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Blocking The Effect Of Inflammation-causing Cells Lowered Prostate Cancer Cells Invasion
POSTED: April 18, 2008Recent studies have suggested an association between chronic inflammation and cancers of the prostate, colon, stomach and liver. Now scientists at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine report success in blocking an early step in metastasis of prostate cancer cells by interrupting the communication between the cancer cells and other cells t...
High-intensity Chemotherapy Does Not Improve Survival In Small Cell Lung Cancer
POSTED: April 18, 2008Small cell lung cancer (SCLC) patients treated with high-dose chemotherapy did not have better survival rates than those treated with standard doses, according to a randomized controlled trial published online April 8 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. SCLC accounts for nearly 13 percent of lung cancer cases in the United States. Although ...
Media Doesn't Cover Prevention
POSTED: April 18, 2008EAST LANSING, Mich. -- A U.S. expert, who says the media can be more influential than physicians, blames the media for not reporting enough on how to prevent breast cancer Charles Atkin of Michigan State University has conducted an analysis of national coverage of breast cancer and finds the media covers patients and treatment much more than ...
Novel Xeloda Dosing Schedule May Offer Well-tolerated Alternative For Treatment Of Advanced Breast Cancer
POSTED: April 18, 2008NUTLEY, N.J. -- A novel biweekly dosing schedule of Xeloda(R) (capecitabine) enabled safe delivery of higher daily doses in the treatment of advanced breast cancer, according to an investigational study published in the April 10, 2008 issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology. The data showed that a seven-days-on/seven-days-off (7-on/7-off) regi...
Looping Genes May Hold A Key To Understanding Breast Cancer
POSTED: April 18, 2008Another piece of the puzzle that is breast cancer has been found by University of Queensland researchers. Dr Melissa Brown, from UQ's School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, and her team have discovered how a particular gene associated with breast cancer behaves, which may lead to better testing for the debilitating disease. Dr Brown and Dr Ju...
Evidence Now Suggests Eating Soy Foods In Puberty Protects Against Breast Cancer
POSTED: April 18, 2008Evidence is growing from animal and human studies that genistein, a potent chemical found in soy, protects against development of breast cancer - but only if consumed during puberty, says a Georgetown University Medical Center researcher in the British Journal of Cancer published online today. The challenge now, she says, is for scientists to understand...
Protein Linked To Aggressive Breast Cancer
POSTED: April 18, 2008PORTLAND, Ore. -- U.S. medical scientists say they've found the presence of a certain protein in aggressive breast cancer correlates with a poor prognosis. An Oregon Health and Science University study, led by Dr. Shiuh-Wen Luoh, an assistant professor of hematology and medical oncology, found the presence of the protein, called growth factor...
Breast Cancer Trial Starts With Good News
POSTED: April 18, 2008ANN ARBOR, Mich. -- U.S. scientists have discovered more about a common cell-to-cell signaling system that has good implications for a breast cancer drug trial just beginning. In the groundbreaking trial, University of Michigan Medical School researchers are combining chemotherapy with a drug that blocks the Notch signaling pathway that helps...
Drug Mix Decreases Risk Of Colon Cancer
POSTED: April 18, 2008TUCSON, Ariz. -- Researchers at the University of Arizona and in California announced Monday a drug combination that appears to significantly reduce the onset of colon cancer. Individuals participating in a study were given a low dosage of difluoromethylornithine, or DFMO, and sulindac, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug known as NSAID. The m...
Exposure To Low Levels Of Radon Appears To Reduce The Risk Of Lung Cancer
POSTED: April 18, 2008Exposure to levels of radon gas typically found in 90 percent of American homes appears to reduce the risk of developing lung cancer by as much as 60 percent, according to a study published in the March 2008 issue of the journal Health Physics. The finding differs significantly from the results of previous case-control studies of the effects of low-leve...
