04.30.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 9:40 pm by Yahoo! Health: Breast Cancer News
Italian researchers are shedding light on how leptin, a hormone found in fat cells, may play a major role in the development and progression of breast cancer.
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Posted in Uncategorized at 11:00 am by Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today
University of Virginia researchers have discovered that microRNAs, a form of genetic material, can function as tumor suppressors in laboratory studies.In the May 1 issue of Genes & Development, UVa researchers Drs. Yong Sun Lee and Anindya Dutta have shown that microRNAs can suppress the overexpression of a gene called HMGA2. This gene is related to creation of fatty tissue and certain tumors, as well as diet-induced obesity. [click link for full article]
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Posted in Uncategorized at 7:00 am by Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today
An anti-reflux valve developed to help esophageal cancer patients also has been shown to help those with bile duct obstruction, according to Kulwinder S. Dua, M.D., a research physician at the Medical College of Wisconsin in Milwaukee. The study, using the anti-reflux biliary stent in patients with cancer of the pancreas or bile duct, appears in the May issue of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy journal. [click link for full article]
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Posted in Uncategorized at 6:00 am by Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today
Lawmakers earlier this week held a briefing to promote a bill (HR 1078) that would encourage physicians to develop a personalized "survivorship care plan" for cancer survivors, CQ HealthBeat reports. The bill, sponsored by Reps. Lois Capps (D-Calif.) and Tom Davis (R-Va. [click link for full article]
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Posted in Uncategorized at 2:00 am by Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today
In 2006, it was estimated that 18,820 new cases were diagnosed and 12,820 deaths were associated with malignant tumors of the brain and other parts of the central nervous system. In brain tumor surgery, the goal is always to maximize the resection while minimizing the loss of critical neurological functions. Surgically removing brain tumors adjacent to "eloquent" or functional regions of the brain poses significant risks for causing neurological impairments. [click link for full article]
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Posted in Uncategorized at 1:00 am by Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today
UroToday.com - The introduction of potentially effective adjuvant therapy, such as Sunitinib, for renal cell carcinoma challenges the clinical practice of morcellation of laparoscopic radical nephrectomy (LRN) specimens. As such, this retrospective review of intact specimen extraction techniques in laparoscopic nephrectomy is particularly germane. [click link for full article]
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Posted in Uncategorized at 1:00 am by Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today
UroToday.com- Select patients with stage I non-seminomatous germ cell tumors without lymphovascular invasion and with a low percentage of embryonal carcinoma are commonly followed expectantly due to their low incidence of recurrence. In most institutions, recommendations for surveillance include monthly history and physical examinations, serum tumor markers, and CXR and five abdominopelvic CT scans in the first year. [click link for full article]
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04.29.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 9:40 pm by Yahoo! Health: Cancer News
The American Cancer Society this week launched a major new cancer research effort that aims to enroll 500,000 people.
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Posted in Uncategorized at 9:00 pm by Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today
A new hereditary breast cancer gene has been discovered by scientists at the Lundberg Laboratory for Cancer Research and the Plastic Surgery Clinic at the Sahlgrenska Academy in Sweden. The researchers found that women with a certain hereditary deformity syndrome run a nearly twenty times higher risk of contracting breast cancer than expected.Several research teams around the world have long been searching for new hereditary breast cancer genes, but thus far few have been found. [click link for full article]
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04.28.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 6:00 pm by Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today
A simple modification in an anti-cancer treatment currently in clinical trials substantially improves the drug's effectiveness and reduces side effects in experiments with laboratory mice, researchers are reporting in an article scheduled for the May 16 edition of ACS' Bioconjugate Chemistry, a bi-monthly journal. [click link for full article]
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