Cancer

Despite past safety concerns, the antioxidant supplement beta-carotene, is safe to use during radiation therapy treatments for prostate cancer and does not increase the risk of prostate cancer death or metastases, according to a study in the May issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, the official scientific journal of the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO).  

Use of the anti-diabetic agent pioglitazone (Actos) is associated with an increased risk of bladder cancer, a nested case-control study confirmed. Patients with type 2 diabetes who were ever treated with pioglitazone had an 83% higher risk for ...  

SALT LAKE CITY — Doctors with Intermountain Healthcare are countering national recommendations that say men should avoid a routine prostate-cancer screening test. The prostate-specific antigen test, which screens a man's blood for signs of cancer, came ...  

DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dublin - Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/83g48s/triple_analysis_p) has announced the addition of the "Triple Analysis: Pancreatic Cancer, Protein Kinase Inhibitors and Peptides" report to their offering. This triple analysis focuses on cancer drug development strategies in one specific cancer indication (Pancreatic Cancer), one mechanism/target/effect area (Protein Kinase Inhibitors...  

Although some people may feel embarrassed about the idea of colorectal cancer screening and are worried about some of the procedures that are used, colorectal cancer screening decreases the risk of dying from colon cancer. So, it's important to push past ...  

Reviewed by Robert Jasmer, MD; Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine ... received radiation treatment at a reduced dose of 23.4 Gy, according to Richard Curry, MD, of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, and colleagues.  

ViewRay has received FDA premarket notification clearance for its MRI-guided radiation therapy system. The ViewRay system features a unique combination of radiotherapy delivery and simultaneous magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for the treatment of cancer, providing continuous soft-tissue imaging during treatment so that clinicians can see and record precisely where radiation therapy is being delivered, as it is being delivered.Radiation...  

will be the keynote speaker Sunday at the Cancer Institute of New Jersey-Hamilton’s annual National Cancer Survivors’ Day. The free event will be held at 10 a.m. at the RWJ Hamilton Center for Health & Wellness on Quakerbridge Road and will include ...  

including acute myeloid leukemia (AML), chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) and myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). The trial is being conducted at the MD Anderson Cancer Center. The drug’s safety profile ...  

mesothelioma cancer doctors and treatment centers and mesothelioma attorneys. Photos/Multimedia Gallery Available: http://www.businesswire.com/cgi-bin/mmg.cgi?eid=50294441〈=en Baron & Budd, P.C.Susan Knape, 214-629-0596susan@susanknape.comorAmanda Theaker, 214-991-1051atheaker@baronbudd.com Source: Baron & Budd, P.C.  

Younger patients with colorectal cancer were more likely to present advanced stage tumors at diagnosis and metastasize much sooner, yet had better than or equal survival to patients 50 and older, according to data being presented at the 2012 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting in Chicago  

Cancer researchers have known for well over a century that different tumor types spread only to specific, preferred organs. But no one has been able to determine the mechanisms of organ specific metastasis, the so-called "soil and seed" theory of 1889. New details that could help shed light on this hypothesis have been provided by a team of researchers from Weill Cornell Medical College, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, and their...  

In a recent study it was found that Modified Citrus Pectin (MCP) can boost the anti-cancer effects of two poly-botanical formula. It was found that when co-administered with formulas that attack breast and prostate cancer, MCP significantly ...  

Fairfax, Va. - The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) is disappointed with the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force's (USPSTF) final recommendations against the use of prostate-specific antigen (PSA)-based screening for prostate cancer and ...  

Background: Most infections with human papillomavirus (HPV) are resolved without clinical intervention, but a minority evolves into chronic lesions of distinct grades, including cervical-uterine cancer. It is known that in most cases the immune system mediates elimination of HPV infection. However, the mechanism of immune evasion leading to HPV ersistence and development of early cervical lesions is not fully understood. The aim of the present...