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Iron Supplementation During Pregnancy: Twice Weekly As Effective As A Daily Regime
Jun 20, 2013
Daily supplementation of iron tablets to pregnant women does not provide any benefits in birth weight or improved infant growth compared to twice weekly supplementation, according to a study by international researchers published in this week's PLOS Medicine... Read More
Mortality Appears To Be Higher For Patients With Thicker Single Primary Melanomas Than For Thicker Multiple Primary Melanomas
Jun 19, 2013
JAMA Dermatology Study Highlights Although overall mortality rates due to single primary melanomas (SPMs) and multiple primary melanomas (MPMs) appear to be similar, relative mortality for thicker SPM appears to be greater than that for thicker MPM, according to a study by Anne Kricker, Ph.D., of the University of Sydney, Australia and colleagues... Read More
Screening Colonoscopy Associated With Increased Survival Duration And Rates For Patients With Colon Cancer
Jun 19, 2013
Patients with colon cancer identified on screening colonoscopy appear to have lower-stage disease on presentation and better outcomes independent of their staging, according to a report published Online First by JAMA Surgery, a JAMA Network publication... Read More
Increased Risk Of Prostate Cancer In Human Stem Cells Following Exposure To Low Doses Of BPA
Jun 19, 2013
Exposing developing tissue to low levels of the plastic bisphenol A, commonly known as BPA, is linked to a greater incidence of prostate cancer in tissue grown from human prostate stem cells, a new study finds. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco... Read More
Minimally Invasive Techniques Allow Doctors To Remove Suspicious Polyps, Keep Colon Intact
Jun 19, 2013
Millions of people each year have polyps successfully removed during colonoscopies. But when a suspicious polyp is bigger than a marble or in a hard-to-reach location, patients are referred for surgery to remove a portion of their colon - even if doctors aren't sure whether the polyp is cancerous or not... Read More
'Undruggable' To Druggable: A New Target For Cancer Drug Development
Jun 19, 2013
Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) researchers have identified in the most aggressive forms of cancer a gene known to regulate embryonic stem cell self-renewal, beginning a creative search for a drug that can block its activity. The gene, SALL4, gives stem cells their ability to continue dividing as stem cells rather than becoming mature cells... Read More
Protein Being Studied To Fight Cancer; May Cause Toxicity In Cardiac Cells
Jun 19, 2013
A study by researchers at Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and the Department of Pharmacology at the University of California, San Diego, shows that a protein called MCL-1, which promotes cell survival, is essential for normal heart function... Read More
Whole Exome Sequencing Seeks Out Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma
Jun 19, 2013
Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC) is a slow-growing and often fatal malignancy that can occur at multiple organ sites, but is most frequently found in the salivary glands. The primary treatment is surgical removal; however, the majority of patients develop metastatic disease... Read More
Advanced Hormone-Sensitive Breast Cancer Responds To Osteoporosis Drug
Jun 19, 2013
A new osteoporosis drug hinders the growth of estrogen-sensitive cancer that has become resistant to treatment with tamoxifen, a study in mice shows. The results were presented at The Endocrine Society's 95th Annual Meeting in San Francisco... Read More
Blood Test May Detect Sexually Transmitted Throat Cancer
Jun 18, 2013
A blood test can detect antibodies of HPV that can cause throat and oral cancers years before the symptoms of the disease become apparent, researchers from the National Cancer Institute and the International Agency for Research on Cancer reported in the Journal of Clinical Oncology... Read More
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