Industry News
Innovative Breast Cancer Rehabilitation Model
Apr 12, 2012
A new supplement in the journal Cancer outlines an innovative model to address a wide range of physical issues faced by women with breast cancer and offers hope for improved function and full participation in life activities for patients through rehabilitation and exercise... Read More
Addressing The Global Cancer Epidemic
Apr 12, 2012
Cancer is a growing health concern in low- and middle-income countries, and there is an opportunity for Canada to make a significant contribution to help tackle the disease, states an analysis in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Cancer kills more people than HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined... Read More
Dental X-Rays Linked To Most Common Brain Tumor
Apr 12, 2012
People who received frequent dental x-rays in the past have an increased risk of developing the most commonly diagnosed primary brain tumor in the United States. That is the finding of a study published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society... Read More
Protein Useful In Predicting The Risk Of Pulmonary Metastases In Breast Cancer Patients Identified By Researchers
Apr 12, 2012
Researchers from the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) have shown that breast cancer cells that metastasize to the lung express a higher level of the protein peroxiredoxin 2 (PRDX2). The study suggests that the modulation of the levels of this protein could be a new therapeutic strategy to prevent lung metastases... Read More
Acute Lung Injury Survivors Tend To Have Long-Term Neuropsychological Impairment
Apr 11, 2012
A new study, published online ahead of print publication in the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, shows that cognitive and psychiatric impairments are common amongst long-term survivors of acute lung injury (ALI), and these impairments can be evaluated by using a telephone-based test battery. Leading researcher, Dr. Mark E... Read More
Breast Cancer Risk Driven By Estrogen-Raising Gene
Apr 11, 2012
Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in the UK, with almost 48,000 women and about 300 men diagnosed every year. About one in eight women in the UK will develop breast cancer at some stage during their life, but thanks to better awareness, treatments and screening, more women than ever are surviving breast cancer in the UK... Read More
Personalizing Prostate Cancer Treatment
Apr 11, 2012
Each year in the UK alone, about 37,000 men are diagnosed with prostate cancer. Given that prostate cancers can be genetically quite different, means they affect the way in which they react to treatments... Read More
Chemotherapy Resistance - How Does It Happen?
Apr 11, 2012
Genetic mutations in cancer cells can lead to treatment resistance, which could result in relapse, yet according to a new study in the journal PLoS Biology, it is possible that the reverse could also happen... Read More
Compliance To Colorectal Cancer Screening Recommendations - Study
Apr 11, 2012
A study, published in the April 9 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, reveals that patients are less likely to undergo colorectal cancer screening if their physicians only recommend a colonoscopy, compared with patients who are advised to undergo fecal occult blood testing (FOBT), or patients who are given the choice between colonoscopy or FOBT... Read More
Lung Cancer Screening As An Insurance Benefit Would Save Lives At A Relatively Low Cost
Apr 11, 2012
Lung cancer is the most lethal cancer in the United States. According to the National Cancer Institute, lung cancer causes more than 150,000 deaths annually and has a survival rate of 16 percent. More Americans die of lung cancer each year than of cervical, breast, colon and prostate cancers combined... Read More
Previous Page Next Page