

  • Venezuela’s Chavez Accuses U.S. of Giving Latin American Leaders Cancer

    Updated: 2011-12-29 19:02:00
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  • Updated GPA Better Predicts Survival With Brain Mets

    Updated: 2011-12-29 19:00:00
    The prognosis for cancer patients with brain metastases varies by the type of initial tumor, but the updated Graded Prognostic Assessment tool can help assess survival, researchers reported.

  • Avastin May Help Some With Ovarian Cancer Studies

    Updated: 2011-12-29 07:50:55
    : Health News Avastin May Help Some With Ovarian Cancer : Studies Print E-mail WEDNESDAY , Dec . 28 HealthDay News Two new studies suggest that the drug Avastin may lengthen progression-free survival by about four months for women with ovarian . cancer What isn't clear yet is whether adding Avastin bevacizumab will make a difference in overall survival . One study suggested it would , while the other study didn't find a difference in overall survival between two treatment . groups The bottom-line results are a 28 percent reduction in disease progression with patients on continued bevacizumab compared to the standard treatment group . There was a 3.8 month median difference in progression-free survival , said Dr . Robert Burger , author of one of the studies and director of the Women's

  • ASCO Picks Top Advances in Cancer Treatment

    Updated: 2011-12-27 18:00:00
    Advances in screening and prevention, treating resistant cancers, and ways to reduce cancer recurrence were all important parts of the progress made against the disease in 2011, according to the American Society of Clinical Oncology.

  • Special Appeal

    Updated: 2011-12-22 19:11:04
    Dear Friends: We are the only guys who truly understand that advanced prostate cancer sucks. So, I am making this direct and rare appeal to you, as a member of our online group for men diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer. Please donate money to help us help men dealing with life threatening prostate get access [...]

  • New genetic fault linked to lung cancer in non-smokers

    Updated: 2011-12-22 18:01:00
    Korean scientists have discovered a gene fault that may be behind thousands cases of lung cancer worldwide, particularly in non-smokers.

  • Efficacy of a Modified Androgen Blockade in Prostate Cancer Patients with Biochemical Failure

    Updated: 2011-12-21 19:33:40
    How to best treat men with a prostate cancer PSA only recurrence (biochemical recurrence) still remains controversial. Hormone therapy (ADT) using a combination of a 5-alpha reductase inhibitor and an antiandrogen without conventional gonadal androgen suppression (where testosterone levels are not suppressed) may allow control of the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) with less morbidity. METHODS: In [...]

  • A Look at the Status of Cancer Vaccines – Emerging Treatments

    Updated: 2011-12-20 19:34:32
    From very early on, researchers and doctors have dreamed of using the body’s own immune system to fight cancer. The big question has been why doesn’t the immune system attack the tumor cells that invade healthy tissue? The really good news is that finally science is catching up with this vision. Therapeutic cancer vaccines that [...]

  • Evolving ovarian cancer cells 'dodge' treatment with chemotherapy

    Updated: 2011-12-19 17:01:00
    Cancer Research UK scientists have discovered that the commonest type of ovarian cancer evolves at a startling rate, which may allow cancer cells to 'dodge' the current standard treatment, reveals research in The Journal of Pathology today.

  • Dr. Mark Scholz Discusses Treatment Issues For Advanced Prostate Cancer

    Updated: 2011-12-17 14:42:41
    At the recent 2011 Prostate Cancer Research Institute Dr. Mark Scholz discussed care issues for men with advanced metastatic prostate cancer. In his presentation he stressed the importance of closely monitoring each man’s individual, on-going response to treatment to determine its effectiveness. He made a case that without close monitoring; treatment decisions would lag behind [...]

  • House Passes A 915 Billion Dollar Package Including DOD Funding

    Updated: 2011-12-16 23:20:19
    The good news is here, the House voted 296-121 Friday to pass a $915-billion spending package to fund the federal government for the rest of the fiscal year, likely staving off a threatened midnight government shutdown. Now we have to hear from the Senate to be sure that the Prostate Cancer Research Program in the [...]

  • It Looks As If We Have Saved The CDMRP Programs For Another Year

    Updated: 2011-12-16 14:04:46
    I woke up this morning to some potentially good news. Last night the congressional committee finalized their reconciliation report and filed the final FY12 Omnibus Report. I am over joyed to report that the Report included the Peer Reviewed Compressional Directed Medical Research Programs that had become the target of budget cutters. Many of us [...]

  • Some Interesting Epidemiological Information About Prostate Cancer

    Updated: 2011-12-15 18:53:47
    Prostate cancer is more prevalent in higher latitudes. This has been correlated with Vitamin D metabolism and its effect on tissue differentiation. Autopsies have shown that incidental prostate cancer is noted in 30% of men in the 6th decade of life and increases significantly through the ninth decade. These data have been reproduced in populations [...]

  • HPV testing for cervical cancer 'the best option for women over 30'

    Updated: 2011-12-14 17:39:00
    Testing for the presence of DNA from the human papillomavirus (HPV) alongside conventional smear test is the best cervical cancer screening option for all women aged 30 years or older, according to scientists from the Netherlands.

  • Thousand of Unnecessary Deaths from Diabetes

    Updated: 2011-12-14 08:53:15
        Up to 24,000 people die unnecessarily in England every year from Diabetes, because they are not controlling their condition properly. A report in December 2011 from the UK National Health Service (NHS) Information Centre suggests that most of these deaths could be prevented if patients took their medication, kept to a healthy diet [...]

  • The Expression Of Prostatic Acid Phosphatase In Prostate Cancer Bone Metastases

    Updated: 2011-12-13 17:03:53
    One of the major causes of prostate cancer morbidity and mortality is bone metastases. Currently, when it comes to treating prostate cancer metastases we are very limited in effective therapies that actually prolong survival. Kirschenbaum A, etal (Departments of Urology and Medicine Division of Pulmonary Diseases Division of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Bone Diseases, Mount Sinai [...]

  • Proton beam therapy to be made available in England

    Updated: 2011-12-13 15:09:00
    The Government has announced plans to introduce a new radiotherapy treatment to the UK, saving patients the long trip abroad they currently need to take to receive it on the NHS.

  • Cancer Screening May Be Overdone in Older Adults

    Updated: 2011-12-13 15:07:21
    More than half of surveyed seniors reported that their physicians continue to recommend cancer screening, despite ambiguity about its value for men and women over age 75, according to data analysis of a nationwide sample.

  • Chemo and radiation therapy 'do not cause birth defects'

    Updated: 2011-12-13 13:10:00
    A study in the US has found that having radiation treatment or chemotherapy for cancer as a child does not increase the risk of birth defects among those who have children later in life.

  • Fewer, larger radiotherapy doses prove safe for prostate cancer patients

    Updated: 2011-12-13 00:01:00
    Fewer, larger radiotherapy doses prove safe for prostate cancer patients Less overall radiotherapy, delivered in fewer but higher doses, is as safe as standard, lower doses for treating prostate cancer, according to new research published in the Lancet Oncology today (Tuesday).

  • Case Study – Aortic Abdominal Aneurysm detected before it killed him

    Updated: 2011-12-12 18:56:50
    About Aortic Aneurysms An aneurysm is the term given to a blood vessel that swells and becomes enlarged until it bursts. Whilst these can occur in all the different parts of the body, they are especially dangerous when they develop in the Aorta, (the largest artery in the body, responsible for carrying all the blood [...]

  • Crucial step in cell division discovered

    Updated: 2011-12-12 17:00:00
    Cancer Research UK scientists have discovered how cells 'pinch in' at the middle in order to split into two new cells.

  • Osteonecrosis Of The Jaw While Taking Zometa & Xgeva

    Updated: 2011-12-12 16:57:37
    The use of denosumab (Xgeva) as an alternative to the more commonly prescribed zoledronic acid (Zometa) to slow down the development of bone metastases in men with advanced prostate cancer is becoming more common. The most common concern for men taking Zometa and now Xgeva has been osteonecrosis of the jaw. Osteonecrosis of the jaw [...]

  • Scientists move a step closer to targeting key cancer process

    Updated: 2011-12-09 08:18:00
    Scientists in the US are closer to working out how to target cancer cells that are driven by a hyperactive gene called Myc, according to a report in the journal Science.

  • Scientists discover how to beat resistance to standard leukaemia drug

    Updated: 2011-12-08 17:01:00
    Cancer Research UK-funded scientists at The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) have revealed a technique to kill chronic myeloid leukaemia (CML) cells that have stopped responding to a targeted drug, according to research published in Cancer Cell today.

  • NIH Panel Backs Delayed Therapy for Prostate Cancer

    Updated: 2011-12-07 19:50:15
    Active surveillance is a viable option that should be offered to low-risk patients, according to a draft statement issued by the panel.

  • How going to the Dentist could be bad for your heart health

    Updated: 2011-12-07 19:34:12
      Although not exactly an enjoyable experience that most of would look forward to, how often do you stop and wonder if it could actually be harmful to your heart, or even fatal ? We all have many different kinds of bacteria living inside our mouths, and under normal circumstances, and with good oral hygiene [...]

  • Hormone Therapy (ADT) Does Not Increase The Risk Of Cardiac Threats in Prostate Cancer

    Updated: 2011-12-07 03:22:00
    Again, prostate cancer confusion continues to reign. A recent study reported at the ASTRO (American Society for Radiation Oncology) conference claims that the addition of androgen deprivation therapy (ADT) in men with clinically localized prostate cancer was not associated with increased cardiovascular mortality. According to Jason A. Efstathiou, MD, Ph.D.l, of the Massachusetts General Hospital [...]

  • Cigarettes, diet, alcohol and obesity behind more than 100,000 cancers

    Updated: 2011-12-07 00:01:00
    More than 100,000 cancers - equivalent to one third of all those diagnosed in the UK each year - are being caused by smoking, unhealthy diets, alcohol and excess weight, according to new research by Cancer Research UK.

  • Triple drug combination effective in HER2-positive breast cancer

    Updated: 2011-12-06 16:17:00
    Italian researchers have shown that the effect of treating women before surgery with trastuzumab (Herceptin) and docetaxel for HER2-positive breast cancer is improved by adding another 'Herceptin-like' drug called pertuzumab.

  • Chemo after breast cancer surgery cuts deaths by one-third

    Updated: 2011-12-06 00:02:00
    Women with breast cancer who were given chemotherapy following surgery fared better than women who were given no chemotherapy, according to a large University of Oxford study funded by Cancer Research UK and others.

  • Scientists expose important new weak spot in cancer cells

    Updated: 2011-12-04 18:01:00
    Cancer Research UK scientists have discovered that cancer cells can `bag up and bin¿ a toxic protein to cheat death ¿ revealing a new Achilles heel in cancer cells that could be targeted for treatment, reveals research in Nature Cell Biology today.

  • Ras protein discovery could lead to drug

    Updated: 2011-12-04 13:00:00
    US researchers have taken the first steps towards designing a drug to target one of the most important proteins in cancer.

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