Why lung cancer in women is different from men
...s more women's lives than reproductive cancers and breast cancer combined," said Albain, WALC vice president... national and international research into treating breast and lung cancer. Women Against Lung Cancer ( www.4WALC.org ) was established in 2...Molecular marker predicts success of breast cancer treatment
...cal outcome of tamoxifen treatment for early stage breast cancer. It is the first method to reliably differe...xifen is one of the most widely used therapies for breast cancer. It works by blocking the action of estrogen on breast cancer cells. Estrogen directs the gro...Tamoxifen stimulates breast cancer growth following alteration of estrogen receptor
...standing of what underlies tamoxifen resistance in breast cancer and may eventually allow for earlier identi...ive. Because nearly three-quarters of all breast cancers are stimulated by estrogen acting at functional estrogen receptors (ER+), they are most ofte...UNC scientists block cellular enzyme activity involved in cancer progression
...at their mutant protein was nonfunctional. Whereas breast cancer cells responded to increased expression of ... was unable to provoke any change in movement from breast cancer cells. "Our mutant appears to be deficient for turning FAK on and making cells move," Schalle...Drug that cuts off tumor's blood supply extends lives of colorectal cancer patients
...f cancer management for other tumors such as lung, breast and pancreatic cancers." A tumor cannot grow bigger than a pinhead unless it establishes an independent blood supply through a process called angiogenesis. This process provides the tumor with the oxygen and nutrients it needs to grow and spread. Res...Other Highlights in the June 2 JNCI
...oint Committee on Cancer (AJCC) staging system for breast cancer redefined how metastases in the axillary ly... the sentinel lymph node biopsy in a cohort of 205 breast cancer patients undergoing breast cancer surgery that included sentinel lymph node biopsy and remova...Fox Chase discovery may help physicians diagnose, treat devastating childhood disease
... and metastasis of tumors, including melanomas and breast and prostate cancer cells. Shin's laboratory has studies in progress to locate the enhancer specific to the EDNRB pathway in pigment-producing cells (melanocytes), from which the serious skin cancer melanoma arises. Shin's co-authors on the new pape...Clue found on breast tumors distinguishes patients with better survival odds
...ity Medical Center have discovered a key marker in breast cancer tumors that may help determine which women with early stage breast cancer have a better chance of survival. The research appears in the June 1 issue of the Journal o...Clemson researcher receives Komen grant
...ue a promising line of research for a way to treat breast cancer.Wen Y. Chen, associate professor in Clemson... use the money to further his research on stopping breast cancer cells from developing. "We are excited and grateful for this grant," said Chen. "It signals ...Friendly bacteria block HIV infection
... transmission of HIV from mother to infant through breast feeding," says Lin Tao, associate professor of oral biology at the UIC College of Dentistry, who directed the study in collaboration with colleagues at UIC and Rush University Medical School. Worldwide, mother-child transmission of HIV results in 80...Wilex & Fox Chase Cancer Center begin trial w/ novel compound targeting tumor invasion & metastasis
... Program to study the potential of this agent as a breast cancer therapeutic in the USA. WX-UK1 is a non-cy...ble benefit this drug may have in the treatment of breast cancer," said Lori J. Goldstein, M.D., principal investigator of this study and director of Fox Chas...Other highlights in the May 19 JNCI
... treatment of patients with HER2-positive advanced breast cancer in which tumor response rates are high, acc...(HER2) is overexpressed in the tumors of 20-30% of breast cancer patients and is associated with an increased risk of relapse and death in patients with early...Drug combo effective in advanced breast cancer
...riods in women with an aggressive form of advanced breast cancer. The results of the studies, the first don...nt of patients that leads to an aggressive form of breast cancer. Lead by researchers Dr. Dennis Slamon and Dr. Mark Pegram, the laboratory studies analyzed H......one of the best treatments currently available for breast and other cancers. It is now in the first phase of human clinical trials as a treatment for many forms of solid malignancies such as pancreatic cancer. Encouraging success stories such as discodermolide inspired creation of the Center of Excellence,...Moderate alcohol consumption increases plasma levels of a protective hormone
...sociation between moderate alcohol consumption and breast cancer has been proposed, which may be mediated th...sociations that had been found between alcohol and breast cancer," said Eric B. Rimm, associate professor of epidemiology and nutrition at the Harvard School ...Soybeans may reduce risk of colon cancer
...division, such as gastrointestinal, skin, lung and breast cells, explained Merrill. As the cells divide, mutations can occur that alter the function and chemistry of the cells. Each mutation a cell experiences leaves it more vulnerable to others. Cancer results when cells have accumulated a series of geneti...Latest findings on PCBs to be subject of June workshop at Illinois
...ic patterns in Japanese environmental media, food, breast milk and blood in view of risk assessment, Takeshi Nakano, Institute of Public Health and Environmental Sciences, Kobe, Japan; 4. Tentative: PCB metabolites as a consideration in risk assessment, Ake Bergman, Stockholm University, and Larry Robertso...Second generation targeted antibodies - It's all in the binding
... protein, erbB2/HER-2, which is implicated in many breast cancers. The most recent papers describe in detail how EGFR undergoes alterations in its conformation as it is activated, and where the 806 antibody binds to the activated EGFR when the molecule is overexpressed on the surface of a cancer cell. Accor...Soy processing influences estrogen-dependent breast cancer growth in mice
...late the growth of pre-existing estrogen-dependent breast tumors, according to a study done at the Universit...ign. "Soy has been correlated with low rates of breast cancer in Asian populations, but soy foods in Asia are made from minimally processed soybeans or def......tionship between stress and immunity in women with breast cancer. They divided the group into women who rece...y the effects of stress on the immune system among breast cancer patients with stage II or stage III disease. Women in the study were assigned to either a st...