Cancer News - Studies/Clinical Trials/Research

'Relocation' Plan of Metastatic Cancer Cells Uncovered by Stanford Researchers

Few things are as tiresome as house hunting and moving. Unfortunately, metastatic cancer cells have the relocation process down pat. Tripping nimbly from one abode to another, these migrating cancer cells often prove far more deadly than the original tumor. Although little has been known about how these rogue cells choose where to put down roots, researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have now learned just how nefarious they are.

http://www.forbes.com/businesswire/feeds/businesswire/2009/01/05/busines...

Alcohol consumption linked to breast cancer risk

MedWire News: Women who drink alcohol have a greater risk of developing breast cancer than their teetotal counterparts, with the risk increasing with the amount of alcohol consumed, research suggests.

http://www.medwire-news.md/52/79874/Consumer_Health/Alcohol_consumption_...

New Hope For Cancer Comes Straight From The Heart

ScienceDaily (Jan. 5, 2009) — Digitalis-based drugs like digoxin have been used for centuries to treat patients with irregular heart rhythms and heart failure and are still in use today. In the Dec. 16 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine now report that this same class of drugs may hold new promise as a treatment for cancer. This finding emerged through a search for existing drugs that might slow or stop cancer progression.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090105150839.htm

Cell Biologists Identify New Tumor Suppressor For Lung Cancer

ScienceDaily (Jan. 5, 2009) — Cancer and cell biology experts at the University of Cincinnati (UC) have identified a new tumor suppressor that may help scientists develop more targeted drug therapies to combat lung cancer.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090105150845.htm

Gene that makes breast cancer spread is found
Discovery gives researchers a ‘real shot’ at making drug to stop metastasis

CHICAGO - A single gene appears to play a crucial role in deadly breast cancers, increasing the chances the cancer will spread and making it resistant to chemotherapy, U.S. researchers said on Monday.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28511192/

Earlier, Individualized Treatment Of Thyroid Cancer Enabled By Molecular Imaging

In a study to determine the diagnostic value of molecular imaging in nodal staging of patients with thyroid cancer, researchers were able for the first time to accurately distinguish between cancerous cells in regional lymph nodes and normal residual thyroid tissue directly after surgery.

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/134371.php

Lung cancer cells activate inflammation to induce metastasis

A research team from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine has identified a protein produced by cancerous lung epithelial cells that enhances metastasis by stimulating the activity of inflammatory cells.

http://www.huliq.com/11/75441/lung-cancer-cells-activate-inflammation-in...

Newly Identified Gene Powerful Predictor Of Colon Cancer Metastasis

ScienceDaily (Dec. 21, 2008) — Cancer Researchers at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine (MDC) Berlin-Buch and the Charité – Universitäts Medizin Berlin (Germany) have identified a gene which enables them to predict for the first time with high probability if colon cancer is going to metastasize.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/12/081221210159.htm

Obesity Linked To Elevated Risk Of Ovarian Cancer

ScienceDaily (Jan. 5, 2009) — A new epidemiological study has found that among women who have never used menopausal hormone therapy, obese women are at an increased risk of developing ovarian cancer compared with women of normal weight. The research indicates that obesity may contribute to the development of ovarian cancer through a hormonal mechanism.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/01/090105090841.htm