Cancer Research

Ban Skillets? Frying Meat (And Fish) In A Pan Boosts Prostate Cancer Risk

Too hot to grill outside?  Too cold?  Stuck in a New York City Restaurant?   Here is how you pan fry a steak.  Put a bunch of salt and pepper on it, some butter too.  Heat an oven to 450 degrees.  Iron skillet too, as hot as you can get it on a stove. Once ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 16 2012 - 7:00pm

Helping Protect Female Fertility In Cancer Patients

New research may offer some hope to women whose fertility has been compromised by the side-effects of cancer therapy or by premature menopause. In a new study, researchers from Monash University and Prince Henry's Institute of Medical Research found t ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 24 2012 - 8:23pm

Poor Public Understanding Of Bladder Cancer

Entertainer Andy Williams died this week  following his year-long battle with bladder cancer. Over 10,000 people are diagnosed with bladder cancer every year in the UK but recent research from Action Bladder Cancer showed that one quarter (25%) of UK men ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 28 2012 - 1:30pm

Overview of Pancreatic Cancer

    Pancreas is an organ situated between the stomach and the backbone. Pancreas secretes juices into the first part of the small intensitne and thereby helps in the digestion of food. Addionally, Islet cells of the pancreas secrete the hormone insulin int ...

Blog Post - Anirudha Lakshmin... - Nov 7 2012 - 1:57am

Breast Cancer Deaths Decline, But Disparities Persist In U.S. Women

Though  breast cancer death rates have been in decline for 20 years, black women had higher death rates than other demographics in the newest Centers for Disease Control report covering 2005-2009.  Breast cancer remains the most common cancer and is the se ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 16 2012 - 5:49pm

New Hope For IGF-1 Cancer Treatments

Various drugs companies have tried to produce antibodies that bind to the type 1 insulin-like growth factor, or IGF-1, receptor on the cell surface, which has a critical part to play in the development of cancer- but have had little success. Understanding ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 27 2012 - 10:00am

Repeated Prior Ct And Nuclear Imaging Leads To Increased Breast Cancer Estimates

Of about 250,000 women enrolled in an integrated healthcare delivery system, increased CT utilization between 2000 and 2010 could mean an increase in the risk of breast cancer for certain women, including younger patients and those who received repeat exa ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 27 2012 - 3:52am

NF1 Genetic Disorder Linked To Increased Breast Cancer Risk

New research found a more than four-fold increase in the incidence of breast cancer in women with neurofibromatosis-1 (NF1), which adds to evidence that women with this rare genetic disorder may benefit from early breast cancer screening (mammograms) begi ...

Article - News Staff - Nov 27 2012 - 12:14pm

Arthrobotrys Oligospora: Fungus Nanoparticles Have Cancer Fighting Power

Arthrobotrys oligospora doesn't live a charmed life; it survives on a diet of roundworm, which isn't all that appealing, but the discovery of a team led by Mingjun Zhang, an associate professor of biomedical engineering at the University of Tenn ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 4 2012 - 9:54am

ABCC10 Protein Linked To Cancer Drug Resistance In Mice

Blocking a specific protein, ABCC10, renders tumors more vulnerable to treatment in mice ABCC10 is a type of ATP-binding cassette drug efflux pumps, known more simply as ABC proteins. These proteins sit on the membranes of cells, where they act just like ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 9 2012 - 5:00am