http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/cancer-blog.html Cancer blog From Health news blog Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:18:41 GMT en-us http://www.health-news-blog.com/images/blogs/cancer-blog-45660.jpg http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/cancer-blog.html 106 73 http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/4-2009/robotic-surgery-for-kidney-cancer.html http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/4-2009/robotic-surgery-for-kidney-cancer.html Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:18:41 GMT Robotic trained surgeons at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia presented a new and novel approach to surgically treat urothelial cancer (in the lining of the bladder or kidney) today at the American Urological Association's Annual Meeting. Using da Vinci robot-assisted technology, urologic cancer surgeons perform complicated urologic cases using minimally invasive surgery........ ]]> http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/4-2009/risks-associated-with-prostate-cancer-therapy.html http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/4-2009/risks-associated-with-prostate-cancer-therapy.html Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:18:41 GMT Patients with prostate cancer who undergo treatment to decrease testosterone levels increase their risk of developing bone- and heart-related side effects in comparison to patients who do not take these medications, as per a new analysis. Reported in the June 1, 2009 issue of CANCER, a peer-evaluated journal of the American Cancer Society, the study indicates that preventive measures and careful scrutiny of patients' health can keep men from experiencing these potentially serious consequences........ ]]> http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/4-2009/new-mediator-of-smoking-recruits.html http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/4-2009/new-mediator-of-smoking-recruits.html Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:18:41 GMT Freiburg, Gera number of Current research suggests that smoking increases the production of osteopontin in the lungs, which contributes to the development of smoking-related lung disease. The related report by Prasse et al, "Essential role of osteopontin in smoking-related interstitial lung diseases," appears in the May 2009 issue of The American Journal of Pathology....... ]]> http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/4-2009/low-sugar-vegetable-juice-for-diabetics.html http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/4-2009/low-sugar-vegetable-juice-for-diabetics.html Mon, 27 Apr 2009 11:18:41 GMT © http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/2-2009/metabolite-culprit-for-aggressive-prostate-cancer.html http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/2-2009/metabolite-culprit-for-aggressive-prostate-cancer.html Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:04:17 GMT Scientists from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center have identified a panel of small molecules, or metabolites, that appear to indicate aggressive prostate cancer. The finding could lead to a simple test that would help doctors determine which prostate cancers are slow-growing and which require immediate, aggressive therapy........ ]]> http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/2-2009/those-women-who-need-radiation.html http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/2-2009/those-women-who-need-radiation.html Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:04:17 GMT One-fifth of women who should receive radiation after a mastectomy are not getting this potentially lifesaving therapy, as per a newly released study from scientists at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. The study looked at 396 women who were treated with a mastectomy for breast cancer. The scientists observed that 19 percent of women who fell clearly within guidelines recommending radiation therapy after the mastectomy did not receive that therapy........ ]]> http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/1-2009/an-introduction-to-genomics-new-ted-talk.html http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/1-2009/an-introduction-to-genomics-new-ted-talk.html Thu, 12 Feb 2009 12:04:17 GMT Barry Schuler talks about genomics in a new TED ......... ]]> http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/1-2009/patterns-may-predict-risk-of-pancreatic-cancer.html http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/1-2009/patterns-may-predict-risk-of-pancreatic-cancer.html Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:41:23 GMT Genetic variations in DNA repair patterns may increase risk of pancreas cancer by as much as threefold or decrease it by as much as 77 percent, depending on the genes involved, as per a report reported in the January 15, 2009, issue of Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research........ ]]> http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/12-2008/finding-new-targets-for-gastric-cancer.html http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/12-2008/finding-new-targets-for-gastric-cancer.html Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:41:23 GMT Dendritic cells (DCs) are professional antigen presenting cells (APCs) that both initiate and modulate the immune response. DCs are cells in the pathway of antigen capture and presentation to T cells, with the unique ability to directly prime nave CD4+ and CD8+ T cells. Gastric cancer is one of the most common cancers. Eventhough gastric cancer treatment has made great progress, it is still difficult to treat advanced gastric cancer, as it has spread to the lymph glands and metastasized. Currently, tumor immunotherapy for gastric cancer has potential. DCs are thought to beessential for stimulating tumor-specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) and inducing the protective and therapeutic anti-tumor immunity........ ]]> http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/11-2008/cancer-subtypes-linked-to-smoking.html http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/11-2008/cancer-subtypes-linked-to-smoking.html Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:41:23 GMT Scientists who have been following the health of more than 120,000 residents of the Netherlands for more than two decades have observed that smoking is linked to two forms of esophageal cancer as well as a form of stomach cancer, and that drinking alcohol is strongly associated with one form of esophageal cancer........ ]]> http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/11-2008/exercise-and-rest-reduce-cancer-risk.html http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/11-2008/exercise-and-rest-reduce-cancer-risk.html Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:41:23 GMT Exercise is good for more than just your waistline. A recent study presented at the American Association for Cancer Research's Seventh Annual International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research suggests that regular physical activity can lower a woman's overall risk of cancer but only if she gets a good night's sleep. Otherwise, lack of sleep can undermine exercise's cancer prevention benefits........ ]]> http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/11-2008/not-tear-down-blood-vessels.html http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/11-2008/not-tear-down-blood-vessels.html Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:41:23 GMT Researchers have thought that one way to foil a tumor from generating blood vessels to feed its growth a process called angiogenesis was by creating drugs aimed at stopping a key vessel growth-promoting protein. But now the opposite seems to be true. Scientists at the Moores Cancer Center at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) in La Jolla have found evidence that blocking that protein target, called VEGF, or vascular endothelial growth factor, doesn't really halt the process at all. Instead, cutting levels of VEGF in a tumor actually props up existing blood vessels, making them stronger and more normal, and in some cases the tumors larger. But as a result, the tumor is more vulnerable to the effects of chemotherapy drugs........ ]]> http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/11-2008/amount-of-germ-fighting-b-cells.html http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/11-2008/amount-of-germ-fighting-b-cells.html Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:41:23 GMT Scientists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine can now explain how the body determines whether there are enough mature B-cells in the blood stream at any one time. These are the cells that produce antibodies against germs to fight infections. "There is a steady state number of B cells that is considered normal for humans," says senior author Michael P. Cancro, PhD, Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. "We observed that molecular crosstalk between two receptors on the surface of B cells balances the need to have enough B cells to make good immune responses, while at the same time guarding against autoimmunity"........ ]]> http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/10-2008/candidate-markers-for-gastric-cancer.html http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/10-2008/candidate-markers-for-gastric-cancer.html Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:41:23 GMT The sequencing of the human genome has opened the door for proteomics by providing a sequence-based framework for mining proteomes. As a result, there is intense interest in applying proteomics to foster a better understanding of cancer processes, develop new biomarkers for diagnosis and early detection of cancer. Gastric carcinoma is one of the most common malignancies worldwide and is the most common cause of cancer-related death in China. The main barrier for improving survival rate is short of useful marker for early diagnosis........ ]]> http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/9-2008/a-diagnosis-marker-for-digestive-system-cancer.html http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/9-2008/a-diagnosis-marker-for-digestive-system-cancer.html Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:41:23 GMT Growing evidence suggests that accumulation of multiple alterations such as activation of proto-oncogenes and inactivation of tumor suppressor genes is responsible for the development and progression of digestive system cancer. Genetic instability of oncogenes such as microsatellite instability (MSI) and loss of heterozygosity (LOH) is probably linked to mutations in genes responsible for tumor-genesis, and they play important roles in tumor clinical pathology. The studies of MSI and LOH of digestive system cancer have been focused on genetic instability of P53, P16 and FHIT, but few studies were seen in gene nm23H1........ ]]> http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/9-2008/cancer-patients-experience-increased-risk.html http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/9-2008/cancer-patients-experience-increased-risk.html Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:41:23 GMT Boston Cancer patients with tumors that have spread to the brain (brain metastases) who undergo stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS) and whole brain radiation have more than double the risk of developing learning and memory problems, in comparison to those who only have stereotactic radiosurgery, as per a randomized study presented September 22, 2008, at the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology's 50th Annual Meeting in Boston........ ]]> http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/9-2008/gastroesophageal-adenocarcinom-patients.html http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/9-2008/gastroesophageal-adenocarcinom-patients.html Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:41:23 GMT Gastroesophageal adenocarcinomas have a poor prognosis. However, numerous randomized clinical trials (RCT) have reviewed, and continue to evaluate, the survival benefit of various therapy regimens. Surgery remains standard care for early stage esophageal cancer and gastric cancer. However, RCTs have also shown a survival benefit linked to chemotherapy and chemoradiation. Few studies have examined community-based patterns of care for these cancers. A study of esophageal adenocarcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma patients diagnosed between 1996 and 1999 observed that chemoradiation without surgery was most frequent treatment, eventhough patients given chemoradiation followed by surgery had better survival in comparison to chemoradiation alone. Research suggests community-based use of therapy and the observed survival of patients in the community can vary depending on clinical and non-clinical factors........ ]]> http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/9-2008/extremely-exact-images-from-inside-the-body.html http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/9-2008/extremely-exact-images-from-inside-the-body.html Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:41:23 GMT It will be the only magnetic resonance tomograph of the modern 7 tesla generation in the world, in which a metrology institute is also involved. Magnetic resonance tomographs, which use a magnetic field of 7 tesla, have not yet been in operation in hospitals and clinics, but have solely served research. For the first time in the world, cardiovascular research carried out on such a device is now also to play an important role. The magnetic resonance tomograph costing approximately seven million Euros and weighing 35 tonnes was delivered to its new location, the Experimental and Clinical Research Center (ECRC) of the Max Delbrück Center (MDC) for Molecular Medicine in Berlin-Buch on 11th September........ ]]> http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/9-2008/nano-sized-cargo-ships-to-destroy-tumors.html http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/9-2008/nano-sized-cargo-ships-to-destroy-tumors.html Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:41:23 GMT Scientists have developed nanometer-sized 'cargo ships' that can sail throughout the body via the bloodstream without immediate detection from the body's immune radar system and ferry their cargo of anti-cancer drugs and markers into tumors that might otherwise go untreated or undetected. In a forthcoming issue of the Germany-based chemistry journal Angewandte Chemie, scientists at UC San Diego, UC Santa Barbara and MIT report that their nano-cargo-ship system integrates therapeutic and diagnostic functions into a single device that avoids rapid removal by the body's natural immune system. Their paper is now accessible in an early online version here........ ]]> http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/7-2008/end-of-life-physician-patient-communication.html http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/7-2008/end-of-life-physician-patient-communication.html Fri, 16 Jan 2009 01:41:23 GMT Eventhough a growing body of research supports a link between effective communication and patient, family and doctor satisfaction, doctors, including oncologists and other specialists who frequently care for terminal patients, do not routinely receive training in end-of-life conversations during medical school, residency training, or after they start to practice medicine........ ]]>