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Risk Of Nerve Damage In Prostate Cancer Surgeries May Be Reduced By Preoperative MRI
Jan 25, 2012
Preoperative MRI helps surgeons make more informed decisions about nerve-sparing procedures in men with prostate cancer, according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology. Excluding skin cancer, prostate cancer is the most common cancer diagnosed in American men, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention... Read More
Possible New Pathway Can Overcome Glioblastoma Resistance
Jan 25, 2012
Glioblastoma, a lethal brain cancer, is one of the most resistant to available therapies and patients typically live approximately 15 months... Read More
Study Of Plant Hormone Could Have Far-Reaching Implications For Cell Biology And Disease Research
Jan 25, 2012
A recent Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) study published in the journal Science investigating the molecular structure and function of an essential plant hormone could profoundly change our understanding of a key cell process, and might ultimately lead to the development of new drugs for a variety of diseases... Read More
The Quality Of Colonoscopy Reporting And Performance Examined By Study
Jan 25, 2012
Researchers in the Netherlands assessed the quality of colonoscopy reporting in daily clinical practice and evaluated the quality of colonoscopy performance. They found that colonoscopy reporting varied significantly in clinical practice. Colonoscopy performance met the suggested standards, however, considerable variability between endoscopy departments was found... Read More
Cell Death Induced In Colon Cancer Cells By Compounds In Mate Tea
Jan 25, 2012
Could preventing colon cancer be as simple as developing a taste for yerba mate tea? In a recent University of Illinois study, scientists showed that human colon cancer cells die when they are exposed to the approximate number of bioactive compounds present in one cup of this brew, which has long been consumed in South America for its medicinal properties... Read More
New Way Discovered To Image Brain Tumors And Predict Recurrence
Jan 25, 2012
After people with low-grade glioma, a type of brain cancer, undergo neurosurgery to remove the tumors, they face variable odds of survival - depending largely on how rapidly the cancer recurs... Read More
Blood Levels Of Lead May Increase Smokers' Risk For Kidney Cancer
Jan 25, 2012
Higher than normal levels of lead in the blood may signal a risk two times higher than average of developing renal cell carcinoma in smokers, according to medical researchers. "Past studies (in cadavers) have shown that, compared with kidneys from individuals without cancer, kidneys from individuals with cancer have higher lead levels," said Emily B... Read More
How Cells Dispose Of Their Waste
Jan 25, 2012
Defective proteins that are not disposed of by the body can cause diseases such as Alzheimer's or Parkinson's. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute (MPI) of Biochemistry recently succeeded in revealing the structure of the cellular protein degradation machinery (26S proteasome) by combining different methods of structural biology... Read More
Patients With Head And Neck Cancer May Have Improved Outcomes Following Discovery Of Molecular Fingerprint
Jan 25, 2012
Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University and Montefiore Medical Center, the University Hospital for Einstein, have found a biomarker in head and neck cancers that can predict whether a patient's tumor will be life threatening. The biomarker is considered particularly promising because it can detect the level of risk immediately following diagnosis... Read More
Could The Key To Cancer Be Patterns Of Chromosome Abnormality?
Jan 25, 2012
A healthy genome is characterized by 23 pairs of chromosomes, and even a small change in this structure - such as an extra copy of a single chromosome - can lead to severe physical impairment. So it's no surprise that when it comes to cancer, chromosomal structure is frequently a contributing factor, says Prof. Ron Shamir of the Blavatnik School of Computer Science at Tel Aviv University... Read More
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