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No Significant Cancer Risk For Patients From Lupus Drugs

Jan 28, 2013

People who take immunosuppressive drugs to treat lupus do not necessarily increase their cancer risk according to new research led by scientists at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC). This landmark study, which was published in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases this month, addresses long-standing fears of a link between lupus medication and cancer... Read More

Cancer-Causing Virus A Potential New Target For Treating Common Form Of Childhood Epilepsy

Jan 28, 2013

Researchers at Shriner's Hospital Pediatric Research Center at the Temple University School of Medicine, and the University of Pennsylvania have evidence linking the human papillomavirus 16 (HPV16) - the most common cause of cervical cancer - to a common form of childhood epilepsy... Read More

Mining Genetic Data Once Considered 'Junk' For Clues About Cancer

Jan 28, 2013

Genome sequencing data once regarded as junk is now being used to gain important clues to help understand disease. The latest example comes from the St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - Washington University Pediatric Cancer Genome Project, where scientists have developed an approach to mine the repetitive segments of DNA at the ends of chromosomes for insights into cancer... Read More

Most Canadian Women Able To Manage Out-Of-Pocket Costs For Breast Cancer

Jan 28, 2013

Out-of-pocket costs resulting from breast cancer care in the year following diagnosis are likely manageable for most women, but some women are at a higher risk of experiencing the financial burden that comes from those costs in Canadian breast cancer patients, according to a study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute... Read More

Association Between Fruit And Vegetable Intake And Lower Risk Of ER-Breast Cancer

Jan 28, 2013

There is no association between total fruit and vegetable intake and risk of overall breast cancer, but vegetable consumption is associated with a lower risk of estrogen receptor-negative (ER-) breast cancer, according to a study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute... Read More

New Mutations Driving Malignant Melanoma Discovered

Jan 28, 2013

Two new mutations that collectively occur in 71 percent of malignant melanoma tumors have been discovered in what scientists call the "dark matter" of the cancer genome, where cancer-related mutations haven't been previously found... Read More

No Significant Cancer Risk For Patients From Lupus Drugs

Jan 28, 2013

People who take immunosuppressive drugs to treat lupus do not necessarily increase their cancer risk according to new research led by scientists at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC). This landmark study, which was published in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases this month, addresses long-standing fears of a link between lupus medication and cancer... Read More

Cancer-Causing Virus A Potential New Target For Treating Common Form Of Childhood Epilepsy

Jan 28, 2013

Researchers at Shriner's Hospital Pediatric Research Center at the Temple University School of Medicine, and the University of Pennsylvania have evidence linking the human papillomavirus 16 (HPV16) - the most common cause of cervical cancer - to a common form of childhood epilepsy... Read More

Survival Improved In Multiple Myeloma Relapse By New Drug

Jan 28, 2013

Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues have investigated the safety, efficacy and the maximum tolerated dose of pomalidomide for patients with multiple myeloma who have disease relapsed after treatments with other drugs, such as bortezomib and lenalidomide... Read More

The Key To Personalized Treatment For Common Brain Tumors Lies In Their Genetic Landscape

Jan 28, 2013

Nearly the entire genetic landscape of the most common form of brain tumor can be explained by abnormalities in just five genes, an international team of researchers led by Yale School of Medicine scientists report online in the journal Science... Read More

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