Cancer News - Studies/Clinical Trials/Research

Major Clinical Study Rejects Cancer Safety Fears Of Most Common Heartburn Treatment

ScienceDaily (Sep. 9, 2009) — Fears about the cancer causing effects of the second most prescribed group of drugs in the Western world have been put to rest, following the largest ever study into their use.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090909103011.htm

Toward a nanomedicine for brain cancer

In an advance toward better treatments for the most serious form of brain cancer, scientists in Illinois are reporting development of the first nanoparticles that seek out and destroy brain cancer cells without damaging nearby healthy cells. The study is scheduled for the Sept. 9 issue of ACS' Nano Letters, a monthly journal.

http://www.genengnews.com/news/bnitem.aspx?name=62327324

Could Salmonella Bacteria Kill Tumors?

ScienceDaily (Sep. 8, 2009) — Salmonella is regarded as a bad guy. Hardly a summer passes without reports of severe salmonella infections via raw egg dishes or chicken. But salmonella may not only harm us -- in the future, it may even help to defend us against cancer. Researchers may soon have a way to make the bacteria migrate into solid tumors in order to make it easier to destroy them. Furthermore, in laboratory mice, the bacteria independently find their way into metastases, where they can also aid clearance of the cancer.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090908104001.htm

Metformin use may reduce cancer risk for Type 2 diabetics

MedWire News: Individuals with Type 2 diabetes who are treated with metformin may be at reduced risk for cancer, report researchers in the journal Diabetes Care.

http://www.medwire-news.md/57/84311/Diabetes/Metformin_use_may_reduce_ca...

First Evidence of Virus in Cancerous Prostate Cells

In a finding with potentially major implications for identifying a viral cause of prostate cancer, researchers at the University of Utah and Columbia University medical schools have reported that a type of virus known to cause leukemia and sarcomas in animals has been found for the first time in malignant human prostate cancer cells.

http://www.biosciencetechnology.com/ShowPR.aspx?PUBCODE=090&ACCT=9000000...

Discovery Holds Promise For New Effective Cancer Therapies

ScienceDaily (Sep. 2, 2009) — Researchers Dr. Marc Therrien at the Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC) of the Université de Montréal, and Dr. Frank Sicheri, at the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, have discovered a new target that may be instrumental in the development of new, more effective cancer therapies.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090902133633.htm

Avastin Dramatically Improves Response, Survival In Deadly Recurrrent Glioblastomas, Study Finds

ScienceDaily (Sep. 2, 2009) — A study has found that the targeted therapy Avastin, alone and in combination with the chemotherapy drug CPT-11, significantly increased response rates, progression-free survival times and survival rates in patients with a deadly form of brain cancer that had recurred.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090902161122.htm

Chemotherapy Linked to Sleep-Wake Cycle Disruptions

TUESDAY, Sept. 1 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that chemotherapy in breast cancer patients disrupts cycles of sleep and wakefulness, and continued treatment leads to worse and more lasting problems.

http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=105184

Computational Process Zeroes In On Top Genetic Cancer Suspects

ScienceDaily (Sep. 2, 2009) — Johns Hopkins engineers have devised innovative computer software that can sift through hundreds of genetic mutations and highlight the DNA changes that are most likely to promote cancer. The goal is to provide critical help to researchers who are poring over numerous newly discovered gene mutations, many of which are harmless or have no connection to cancer. According to its inventors, the new software will enable these scientists to focus more of their attention on the mutations most likely to trigger tumors.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090901172836.htm

Gene Predicts Post-surgical Survival From Brain Metastasis Of Breast Cancer Patients

ScienceDaily (Sep. 1, 2009) — Researchers at the National Cancer Institute have identified a gene that may play a role in breast cancer metastasis to the brain, according to a report in Molecular Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090901132804.htm