Cancer

HealthDay - THURSDAY, Dec. 10 (HealthDay News) -- Adding chemotherapy to standard cancer-suppressing tamoxifen can boost survival in postmenopausal women with the most common type of breast cancer, known as estrogen receptor-positive, and it's best given before the tamoxifen regimen starts, according to a new study.  

A new study describes the development of drug resistance in mice with lung cancer. The lung tumors in mice result from changes similar to those seen in human patients. Also like humans, these tumors initially respond to drug treatment but eventually become resistant to therapy. Studying lung cancer cells in this model should provide insight into the mechanisms that make lung cancer cells resistant to current treatment methods and uncover new...  

Dendreon has just nailed down one of the biggest biotech financings in the U.S. this year. The Seattle-based biotech company (NASDAQ: DNDN) has secured $356 million for its quest to market the first treatment in the U.S. designed to actively stimulate the immune system to fight cancer cells like a virus. The company sold 15 million [...]  

The Colon Cancer Alliance issued a statement regarding a new report signaling a drop in colorectal cancer: "A recent study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), American Cancer Society (ACS), the National Cancer Institute (NCI), and the North American Association of Central Cancer Registries (NAACCR) highlighting that the death rate from colorectal cancer over the last decade dropped nearly 20 percent and that by 2020 could...  

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Male survivors of childhood cancer are only about half as likely as their siblings to sire a pregnancy, according to a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study in the November 30th issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology.  

Background: Liposomal doxorubicin (Doxil) is a cytotoxic chemotherapy drug with a favorable hematologic toxicity profile. Its active drug, doxorubicin, has interesting immunomodulatory properties. Here, the effects of Doxil on surviving tumor cell immunophenotype were investigated. Methods: Using ID8 murine ovarian cancer cells, the immunomodulatory effects of Doxil were studied by measuring its impact on ovarian cancer cell expression of MHC...  

Prostate surgery rate questionedSydney Morning HeraldThe proportion of cancers diagnosed through the prostate specific antigen (PSA) blood test increased from about half to nearly 80 per cent between 1995 and ...and more »  

New research explores optimal induction therapies for managing multiple myeloma, the importance of advance care planning for improved quality of life, and a potential new first-line therapy for patients with non-Hodgkin lymphoma.  

Long-chain omega-3 fatty acids, primarily found in fish and seafood, may have a role in colorectal cancer prevention, according to results presented at the American Association for Cancer Research Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research Conference, held Dec. 6-9, 2009, in Houston. "Experimental data have shown benefits of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids in colorectal carcinogenesis, ranging from reduced tumor growth, suppression of...  

A recent study published by the Journal of the National Cancer Institute shows that there is no apparent link between cell phones and the development of brain tumors.Contributor: Heather Kristina ThomasPublished: Dec 07, 2009  

Late recurrence is a risk for some pediatric cancers, particularly Ewing sarcomas and tumors of the central nervous system, according to a new study published online December 4 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. This study was undertaken because there is limited research on late recurrence (after 5 years and up to 20 years) for pediatric cancer patients. Karen Wasilewski-Masker, M.D...  

Background: Although postoperative chemotherapy is widely accepted as the standard modality for Dukes' stage C or earlier stage colorectal cancer (CRC) patients, biomarkers to predict those who may benefit from the therapy have not been identified. Previous in vitro and clinical investigations reported that CRC patients with wild-type p53 gene (TP53)-tumors benefit from 5-fluorouracil (5-FU) based chemotherapy, while those with mutated TP53...  

Researchers reversed the growth of lung tumors in mice using a naturally occurring tumor suppressor microRNA. The study reveals that a tiny bit of RNA may one day play a big role in cancer treatment, and provides hope for future patients battling one of the most prevalent and difficult to treat cancers.  

There is a real difference in survival for patients with bladder cancer involving one or two lymph nodes compared to those who have three or more lymph nodes involved, clinicians report in the November issue of the Journal of Urology. Reuters Health Information  

For many years diseases such as the asbestos cancer known as mesothelioma have been linked to high level and long term exposure to the potentially deadly carcinogenic asbestos. However, one family is warning that low level asbestos exposure can also pose a danger. Enid Costello developed mesothelioma after being exposed to low levels of asbestos [...]