Prototype test for predicting clinical outcome for melanoma patients August 15, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Investigators from the Melbourne Center of the international Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research (LICR) and Pacific Edge Biotchnology Ltd today reported that they have developed a test to predict whether a patient will progress ... | |
Rheb's role in cancer August 14, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Two independent papers in the August 15th issue of G&D identify the Rheb GTPase as a novel oncogene and a promising new chemotherapeutic target. | |
Scientists discover major genetic cause of colorectal cancer August 14, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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About one-third of colorectal cancers are inherited, but the genetic cause of most of these cancers is unknown. The genes linked to colorectal cancer account for less than 5 percent of all cases. | |
Risk assessment plays key role in long-term treatment of breast cancer August 12, 2008 | User rating: not rated yet | No comments yet
Breast cancer patients and their physicians may make more informed, long-term treatment decisions using risk assessment strategies to help determine probability of recurrence, a research team led by scientists at The University ... | |
Prostatectomy improves outcome of some men with prostate cancer over watchful waiting August 12, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Men with early prostate cancer who undergo radical prostatectomy have a lower rate of death due to prostate cancer than men who are followed without treatment, known as watchful waiting, according to a randomized controlled ... | |
Cancer cells with a long breath: seeking the origin of brain tumors in children August 12, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 2 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
Medulloblastoma is one of the most common and most malignant brain tumours among children and teenagers. These tumours grow very rapidly, and fifty percent of patients in the long term die from the condition. The details ... | |
Scientists use old enemy to K.O. cancer August 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.6 / 5 after 23 vote(s)
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Chemists are pulling cancer onto a sucker punch by getting infected cells to drop their guard – according to research published today. They are using the metal ruthenium as a catalyst to a cancer-busting reaction which calls ... | |
Key to Treating Cancer May Be Finding its Original Cell August 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Cancer biologists are turning their attention to the normal cells that give rise to cancers, to learn more about how tumor growth might be stopped at the earliest opportunity. | |
Researchers uncover cancer survival secrets August 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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A team of Monash University researchers has uncovered the role of a family of enzymes in the mutation of benign or less aggressive tumours into more aggressive, potentially fatal, cancers in the human body. | |
Study finds more PSA screening awareness needed among high-risk groups August 11, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
In one of the first examinations of PSA screening in younger men, a study published by researchers at Duke Medicine's Prostate Center finds that one-fifth of men under age 50 reported undergoing a prostate specific antigen ... | |
1 in 5 young men has had recent prostate cancer test August 11, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
A new analysis finds that one in five men in their 40s has had a prostate specific antigen (PSA) test within the previous year and that young black men are more likely than young white men to have undergone the test. The ... | |
First step towards switching off breast cancer and leukaemia August 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 10 vote(s)
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Australian scientists have identified a way to 'switch off' a molecule, a key player in the molecular processes that trigger breast cancer and certain forms of leukaemia. | |
PSA screening may be biased against obese men, leading to more aggressive cancers August 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.4 / 5 after 9 vote(s)
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Testing men for elevated levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA) in the blood -- the gold standard screening test for prostate cancer -- may be biased against obese men, whose PSA levels tend to be deceptively low. And ... | |
Pre-cancerous condition linked to chronic acid reflux faces several hurdles August 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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A pre-cancerous condition linked to chronic acid reflux often gets overlooked. Can the medical community do a better job intervening? Researchers from the Hutchinson-MRC Research Centre in Cambridge think so. | |
 Researchers demonstrate activity of mebendazole in metastatic melanoma August 07, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Researchers at the NYU Cancer Institute and the Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology have identified mebendazole, a drug used globally to treat parasitic infections, as a novel investigational agent ... | |
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