02.29.08
Posted in Uncategorized at 7:00 am by Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today
Many of the greatest inventions in modern medicine were developed by physicists who imported technologies such as X rays, nuclear magnetic resonance, ultrasound, particle accelerators and radioisotope tagging and detection techniques into the medical domain. There they became magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), computerized tomography (CT) scanning, nuclear medicine, positron emission tomography (PET) scanning, and various radiotherapy treatment methods.
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Posted in Uncategorized at 5:00 am by Lung Cancer News From Medical News Today
A protein that helps lung cancer cells thrive appears to do so by blocking healthy cells’ ability to fix themselves when radiation or chemicals, such as nicotine, damage their DNA, according to a University of Florida study to be published Friday (Feb. 29) in the journal Molecular Cell.High levels of the protein, known as Bc12, are found in the cells of lung cancer patients who smoke.
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Posted in Uncategorized at 5:00 am by Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today
Everyone has known for decades that smoking causes cancer, but until now no one really understood how cigarette smoke causes healthy lung cells to become cancerous. Researchers from the University of California, Davis, show that hydrogen peroxide in cigarette smoke causes lung cancer. This finding may help the tobacco industry develop "safer" cigarettes by eliminating such substances in the smoke, while giving medical researchers a new avenue to developing lung cancer treatments.
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Posted in Uncategorized at 5:00 am by Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today
A new study from the American Cancer Society finds that while breast cancer death rates are decreasing for white women in every U.S. state, for African American women, death rates are either flat or rising in at least half the states. The study, published early online in the journal Cancer Causes and Control, finds breast cancer death rates among African American women are decreasing in only 11 of 37 states with sufficient numbers for analysis and in the District of Columbia.
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Posted in Uncategorized at 5:00 am by Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today
A new study provides valuable insight into a previously undescribed mechanism that regulates a prominent cancer-associated protein. The research, published by Cell Press in the February 29th issue of Molecular Cell, will enhance understanding of the fundamental processes that contribute to breast cancer.
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Posted in Uncategorized at 4:00 am by Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today
Yissum Ltd., the Technology Transfer Company of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, today announced that scientists from the School of Pharmacy at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem discovered a novel orally available drug that prevents metastasis formation in various types of cancers.
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Posted in Uncategorized at 4:00 am by Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today
The cancer-related protein Akt may profoundly influence the fate of the tau protein, which forms bundles of tangled nerve cell fibers in the brain associated with Alzheimer's disease, reports a new study led by researchers at the University of South Florida and the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL.The study was published online in the early edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
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Posted in Uncategorized at 4:00 am by Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today
An article appearing in the January/February issue of the Aesthetic Surgery Journal suggests that assessment of breast cancer risk prior to elective breast surgery can ultimately improve results for patients. The piece offers guidelines for plastic surgeons to help women gauge their breast cancer risk, and offer the best options for surgical intervention and reconstruction.
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Posted in Uncategorized at 3:00 am by Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today
One of the toughest cancers to treat effectively is glioblastoma multiforme (GBM), the most common form of primary brain cancer. Patients who have a recurrence of this cancer have had no effective therapy -- until now. Researchers at the University of Virginia and several other leading brain tumor centers nationwide have discovered that a compound has shown the ability to effectively treat GBM in some patients.
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Posted in Uncategorized at 3:00 am by Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today
The identification of two cellular receptors that likely contribute to the genesis of hormone-dependent breast cancer points the way to new, highly targeted therapies against the disease, says a team led by scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City.The finding also helps explain how daily use of medicines such as aspirin might help keep these breast tumors at bay.
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