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Robot Assisted Prostate Cancer Surgery Associated With Fever Complicated Outcomes
Apr 27, 2012
A study published in the medical journal European Urology reveals that robot-assisted surgery to treat prostate cancer is more common and significantly more successful in the United States than radical "open" surgery... Read More
Votrient (Pazopanib) For Soft Tissue Sarcoma Approved By FDA
Apr 27, 2012
Votrient (pazopanib) has been approved by the FDA for the treatment of soft tissue sarcoma in patients who have already received chemotherapy. Soft tissue sarcoma is a type of cancer that starts in the fibrous tissue blood vessels, fat, muscle, or other supporting tissue in the body. The cancer develops in the mesenchymal cells... Read More
The Aggressiveness Of Prostate Cancer Determined By New Diagnostic Tool
Apr 27, 2012
One in six men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime, the second leading cause of death among men in the United States. It's a serious problem and current diagnostic tests aren't very specific... Read More
Designing New Generation Anti-Cancer Drugs
Apr 27, 2012
Researchers from the Research Programme in Biomedical Informatics (GRIB) from the IMIM (Hospital del Mar Research Institute) and the Pompeu Fabra University (UPF) have identified 115 proteins in silico (via computer simulation) that could be highly relevant to treat colon-rectal cancer, since they would make it possible to define the strategy to design new generation anti-cancer drugs... Read More
Anti-Smoking Ad Success May Be Predicted By Small 'Neural Focus Groups'
Apr 27, 2012
Brain scans of a small group of people can predict the actions of entire populations, according to a new study by researchers from the University of Michigan, the University of Oregon and the University of California at Los Angeles... Read More
Beware Of Dietary Supplements For Cancer Prevention
Apr 27, 2012
Government regulators and the scientific community should work to ensure that they give clear guidance to the public about dietary supplements and cancer risk, according to a commentary published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Evidence from animal, in vitro and observational studies has suggested that taking dietary supplements may lower cancer risk... Read More
Tobacco Exposure, Genetic Variants And Lung Cancer Risk
Apr 27, 2012
There is an association between the rs1051730-rs16969968 genotype and objective measures of tobacco exposure, which indicates that lung cancer risk is largely, if not entirely, mediated by level of tobacco exposure, according to a study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute... Read More
Chronic Stress Found To Increase Cancer Severity In Mouse Model
Apr 27, 2012
Worrywarts, fidgety folk and the naturally nervy may have a real cause for concern: accelerated cancer. In a new study led by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine, anxiety-prone mice developed more severe cancer then their calm counterparts... Read More
Ability To Culture Rare Tumor Cells Isolated From Blood Could Help Improve Patient Response To Therapy
Apr 27, 2012
A research collaboration between the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and Children's Hospital Boston has created a microfluidic device that can harvest rare circulating tumor cells (CTCs) from blood to enable their expansion in culture for analysis... Read More
Complications Of Sickle Cell Trait May Be Improved By Exercise
Apr 27, 2012
Sickle cell disease (SCD), an inherited condition that causes red blood cells to sometimes deform into a crescent shape, affects an estimated 100,000 Americans, typically those of African descent. However, far more have sickle cell trait (SCT), caused when individuals carry just a single copy of the disease-causing mutation in their genes... Read More
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