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CT Scans Associated With Increased Cancer Risk
Jun 11, 2013
An analysis of seven healthcare systems in the U.S. has found that pediatric radiation exposure from CT scans can potentially double the risk of cancer caused by radiation. The study, published in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, revealed that the number of CT scans among young children has more than doubled from 1996 to 2005. Scans rose from about 330,000 in 1995 to 1... Read More
Normal Version Of Molecular Pathway Affected In Poor-Prognosis Childhood Leukemia
Jun 11, 2013
Through genetic engineering of laboratory models, researchers at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center have uncovered a vulnerability in the way cancer cells diverge from normal regenerating cells that may help treat children with leukemia as reported in the journal PNAS... Read More
Vegetable Fats Reduce Prostate Cancer Death Risk
Jun 11, 2013
Prostate cancer patients who replace animal fats and some carbohydrates with vegetable fats have a lower risk of premature death, researchers from the University of California reported in JAMA Internal Medicine. In the United States alone, nearly 2.5 million men currently live with prostate cancer... Read More
Mathematical Method Of Simplifying And Interpreting Genome Data De-Clutters Cancer-Cell Data, Revealing Tumor Evolution, Treatment Leads
Jun 11, 2013
In our daily lives, clutter is something that gets in our way, something that makes it harder for us to accomplish things. For doctors and scientists trying to parse mountains of raw biological data, clutter is more than a nuisance; it can stand in the way of figuring out how best to treat someone who is very sick... Read More
Under-Use Of Genetic Testing Puts Health Of Entire Families At Risk
Jun 11, 2013
A new study of the use of genetic testing for cancer-causing mutations in affected families in France has found that its take-up is very low... Read More
High-Risk Heart Attack Patients May Need Faster And More Potent Antithrombotic Drugs
Jun 11, 2013
The Cardiovascular Research Laboratory of the IDIBELL led by the cardiologist of the Bellvitge University Hospital José Luis Ferreiro has conducted a study on the effect of antiplatelet drugs given to high risk patients suffering from acute myocardial infaction (heart attack) in the context of the Infarction Code... Read More
Mucosal Melanoma Treatment Targets Found With DNA Sequencing
Jun 10, 2013
Using DNA sequencing, researchers in the UK have discovered possible new treatment targets for a rare form of cancer known as mucosal melanoma. The more we know of the sub-types of melanoma, the more we can tailor treatment for patients and improve their prospects, says Cancer Research UK, a core sponsor of the center where the research took place... Read More
Skin Cancer Likely To Increase As Spain Receives Ever More Solar Radiation
Jun 10, 2013
Solar radiation in Spain has increased by 2.3% every decade since the 1980s, according to a study by researchers from the University of Girona and the Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich. This increase is linked to the decreased presence of clouds, which has increased the amount of direct radiation reaching us from the Sun... Read More
Aspirin For Primary Prevention Of Heart Attacks In Men: Eligibility Increases When Cancer Mortality Benefit Added
Jun 10, 2013
While aspirin has been shown to be effective in preventing heart attacks in men, it also increases the risk of gastrointestinal bleeding and possibly stroke, even at low doses. As such, national guidelines suggest that aspirin be used for prevention only in men at higher risk for cardiovascular events, so that the benefits of aspirin are greater than its adverse effects... Read More
Immune Cells Deprived Of Sugar By Tumors
Jun 10, 2013
Cancer cells' appetite for sugar may have serious consequences for immune cell function, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have learned. The scientists found that when they kept sugar away from critical immune cells called T cells, the cells no longer produced interferon gamma, an inflammatory compound important for fighting tumors and some kinds of infection... Read More
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