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Selenium and vitamin E supplements 'increase prostate cancer risk'
Feb 24, 2014
A new study recently published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute suggests that taking high doses of selenium and vitamin E supplements may increase the risk of prostate cancer, depending on a man's selenium levels prior to taking the supplements.The research team, including first author Dr. Read More
Identifying men with advanced prostate cancer through genetic screening
Feb 24, 2014
Screening men with a family history of prostate cancer for a range of gene mutations can identify those who are at high risk of aggressive forms of the disease and in need of lifelong monitoring, a new study has shown. Read More
Double the survival rate for HPV-positive OPSCC patients compared to HPV-negative patients
Feb 24, 2014
A retrospective analysis of oropharyngeal patients with recurrence of disease after primary therapy in the Radiation Therapy Oncology Group (RTOG) studies 0129 or 0522 found that HPV-positive patients had a higher overall survival (OS) rate than HPV-negative patients (at two years post-treatment, 54.6 percent vs. 27. Read More
Promising skin tumor vaccine offers hope for transplant patients
Feb 24, 2014
Papillomaviruses (linked to cervical cancer when they infect the mucosal tissue in the female reproductive tract) can also infect normal skin, where they cause warts and possibly non-melanoma skin cancer, mostly in immune-suppressed organ transplant patients. An article published in PLOS Pathogens suggests that vaccination might prevent virus-associated benign and malignant skin tumors. Read More
Cognitive behavioral therapy plus hypnosis reduces fatigue in radiotherapy breast cancer patients
Feb 24, 2014
Breast cancer patients receiving radiotherapy showed decreased fatigue as a result of cognitive behavioral therapy plus hypnosis (CBTH), according to a study recently published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. Read More
Common driver of a childhood brain tumor discovered by gene sequencing project
Feb 23, 2014
The St. Jude Children's Research Hospital-Washington University Pediatric Cancer Genome Project has identified the most common genetic alteration ever reported in the brain tumor ependymoma and evidence that the alteration drives tumor development. The research appears as an advanced online publication in the scientific journal Nature. Read More
Greater cancer risks faced by LGBT youth
Feb 23, 2014
A new study led by City College of New York psychologist Margaret Rosario found that youths of same-sex orientation are more likely to engage in behaviors associated with cancer risk than heterosexuals. The peer-reviewed findings appear in the February 2014 issue of the "American Journal of Public Health. Read More
Molecular aberration signals cancer
Feb 23, 2014
Several scientists, including one at Simon Fraser University, have made a discovery that strongly links a little understood molecule, which is similar to DNA, to cancer and cancer survival.EMBO reports, a life sciences journal published by the European Molecular Biology Organization, has just published online the scientists' findings about small non-coding RNAs. Read More
In vivo endomicroscopy improves detection of Barrett's esophagus-related neoplasia
Feb 23, 2014
New research shows that the addition of confocal laser endomicroscopy to high-definition white-light endoscopy enables improved real-time endoscopic diagnosis of Barrett's esophagus dysplasia (neoplastic tissue) by using targeted biopsies of abnormal mucosa to reduce unnecessary mucosal biopsies and potentially reduce costs. Read More
Researchers discover targeted way to treat ovarian cancer
Feb 22, 2014
Researchers at Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island have developed a biologic drug that would prevent the production of a protein known to allow ovarian cancer cells to grow aggressively while being resistant to chemotherapy. This would improve treatment and survival rates for some women.The work coming out of the molecular therapeutic laboratory directed by Richard G. Read More
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