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Insulin, Nutrition Found To Prevent Blood Stem Cell Differentiation In Fruit Flies
Mar 13, 2012
UCLA stem cell researchers have shown that insulin and nutrition keep blood stem cells from differentiating into mature blood cells in Drosophila, the common fruit fly, a finding that has implications for studying inflammatory response and blood development in response to dietary changes in humans... Read More
Possible Protection Against Prostate Cancer Through Circumcision
Mar 13, 2012
A new analysis led by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has found that circumcision before a male's first sexual intercourse may help protect against prostate cancer. Published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study suggests that circumcision can hinder infection and inflammation that may lead to this malignancy... Read More
Antidepressant Shows Promise As Cancer Treatment
Mar 13, 2012
A retinoid called all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA), which is a vitamin A-derivative, is already used successfully to treat a rare sub-type of acute myeloid leukemia (AML), however this drug has not been effective for the more common types of AMLs. Team leader Arthur Zelent, Ph.D., and colleagues at the ICR have been working to unlock the potential of retinoids to treat other patients with AML... Read More
Discovery Could Reduce Chemo's Side Effects
Mar 13, 2012
A team of researchers at Duke University has determined the structure of a key molecule that can carry chemotherapy and anti-viral drugs into cells, which could help to create more effective drugs with fewer effects to healthy tissue... Read More
Childhood Cancer Linked To Developmental Delays In Milestones
Mar 13, 2012
Infants and toddlers who have been treated for cancer tend to reach certain developmental milestones later than do their healthy peers, say researchers at the National Institutes of Health and in Italy. The findings show that delays may occur early in the course of treatment and suggest that young children with cancer might benefit from such early interventions as physical or language therapy... Read More
Making Personalized Cancer Therapies More Cost Effective
Mar 13, 2012
As scientists continue making breakthroughs in personalized cancer treatment, delivering those therapies in the most cost effective manner has become increasingly important. Now researchers at the University of Colorado School of Medicine have identified new ways of doing just that, allowing more patients to benefit from this revolution in cancer care... Read More
Colorectal Cancer For Under 50s On The Rise
Mar 12, 2012
Whilst colorectal cancer cases are generally on the decline since the beginning of the millennium, there seems to be an alarming rise in those under 50 hit by the disease. Since 1992, the number of people diagnosed with colorectal cancer has risen by two percent per year... Read More
Circumcision Linked To Lower Prostate Cancer Risk
Mar 12, 2012
An interesting and relatively simple piece of research into prostate cancer has been released this week. It is one that you might have thought would have been done a lot sooner. The paper shows evidence that supports circumcision in reduction of prostate cancer risk... Read More
Abscopal Effect - When Radiation Also Destroys Non Targeted Tumors
Mar 12, 2012
In the March 8 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, a team of researchers at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center report on an extremely rare phenomenon known as the abscopal effect, in cancer patients with melanoma, treated with the immunotherapeutic agent ipilimumab (Yervoy™). The study was conducted at Memorial Sloan Kettering's Ludwig Center for Cancer Immunotherapy... Read More
Discussions Of Infertility Risks Between Radiation Oncologists And Young Cancer Patients
Mar 12, 2012
Quality-of-life issues gaining prominence as long-term cancer survival rates increase More than 80 percent of radiation oncologists discuss the impact of cancer treatments on fertility with their patients of childbearing age, which can lead to improved quality of life for young cancer patients who are living much longer after their original diagnosis thanks to modern treatme... Read More
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