 Switching on cancer killer gene May 08, 2008 | User rating: 5 / 5 after 5 vote(s)
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Scottish scientists have discovered how to control a major anti-tumour gene that could lead to more effective chemotherapy. According to a report in the Cancer Cell Journal, research conducted by the ... | |
Previously unseen switch regulates breast cancer response to estrogen May 08, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
A tiny modification called methylation on estrogen receptors prolongs the life of these growth-driving molecules in breast cancer cells, according to research by scientists at Emory University's Winship Cancer Institute. ... | |
6-month follow-up diagnostic mammograms recommended for women with probably benign lesions May 08, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Radiologists can, with confidence, recommend a six-month follow-up diagnostic mammogram rather than an immediate biopsy for patients with “probably benign” breast lesions, a new study emphasizes. | |
Breast cancer tumors grow faster in younger women May 08, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
A new approach to estimating tumour growth based on breast screening results from almost 400,000 women is published today BioMed Central’s open access journal, Breast Cancer Research. This new model can also estimate ... | |
Skin flaps deliver cancer-fighting therapy, ASPS study reveals May 08, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Using gene therapy, plastic surgeons have delivered cancer fighting proteins through skin flaps placed on cancerous tumors on rats with a 79 percent reduction in tumor volume, according to a study in the May issue of Plastic ... | |
New cancer gene found May 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 19 vote(s)
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Researchers at the OU Cancer Institute have identified a new gene that causes cancer. The ground-breaking research appears in Nature’s cancer journal Oncogene. | |
Researchers find gene location that gives rise to neuroblastoma, an aggressive childhood cancer May 07, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Using advanced gene-hunting technology, an international team of researchers has for the first time identified a chromosome region that is the source of genetic events that give rise to neuroblastoma, an often fatal childhood ... | |
Specific gene increases susceptibility to breast cancer May 06, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Much work has been done to identify genetic variations that predispose women to breast cancer. Previous work showed that variants in the gene called fibroblast growth factor receptor 2 (FGFR2) were associated with increased ... | |
Researchers find way to make tumor cells easier to destroy May 06, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Tumors have a unique vulnerability that can be exploited to make them more sensitive to heat and radiation, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis report. | |
Scientists identify interacting proteins key to melanoma development, treatment May 06, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Researchers have discovered how a mole develops into melanoma by showing the interaction of two key proteins involved in 60-70 percent of tumors. The Penn State scientists also demonstrate that therapeutic targeting of these ... | |
MGH researchers report successful new laser treatment for vocal-cord cancer May 06, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
An innovative laser treatment for early vocal-cord cancer, developed at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), successfully restores patients’ voices without radiotherapy or traditional surgery, which can permanently damage ... | |
Anxiety, mood disorders put cancer patients at risk for PTSD May 05, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Breast cancer patients who have a prior history of mood and anxiety disorders are at a much higher risk of experiencing posttraumatic stress disorder following their diagnosis, new research suggests. | |
Discovery of a novel mechanism for the development of colon cancer May 05, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Recent work from the Finnish Academy Center of Excellence on Cancer Biology at the University of Helsinki, Finland, has shed light on the mechanisms of colon tumor development and may help to design better treatment for this ... | |
EGFR protects cancer cells from starvation via a kinase-independent mechanism May 05, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | User comments: 1
Scientists have uncovered a previously unrealized mechanism by which the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR), a tyrosine kinase, promotes survival of cancer cells through a kinase-independent mechanism. The research, ... | |
Cells lining milk ducts hold key to spread of common form of breast cancer May 05, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
When a form of cancer that begins in the milk ducts of the breast invades neighboring tissue to spread to other parts of the body, the cause lies not in the tumor cells themselves but in a group of abnormal surrounding cells ... | |
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