Studies show role of age, gender, race and weight on cancer risk and treatment
...and regional disparities can affect whether or not liver cancer patients receive important, life-saving surgical treatment. There were geographic differences in the use of surgery for HCC, ranging from eight percent in Georgia to 31 percent in Alaska and Hawaii. Younger women with a single, small tumor w...'Star Trek'-type scanning may reveal genetic activity of tumors, Stanford study shows
... stockpile of microarray data generated from human liver cancer samples. They also could compare their data with how the cancer patient fared. What they found is that two very different aspects of cancer - how it looks by imaging and how it behaves on a molecular level - have a strong connection. Out of...Cure for hepatitis C announced by VCU researcher
...e for hepatitis C, the leading cause of cirrhosis, liver cancer and the need for liver transplant, a Virginia Commonwealth University researcher said today. Mitchell Shiffman, M.D., pr...Transplanting human gut bugs into mice helps understanding of metabolic system
...y affecting bile acids. Bile acids are made by the liver to allow emulsification of fats in the upper gut. The researchers found that gut microbes can change how effective this emulsification process is because they metabolise bile acids. The bile acids are also hormonal regulators which change the way f...The hepatitis C link: Diagnose, treat, transplant
...tis C infections and are at risk for of cirrhosis, liver failure, liver cancer and transplantation," said John Vierling, M.D., Baylor College of Medicine. "These studies a...Could statins be a new option for hepatitis C patients?
...erience improvements in alanine transaminase (ALT, liver enzymes) levels. Use of statins for hepatitis C h...oved package insert for every statin lists "active liver disease" as a contraindication for use and hepatitis C would certainly qualify as an active liver di...Commercializing university research -- Hopping robots, liquid shoes, electricity from heat
...c screening, as well as for eventual bioartificial liver devices for the benefit of patients with liver diseases. Yu-Tsueng Liu, a researcher at the Moores UCSD Cancer Center, and Sadik Esener, a prof...Estrogen is important for bone health in men as well as women
...ogen circulates in the body, it passes through the liver where several enzymes convert the standard hormone to other forms - some of these forms, or estrogen metabolites, are active and some are inactive. Individuals differ in how they process estrogen, so the levels of these estrogen metabolites will vary...Ronald W. Busuttil receives American Surgical Association's highest honor
...is internationally recognized for his expertise in liver transplantation and surgery, received the award Ap...r in Surgery, is founding chief of the division of liver and pancreas transplantation and director of the Pfleger Liver Institute, which includes the DumontU...Hepatitis C increases risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma
...erans are infected with HCV. HCV infection causes liver cancer and cirrhosis, and may also increase the risk of other tumors. Previous studies have been too small to adequately assess these risks, according to background information in the article. Thomas P. Giordano, M.D., M.P.H., of Baylor College o...Risk of lymphoma increases with hepatitis C virus infection
...r means. HCV is also known to cause cirrhosis and liver cancer. "Although the risk of developing lymphomas is small, our research suggests that screening of HCV-infected individuals could identify conditions which may lead to cancer. It might then be possible to prevent progression to lymphoma," said ...Double the death rate from cirrhosis for 'blue collar' men
...oom examined death rates among Australian men from liver cirrhosis between 1981 and 2002. Their results ...one of the main contributors to the development of liver cirrhosis. Professor Najman said the study results suggested that men from lower socio-economic b...Eggs promote weight loss and help close nutrient consumption gap
...upply. (Other rich sources of choline include beef liver and wheat germ.) Putting Egg Recommendations Into Perspective (Embargo April 30, 2007) Researchers are beginning to challenge egg consumption restrictions that are based on studies that examined dietary cholesterol and saturated fat together. R...HCV patients survival after liver transplantation is not improving
For liver transplant recipients without hepatitis C (HCV), s...y.com/journal/livertransplantation . HCV-induced liver disease is the most common reason for liver transplantation in the U.S., however, previous studies h...Racial disparities in treatment of patients with cirrhosis and complications of portal hypertension
...o undergo a palliative shunt, prompt endoscopy, or liver transplantation compared to white patients, accord...halopathy. These patients should be considered for liver transplantation, without which they face a 2-year survival prognosis of less than 50 percent. While ...Liver stiffness indicates portal hypertension
Measuring liver stiffness using transient elastography can predict....interscience.wiley.com/journal/hepatology . As liver disease progresses, fibrosis leads to portal hypertension which causes potentially lethal complicati...LAP-BAND System surgery improves insulin resistance
...n addition, fat becomes deposited in the pancreas, liver and muscle, leading to metabolic derangements such as insulin resistance and/or diabetes. Obesity causes hypertension and abnormal levels of fat in the blood. Because of the low success rate of calorie restriction (i.e., diets) in reducing morbid o...Correlation between bile duct obstruction and ductal cancer found
When bile duct cancer cells were placed in the liver of animals with bile duct obstruction, they grew m... bile duct obstruction. In fact, half of the total liver mass of the rats with bile duct obstruction became replaced by cancer cells within three weeks compa...Dua anti-reflux stent relieves GI upper cancer distress
...e and Canada. The bile duct carries bile from the liver to the intestines. When this duct is obstructed fr...as both stents were equally effective in improving liver tests, and complication rates were similar. The study showed that the stent with the Dua anti-reflux...... liposomal amphotericin B. Increased problems with liver and kidney function, as well as higher occurrence of problems at the site of drug administration, were observed in the patients receiving liposomal amphotericin B. The authors conclude: "Our results establish micafungin as a treatment option for fi...