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Removal Of Lymph Nodes During Surgery For Thyroid Cancer May Be Beneficial
Dec 22, 2011
Papillary thyroid cancer accounts for the majority of all thyroid malignancies, which primarily impact women. A new study indicates that routinely removing lymph nodes in the neck in these cancer patients may help prevent the disease from coming back... Read More
Silicon Breast Implants Must Be Removed?
Dec 22, 2011
In news that sounds more like something from an automotive, or white goods recall, French authorities have announced that a certain type of silicone breast implant can rupture and might cause cancer. The French authorities are in the process of deciding whether to issue a "recall" and recommend up to 30,000 French women have their implants changed or removed... Read More
Breast Cancer And Heart Disease May Have Common Roots
Dec 22, 2011
Women who are at risk for breast cancer may also be at greater risk for heart disease, new research has found. The majority of women with hereditary breast and ovarian cancer have a mutated form of the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes, which normally suppress the growth of breast and ovarian tumours. Dr. Subodh Verma, a cardiac surgeon at St... Read More
Scientists Identify An Innate Function Of Vitamin E
Dec 22, 2011
It's rubbed on the skin to reduce signs of aging and consumed by athletes to improve endurance but scientists now have the first evidence of one of vitamin E's normal body functions... Read More
Scientists Detect Why Masterpiece Is Turning Color
Dec 21, 2011
The painting Le Bonheur de vivre, by Henri Matisse, is revered as one of two masterpieces that changed the course of painting in the early 20th century... Read More
Georgetown Researchers Lead Discovery Expected To Significantly Change Biomedical Research
Dec 21, 2011
In a major step that could revolutionize biomedical research, scientists have discovered a way to keep normal cells as well as tumor cells taken from an individual cancer patient alive in the laboratory - which previously had not been possible. Normal cells usually die in the lab after dividing only a few times, and many common cancers will not grow, unaltered, outside of the body... Read More
JCI Online Early Table Of Contents: Dec. 19, 2011
Dec 21, 2011
Potential concern about drugs in clinical trial Drugs that enhance levels of small molecules derived naturally in the body from a major component of animal fats (small molecules known as epoxyeicosatrienoic acids [EETs]) are currently in clinical trials for the treatment of high blood pressure and diabetes... Read More
Targeting EETs To Treat Cardiovascular Disease May Prove A Double-Edged Sword
Dec 21, 2011
A group of small molecules called EETs - currently under scrutiny as possible treatment targets for a host of cardiovascular diseases - may also drive the growth and spread of cancer, according to researchers at the Dana-Farber/Children's Hospital Cancer Center (DF/CHCC) and other institutions... Read More
Wayne State Study Finds Soybean Compounds Enhances Effects Of Cancer Radiotherapy
Dec 21, 2011
A Wayne State University researcher has shown that compounds found in soybeans can make radiation treatment of lung cancer tumors more effective while helping to preserve normal tissue. A team led by Gilda Hillman, Ph.D... Read More
NIH Scientists Find A Potential New Avenue For Cancer Therapies
Dec 21, 2011
Recent findings in mice suggest that blocking the production of small molecules produced in the body, known as epoxyeicosatrienoic acids (EETs), may represent a novel strategy for treating cancer by eliminating the blood vessels that feed cancer tumors... Read More
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