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Lung Cancer Survival Improved By Chemo, Radiation, Then Surgery
May 02, 2013
In one of the largest observational studies of its kind, researchers report that a combination of chemotherapy and radiation followed by surgery in patients with stage 3 non-small cell lung cancer improves survival. Patients who had chemoradiation therapy followed by surgery had twice the five-year survival rate of those who had only chemoradiation, says Dr... Read More
Longer Sleep Duration Associated With Increased Risk Of Developing Colorectal Cancer
May 02, 2013
A new study is the first to report a significant positive association between long sleep duration and the development of colorectal cancer, especially among individuals who are overweight or snore regularly. The results raise the possibility that obstructive sleep apnea may contribute to cancer risk... Read More
Therapeutic Proteins Could Offer Much Needed Treatment Strategy For Metastatic Cancer
May 02, 2013
Cancer spread or metastasis can strike unprecedented fear in the minds of cancer patients. The "seed and the soil" hypothesis proposed by Stephen Paget in 1889 is now widely accepted to explain how cancer cells (seeds) are able to generate fertile soil (the microenvironment) in distant organs that promotes cancer's spread... Read More
Molecular Messages Decoded That Tell Prostate And Breast Cancers To Spread
May 02, 2013
Cancer cells are wily, well-traveled adversaries, constantly side-stepping treatments to stop their spread. But for the first time, scientists at the University of Michigan have decoded the molecular chatter that ramps certain cancer cells into overdrive and can cause tumors to metastasize throughout the body... Read More
Scientists Decode "Molecular Chatter" That Makes Cancer Cells Spread
May 02, 2013
For the first time, scientists in the US have decoded the "molecular chatter" that makes cancer cells more aggressive and more likely to travel and set up tumors in other parts of the body (metastasize). The discovery came about as a result of bringing together specialists in cancer development with specialists in wound healing... Read More
Efficacy Of Tumor-Killing Enzyme Improved By Protein
May 02, 2013
Scientists have devised a method for delivering tumor cell-killing enzymes in a way that protects the enzyme until it can do its work inside the cell. In their study in mBio®, the online open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology, researchers assembled microscopic protein packages that can deliver an enzyme called PEIII to the insides of cells... Read More
Experimental Drug Inhibits Growth In All Stages Of Common Kidney Cancer
May 02, 2013
Researchers at Mayo Clinic's campus in Florida have discovered a protein that is overly active in every human sample of kidney cancer they examined. They also found that an experimental drug designed to block the protein's activity significantly reduced tumor growth in animals when used alone. Combining it with another drug already used to treat the cancer improved the effectiveness of both... Read More
Study Confirms That VEGF Is Not A Path Forward To Tackling Advanced Prostate Cancer
May 01, 2013
The well-studied protein VEGF does not appear to have any prognostic or predictive value for men with locally advanced prostate cancer, researchers from the Department of Radiation Oncology at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and other institutions found in a retrospective study published online in the journal BMC Radiation Oncology... Read More
Discovery Of Markers Related To Ovarian Cancer Survival And Recurrence
May 01, 2013
Researchers at the University of Illinois have identified biomarkers that can be used to determine ovarian cancer survival and recurrence, and have shown how these biomarkers interact with each other to affect these outcomes. Their findings appear in the journal PLOS ONE... Read More
New Genetic Sequencing Lab Creates "Tipping Point" For Personalised Cancer Care In UK
May 01, 2013
A new genetic profiling laboratory that will pioneer a quick and cost-effective new tumour test will give doctors a better chance of identifying the right treatment for UK cancer patients and increase access to clinical trials for the latest therapies... Read More
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