Cancer News - Studies/Clinical Trials/Research

Revolutionary Therapy Slows Tumor Growth in Advanced Breast Cancer, Research Reports

ScienceDaily (July 6, 2010) — A novel therapy designed to attack tumors in patients with a genetic mutation in either BRCA1 or BRCA2, slowed tumor growth in 85 percent of advanced breast cancer patients treated in a small study, researchers report in the July 6 issue of the Lancet.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/07/100705190602.htm

Bursting Bubbles With Sound Offers New Treatments for Cancer

ScienceDaily (June 28, 2010) — A new way to deliver cancer drugs using gas bubbles and sound waves is to be developed at the University of Leeds. The project will enable highly toxic drugs to be delivered in small doses directly to tumours, where their toxicity can safely be put to good use. If successful, the technique could easily be adapted for other diseases.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/06/100628124819.htm

Cancer Linked to Other Chronic Illnesses
People With High Blood Pressure, Diabetes, Heart Attack More Likely to Have Cancer

http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=115052

Cancer Protective Effect of Fruits and Vegetables May Be Modest at Best

ScienceDaily (Apr. 7, 2010) — An analysis of dietary data from more than 400,000 men and women found only a weak association between high fruit and vegetable intake and reduced overall cancer risk, according to a study published online April 6, 2010 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/100406162941.htm

Identifying Smokers at Highest Risk for Developing Lung Cancer: Researchers Find New Approach

ScienceDaily (Apr. 7, 2010) — Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) in collaboration with investigators at the University of Utah, have discovered a new approach for identifying smokers at the highest risk for developing lung cancer. The findings, which appear in the April 7th issue of Science Translational Medicine, will allow the researchers to use a genomic approach to prevent lung cancer in these individuals and to personalize cancer chemoprophylaxis and therapy.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/100407144703.htm

Hepatitis C Infection Doubles Risk for Kidney Cancer, Study Finds

ScienceDaily (Apr. 7, 2010) — Physicians at Henry Ford Hospital have found that infection with the hepatitis C virus increases the risk for developing kidney cancer.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/100407155653.htm

Chemical Exposure Before Mid-30s May Be Critical in Breast Cancer Development

ScienceDaily (Apr. 1, 2010) — Occupational exposure to certain chemicals and pollutants before a woman reaches her mid-30s could treble her risk of developing cancer after the menopause, suggests research published in Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100331201539.htm

Treatment Resistance in Some Cancer Cells May Be Reversible

ScienceDaily (Apr. 1, 2010) — The ability of cancer cells to resist treatment with either targeted drug therapies or traditional chemotherapy may, in some cases, result from a transient state of reversible drug "tolerance."

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/04/100401125920.htm

Virtual Biopsy Probe System Is 'Almost Perfect' in Detecting Precancerous Polyps During Colonoscopy

ScienceDaily (Mar. 23, 2010) — The newest generation of "virtual biopsy" colonoscopy probes being tested at the Mayo Clinic campus in Florida demonstrate that it might soon be possible to use such a device to determine whether a colon polyp is benign and not remove it for biopsy. Currently, all colon polyps are extracted during a colonoscopy and sent to a pathologist for examination, which adds time, expense, and some surgical risk, to the procedure.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100323111601.htm

Radiotherapy Can Cause Lasting Vascular Disease: Changes in Gene Expression to Blame, Research Suggests

ScienceDaily (Mar. 22, 2010) — For an as yet unknown reason, cancer radiotherapy can increase the risk of cardiovascular disease later in life, a problem that is growing as more and more people survive their cancer diagnosis. New research from Karolinska Institutet now suggests that sustained inflammation induced by post-radiotherapy changes in the gene expression in the arteries could be the cause.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100322101523.htm?utm_source...