Cancer Research
- Marine Sponge Material Inhibits Cancer
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A group of researchers analyzed a marine sponge called Halichondrin okadai because they were curious why it inhibited the replication of organisms around it. They found that a mesylate eribulin substance had been applied to patients with breast cancer pat ...
Article - News Staff - May 5 2015 - 7:00am
- Metabolic Link Between Colon Cancer And Bacterial 'Biofilms'
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A research team writes in Cell Metabolism that they have uncovered a clue to how bacteria may promote some colon cancers. The work used metabolomic technologies to find molecular evidence suggesting a vicious circle in which cancerous changes in colon cel ...
Article - News Staff - May 7 2015 - 2:52pm
- Men With Higher Levels Of Estrogen Also Have Higher Risk Of Breast Cancer
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Men with naturally high levels of the female hormone estrogen have a greater risk of developing breast cancer, according to according to an epidemiology paper published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology. This is the first time a link between estrogen le ...
Article - News Staff - May 16 2015 - 10:00am
- ACA: Inconsistent Medicaid Expansion Will Widen Cancer Screening Disparities
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A recent study concluded that low-income and uninsured women in states that are not expanding their Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid coverage are less likely to receive breast and cervical cancer screenings compared to states that are implementing expan ...
Article - News Staff - May 17 2015 - 10:30am
- Unemployment Linked To Rise In Prostate Cancer Deaths
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The United States remains mired in an economic downturn, with over 90 million unemployed and many of the employed making less than they made before 2009. The knock-on effects of the economic downturn have been explored in economy and psychology. Now resea ...
Article - News Staff - May 18 2015 - 7:30am
- Telomerase Cancer Cell Mutation Mystery Solved
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More than 500,000 people in the United States die each year of cancer-related causes and a new study has identified the mechanism behind one of the most common mutations that help cancer cells replicate limitlessly. Approximately 85 percent of cancer cell ...
Article - News Staff - May 21 2015 - 9:23am
- Fewer Side Effects In Esophageal Cancer Patients Using Proton Therapy
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A new study found that esophageal cancer patients treated with proton therapy experienced significantly less toxic side effects than patients treated with older radiation therapies. The researchers looked at nearly 600 patients and compared two kinds of ...
Article - News Staff - May 31 2015 - 9:35am
- Catechins In Green Tea Reduce Prostate Cancer In Men At High Risk
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Prostate cancer is the second most common type of cancer in men and is predicted to result in an estimated 220,00 cases in the United States in 2015. ...
Article - News Staff - May 29 2015 - 9:37am
- The Key To Maintaining Muscle Strength While We Age
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What causes us to lose muscle strength as we age and how exercise can prevent it from happening has never been thoroughly understood, but McMaster University researchers have discovered a key protein required to maintain muscle mass and muscle strength du ...
Article - News Staff - Aug 30 2015 - 11:01am
- Cancer Overtakes Cardiovascular Disease As UK's No. 1 Killer Among Men
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Cancer has overtaken cardiovascular disease, which includes heart disease and stroke, as the UK's No 1 killer--but only among men, reveals research published online in the journal Heart. Cardiovascular disease is still the most common cause of death ...
Article - News Staff - Jun 10 2015 - 10:30am