CancerCompass is dedicated to provided you with the most up to date cancer information and news. Visit our website to find all our articles on Pancreatic Cancer News http://www.cancercompass.com/pancreatic-cancer-news.htm Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://backend.userland.com/rss RSS.NET: http://www.rssdotnet.com/ Drugs used to treat psychiatric disorders are highly effective at killing cancer cells, opening up potential new lines of treatments. Dr Louise Lurze-Mann of the University of NSW School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences was talking with psychiatric researchers at the University of Queensland when they mentioned that people with diseases like schizophrenia appear to have low rates of cancer, despite being more inclined to smoke than the general population. http://www.cancercompass.com/cancer-news/article/32367.htm CancerCompass Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT It's a safe bet to presume there are soup recipes in today's column because it's colder, furnaces are running and it just seems like a fall thing to do. http://www.cancercompass.com/cancer-news/article/32365.htm CancerCompass Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT U.S. scientists say they have discovered a small molecule that inhibits the actions of a protein cancer cells require for survival. The researchers said they determined the molecule, called PES, inhibits a type of protein called a heat-shock protein that helps cells survive heat, lack of nutrients and other cell-damaging conditions. http://www.cancercompass.com/cancer-news/article/32368.htm CancerCompass Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT A recently discovered form of the protein that triggers blood clotting may play a key role in the molecular mechanisms leading to the growth of certain metastatic cancers, according to new research reported by an international team of scientists. http://www.cancercompass.com/cancer-news/article/32371.htm CancerCompass Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT About 100,500 new cases of cancer are caused by obesity every year, according to the most comprehensive attempt ever to estimate the cancers attributed to extra weight. The analysis, released today by the American Institute for Cancer Research, is based on updated cancer data and a report released earlier this year by a panel of experts. Among the types of cancer most strongly linked to excess body fat: http://www.cancercompass.com/cancer-news/article/32377.htm CancerCompass Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Mollie Katzen's latest cookbook urges beginners to take on her challenge with easy recipes, such as this acorn squash entree. Use plain raw almonds, not roasted or salted, Katzen writes, and don't chop them too fine. You can cook the rice and bake the acorn squash at the same time. http://www.cancercompass.com/cancer-news/article/32356.htm CancerCompass Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT If you're watching your weight, soup can be deceptive. What could be more harmless for lunch or a light dinner? Not so fast. Depending on the recipe, some soups are full of cream and cheese, or sometimes worse, they start with a roux. In place of cream and butter, add flavor to soup with lots of vegetables, beef broth and dried and fresh herbs. http://www.cancercompass.com/cancer-news/article/32357.htm CancerCompass Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT U.S. researchers have found that hepatitis B does not increase the risk for pancreatic cancer, a conclusion contradicting a previous study that found a link between the two. The new study by researchers at Henry Ford Hospital was presented at the on-going annual meeting of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases in Boston. http://www.cancercompass.com/cancer-news/article/32348.htm CancerCompass Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT Drink up, coffee lovers. Not only is coffee aromatic and delicious, it's good for you. Who says? None other than Harvard Medical School. Once considered questionable for your health, it turns out that the beloved beverage is actually healthful in moderation. That means a few cups a day. http://www.cancercompass.com/cancer-news/article/32341.htm CancerCompass Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:00:00 GMT NeoPharm, Inc. today announced that it has submitted a Phase II protocol to the FDA for the study of liposome entrapped docetaxel (LE- DT), a novel, proprietary liposomal delivery system of docetaxel, the active ingredient of Taxotere(R), for locally advanced or metastatic pancreatic cancer patients. http://www.cancercompass.com/cancer-news/article/32311.htm CancerCompass Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT People who suffer from debilitating neuropathic pain may get more relief and sleep better by combining two commonly-prescribed drugs. A new, federally-funded study by Queen's University researchers has found that taking the drugs together is a more effective treatment than taking either of them individually. http://www.cancercompass.com/cancer-news/article/32310.htm CancerCompass Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT We conducted a two-stage genome-wide association study of pancreatic cancer, a cancer with one of the lowest survival rates worldwide. We genotyped 558,542 SNPs in 1,896 individuals with pancreatic cancer and 1,939 controls drawn from 12 prospective cohorts plus one hospital-based casecontrol study, scientists writing in the journal Nature Genetics report. http://www.cancercompass.com/cancer-news/article/32316.htm CancerCompass Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT Pancreatic cancers contain exclusively tumorigenic cancer stem cells (CSCs), which are highly resistant to chemotherapy, resulting in a relative increase in CSC numbers during gemcitabine treatment. Signaling through sonic hedgehog and mammalian target of rapamycin (mTOR), respectively, may be essential for CSC self-renewal and could represent putative targets for novel treatment modalities, scientists in Madrid, Spain report. http://www.cancercompass.com/cancer-news/article/16424.htm CancerCompass Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT A U.S. Phase 1 clinical trial is under way to determine if a new anti-cancer drug is safe and effective for use in patients with solid cancer tumors. The drug, currently called EP-100, is designed to treat common breast, prostate, endometrial, pancreatic, ovarian, skin and testicular cancers. It is being tested by TGen Clinical Research Services at Scottsdale (Ariz.) Healthcare's Piper Cancer Center. http://www.cancercompass.com/cancer-news/article/16413.htm CancerCompass Thu, 08 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT Focal adhesion kinase (FAK) is a cytoplasmic tyrosine kinase that is overexpressed in many types of tumors, including pancreatic cancer, and plays an important role in cell adhesion and survival signaling. Pancreatic cancer is a lethal disease and is very resistant to chemotherapy, and FAK has been shown recently to assist in tumor cell survival, researchers in the United States report. http://www.cancercompass.com/cancer-news/article/16380.htm CancerCompass Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT For the first time researchers have shown that by inhibiting the action of an enzyme called TAK- 1, it is possible to make pancreatic cancer cells sensitive to chemotherapy, opening the way for the development of a new drug to treat the disease. http://www.cancercompass.com/cancer-news/article/16381.htm CancerCompass Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:00:00 GMT Neogenix Oncology, Inc. (Neogenix) announced that NPC-1C, the company's first IND (Investigational New Drug Application) was granted permission by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the company to begin a Phase I trial. http://www.cancercompass.com/cancer-news/article/16319.htm CancerCompass Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT According to a study from the United States, The only curative option for patients with pancreatic cancer is surgical resection. The potential for significant morbidity and mortality following these procedures along with short-term survival benefit has called into question the role of surgery in this disease. http://www.cancercompass.com/cancer-news/article/16279.htm CancerCompass Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT Access Pharmaceuticals, Inc., provided an update today on the Company's clinical development plan for ProLindac, a novel DACH platinum drug that has shown to be active in many solid tumor types in human clinical studies. http://www.cancercompass.com/cancer-news/article/16250.htm CancerCompass Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT Eating more animal fat may raise the risk of pancreatic cancer, one of the most cancers, according to the largest study to ever investigate the link. http://www.cancercompass.com/cancer-news/article/16221.htm CancerCompass Tue, 08 Sep 2009 00:00:00 GMT