Latest cancer research features small molecule therapy, and the preventative benefits of sunshine
...targets c-Myc, a key growth promoting regulator in cancers and a gene that has escaped all efforts to control...e of Non-Hodgkin lymphoma ranked among the top ten cancers in the Unites States during 2000. More than 18 people per 100,000 U.S. residents developed the disea...Mayo Clinic researchers discover green tea component helps kill leukemia cells
...reen tea is consumed, the incidence of solid tumor cancers such as breast, lung and gastrointestinal cancers is lower. Secondly, mouse-model testing of green tea's cancer-prevention properties has shown they p...Minimally invasive breast cancer treatment shows promise
...radiofrequency (RF) ablation to treat small breast cancers has found the procedure feasible and safe, accordi...ty of RF ablation in the treatment of small breast cancers (2 centimeters or less in diameter--about the size of a grape), the researchers performed RF ablatio...Sedative may offer new direction in colon cancer treatment
...Research, suggest a novel approach to treatment of cancers now known to have neurotransmitter receptors on the outside of their cells. That includes, to date, colon and some ovarian cancers. "This is the first experimental evidence that Nembutal is a potent inhibitor of colon cancer metastasis," says the stu...Exercise improves cancer survival, reduces cancer risk, scientists say
... and weight control, also may help prevent certain cancers and improve the odds of cancer survival. Two studies report a strong correlation between such ordinary activities as walking or performing household chores and reduced risk of endometrial and breast cancers, and between walking and improved rates of...Advances in prevention and treatment research hold promise for 'pipeline'
...rs, and are implicated in the development of other cancers including those to the head and neck. HPV is prese...gram. "The key to preventing reproductive tract cancers caused by HPV is to block the initial infection," McCormick said. "Generating vaccines that protect ...Black men less likely to be treated for aggressive prostate cancer, UMHS study finds
...ed in the prostate). Black men with moderate grade cancers were 36 percent less likely than white men to rece... tumors were aggressive. Black men with aggressive cancers were half as likely as white men with similar disease to receive treatment; Hispanic men were 23 per...Researchers: Diet a significant factor in reducing risk of three common cancers
...thy individuals to those with prostate and bladder cancers to assess the relationship between dietary factors...getables are well known to reduce the risk of some cancers through their antioxidant properties; that is, by inhibiting reactive oxidant species. These free r...Doctor attacks South African government for failing women while spending billions on arms deals
...conducted by female doctors, a high rate of breast cancers can be detected. Dr Salwa Boulos, consultant rad...d biopsies could be performed. About eight breast cancers per 1,000 women were found after the screening programme in the first year, and when half the women ...New drug may help fight some lung cancers
...s, and about 20 percent of all non-small cell lung cancers possess some BAC features. "BAC was once thought to be an uncommon form of lung cancer, but it appears to be increasing in incidence and more recent studies suggest that it may actually play a role in about one in five of cases of lung cancer," says ...Exemestane beats tamoxifen in first phase III head to head trial in advanced breast cancer
...uring, tamoxifen treatment. The majority of breast cancers in postmenopausal women rely on female hormones to grow. Exemestane is a steroidal aromatase inhibitor (SAI); it permanently inactivates aromatase, the enzyme that converts androgens into oestrogens in postmenopausal women. So, the effect of the drug...Study finds fewer, but more advanced, colon cancers in postmenopausal women on E&P hormone therapy
...Medicine, showed that while there were fewer colon cancers among women in the treatment group than among women taking a placebo, colon cancers that did develop in the treatment group were more advanced when diagnosed, suggesting a poorer outco...Tumor characteristics may help predict survival in breast cancer patients
...ditional treatment after surgery for patients with cancers that may have spread outside their original sites. In particular, 23 percent, or 37 out of 161 patients treated with adjuvant chemotherapy had a recurrence of cancer within five years. For those patients who were not treated with chemotherapy,...More older women are retaining 'young' breasts causing potential screening problems
...screening in postmenopausal women is effective but cancers can still go undetected. High mammographic density... They then calculated the ratio of screen-detected cancers to the total number of screen-detected cancers plus those cancers arising in the interval between sc...Pre-eclampsia linked to increased cancer risk
...psia are at increased risk of cancer, particularly cancers of the stomach, breast, ovary, lung, and larynx, s... births prior to entry into the study. The risk of cancers of the stomach, ovary, lung or larynx were also significantly increased after adjusting for age. Th...New breast pap smear detects early cellular changes; May prevent onset of breast cancer
...than that, scientists are unclear as to how breast cancers arise. The new "breast pap smear" will help charac... irreversible, she said. "Ninety percent of breast cancers occur randomly, without a family history of the disease or a known genetic mutation in the woman, sa...Innovative reconstructive surgery improves appearance, outcomes for skin cancer patients
...eginning I would lose my eye." "Most head and neck cancers can easily be removed and treated by a facial plas...ence University School of Medicine. "But some skin cancers that have recurred after multiple treatments, or that have grown to great size due to neglect requir...Estrogren plus progestin decreases colorectal cancer in postmenopausal woman
...ed incidence of colorectal cancers. However, these cancers are diagnosed at more advanced stage perhaps related to symptom misinterpretation or other reasons requiring further study. According to Dr. Chlebowski: "The effects of estrogen plus progestin suggest that use of these hormones can delay diagnosis o...UK Teenage Cancer Trust demands government action to aid young cancer patients
...re are now starting to follow suit." The range of cancers affecting young people include childhood and adult...low profile; some of the more frequently occurring cancers in this age group are difficult to diagnose; teenagers themselves are unaware about their own health...Psychiatric study for cancer patients to measure psychoactive medication
...tudy if they have: central nervous system (CNS) cancers kidney disease diabetes abnormal liver function tests epilepsy cardiovascular disease including high blood pressure (BP greater than 140/90) a history of a personal or familial psychiatric disorder a current substance abuse problem an...