Cancer Research

35 Percent Of Breast Cancer Patients Concerned About Genetic Risk, Though Only 5 Percent Have Such Risk

A new study finds that many women diagnosed with breast cancer are concerned about a genetic predisposition for developing other cancers and the chances of a loved one developing cancer. ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 7 2015 - 11:51am

Central Signaling Pathway In Lymphoma Can Be Blocked

Cancer researchers have identified a key signaling pathway in B-cell lymphoma, a malignant type of blood cancer. They demonstrate that the signaling pathway can be blocked using compounds that are already in clinical development. ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 9 2015 - 8:00am

Long Surgery Delays Common For Melanoma Patients On Medicare

Melanoma is the leading cause of skin cancer¬related deaths and surgical excision is the primary therapy for melanoma. It is recommended that melanomas should be excised within 4 to 6 weeks of the diagnostic biopsy because surgical delay may result in the ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 10 2015 - 7:30am

Pediatric Melanoma Declined While Adult Rose

Melanoma, an aggressive form of skin cancer, has been increasing in incidence in adults over the past 40 years. Pediatric melanoma is rare (5 or 6 children per million) but some studies indicate that incidence has been increasing. A new study in The Journ ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 16 2015 - 8:00am

Genetically Engineered Salmonella For Anti-cancer Therapy

On one side of the political spectrum in America and across a broader swath of Europe, science is controversial- especially genetic engineering. But genetic engineering has been done since humans first deduced they could shape the natural world, if anythin ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 14 2015 - 9:22am

Racial Disparity In Cancer Mortality Continued To Narrow After 2000

Cancer mortality remains significantly elevated among African-Americans but if recent trends continue, cancer outcomes will disappear over time, according to a new analysis of "Health Equity"- defined by the US Department of Health and Human Ser ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 19 2015 - 10:38am

Obesity And Prostate Cancer Risk Linked In African-American Men

Obesity was associated with an increased risk for prostate cancer in African-American men and that risk grew by nearly four times as body-mass index (BMI) increased, according to a new study.  African-American men have the highest incidence of prostate ca ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 20 2015 - 5:14pm

Precautionary Principle: 85 Percent Of Surgeons Disregard Breast Screening Recommendation

We can complain about the cost of American health care but that is the price for doctors caring too much. While in Holland doctors can just unilaterally make the decision to let a patient die, in the United States doctors will continue to recommend tests ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 24 2015 - 7:56am

Triple Negative Breast Cancer In African-American Women Has Distinct Difference

What makes triple negative breast cancer more lethal in African-American women than European-American ("White") women? A new study reveals specific genetic alterations that appears to impact their prognosis and ultimately survival rates. ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 25 2015 - 8:30am

FACC-29 Gathers Authenticated Canine Cancer Cell Lines

Much of what we know about cancer and many modern medicines that treat it grow from experiments on cancer cells but it is difficult to maintain the integrity of cell lines due to contamination or simple mistakes such as mislabeling. Later generations of a ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 24 2015 - 2:13pm