http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/cancer-blog.html Cancer blog From Health news blog Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:46:12 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/1-2011/connected-to-chronic-lymphocytic-leukemia.html http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/1-2011/connected-to-chronic-lymphocytic-leukemia.html Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:46:12 GMT The interplay between a major tumor-suppressing gene, a truncated chromosome and two sets of microRNAs provides a molecular basis for explaining the less aggressive form of chronic lymphocytic leukemia, an international team of scientists reports today in the Jan. 4 edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association....... ]]> http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/12-2010/discontinuation-of-breast-cancer-therapy.html http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/12-2010/discontinuation-of-breast-cancer-therapy.html Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:46:12 GMT A higher prescription co-payment, particularly among older women, is linked to both early discontinuation and incomplete use of adjuvant aromatase inhibitor treatment, a life-saving treatment for women with hormone sensitive early stage breast cancer. Dawn L. Hershman, MD, associate professor of medicine and epidemiology and co-director of the Breast Cancer Program at the Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center at Columbia University, will be presenting detailed study results at The 33rd CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, a comprehensive scientific meeting covering the full spectrum of breast cancer research. Approximately 9,000 participants from more than 90 countries are expected to attend the symposium, Dec. 8-12, 2010........ ]]> http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/12-2010/ovarian-cancer-screening-saves-few-lives.html http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/12-2010/ovarian-cancer-screening-saves-few-lives.html Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:46:12 GMT The best currently available screening tests can only slightly reduce ovary cancer deaths. That is the conclusion of new research published early online in Cancer, a peer-evaluated journal of the American Cancer Society. The results suggest that strategies other than screening, such as prevention and better therapys, will be needed to significantly lower the number of women who die from ovary cancer........ ]]> http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/10-2010/adt-for-prostate-cancer-may-cause-bone-decay.html http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/10-2010/adt-for-prostate-cancer-may-cause-bone-decay.html Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:46:12 GMT Using novel technology allowing "virtual bone biopsies" scientists have observed that a common therapy for prostate cancer called androgen deprivation treatment (ADT) is linked to structural decay of cortical and trabecular bone. The study has been accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (JCEM)........ ]]> http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/8-2010/seeing-melanoma.html http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/8-2010/seeing-melanoma.html Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:46:12 GMT A new imaging technique creates detailed three-dimensional images of the deadliest form of skin cancer. Melanoma is one of the less common types of skin cancer but it accounts for the majority of the skin cancer deaths (about 75 percent). The five-year survival rate for early stage melanoma is very high (98 percent), but the rate drops precipitously if the cancer is detected late or there is recurrence........ ]]> http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/8-2010/uncontrolled-cell-growth.html http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/8-2010/uncontrolled-cell-growth.html Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:46:12 GMT Scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have identified a new way to regulate the uncontrolled growth of blood vessels, a major problem in a broad range of diseases and conditions. The findings appear in the online edition of Nature Medicine by David A. Cheresh, PhD, professor of pathology in the UC San Diego School of Medicine and associate director for translational research at the Moores UCSD Cancer Center, and his colleagues at the cancer center and at the University of Michigan........ ]]> http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/6-2010/profiling-prostate-cancer.html http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/6-2010/profiling-prostate-cancer.html Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:46:12 GMT A large scale genetic analysis of multiple prostate cancer samples, published online by Cell Press on June 24th in the journal Cancer Cell, is providing exciting new insight into the disease and may lead to more effective therapy strategies. In addition, the freely available genetic and clinical outcome data obtained in the study represents a valuable public resource for the cancer research community........ ]]> http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/3-2010/infertility-increases-risk-of-prostate-cancer.html http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/3-2010/infertility-increases-risk-of-prostate-cancer.html Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:46:12 GMT Infertile men have an increased risk of developing high grade prostate cancer, which is more likely to grow and spread quickly. That is the conclusion of a newly released study published early online in Cancer, a peer-evaluated journal of the American Cancer Society. The study's results suggest that because infertility appears to be an identifiable risk factor for prostate cancer, early screening appears to be warranted in infertile men........ ]]> http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/3-2010/tool-to-study-prostate-cancer.html http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/3-2010/tool-to-study-prostate-cancer.html Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:46:12 GMT Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) scientists have developed a new method to better study the cells that line and protect the prostate in relation to the development of cancer. Using the model, they observed that normal cells and cancer cells depend on different factors to survive, which could aid in discovering how to target cancer cells without affecting normal cells when developing therapys........ ]]> http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/2-2010/low-dose-radiation-exposure.html http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/2-2010/low-dose-radiation-exposure.html Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:46:12 GMT Scientists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Clinical Center are incorporating radiation dose exposure reports into the electronic medical record, an effort that they hope will lead to an accurate evaluation of whether any cancer risk is linked to low-dose radiation exposure from medical imaging tests, as per an article in the recent issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology (JACR). The electronic medical record allows for the storage, retrieval, and manipulation of one's medical records........ ]]> http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/11-2009/does-green-tea-prevent-cancer.html http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/11-2009/does-green-tea-prevent-cancer.html Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:46:12 GMT Eventhough researchers are reluctant to officially endorse green tea as a cancer prevention method, evidence continues to grow about its protective effects, including results of a newly released study published in Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, which suggests some reduction in oral cancer........ ]]> http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/10-2009/study-on-genetic-impact-of-radiation.html http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/10-2009/study-on-genetic-impact-of-radiation.html Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:46:12 GMT Scientists at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center are helping to lead a massive international study on the possible genetic effects of radiation and cancer drug exposures on future generations. The study's principal researchers are meeting this week at the OU Health Sciences Center to discuss their recent findings, which will be presented at an upcoming meeting of the American Society of Human Genetics........ ]]> http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/10-2009/molecular-imaging-for-endometrial-cancer.html http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/10-2009/molecular-imaging-for-endometrial-cancer.html Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:46:12 GMT A promising new molecular imaging technique may provide physicians and patients with a noninvasive way to learn more information about a type of cancer of the uterus lining called "endometrial carcinoma"one of the most common cancerous female tumors. This research was presented as per a research findings reported in the recent issue of The Journal of Nuclear Medicine....... ]]> http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/8-2009/small-peptide-found-to-stop-lung-cancer.html http://www.health-news-blog.com/blogs/permalinks/8-2009/small-peptide-found-to-stop-lung-cancer.html Mon, 10 Jan 2011 12:46:12 GMT In new animal research done by researchers at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, researchers have discovered a therapy effective in mice at blocking the growth and shrinking the size of lung cancer tumors, one of the leading causes of cancer death in the world. The study, recently published in Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, is the first to show that therapy with a specific peptide, angiotensin-(1-7), reduces lung tumor growth by inhibiting blood vessel formation........ ]]> 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, 10 Jan 2011 12:46:12 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, 10 Jan 2011 12:46:12 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, 10 Jan 2011 12:46:12 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, 10 Jan 2011 12:46:12 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........ ]]>