Cancer :: Treatment induced factor causes cancer progression
In advanced cancer, anti-tumor therapies often work only partially or not at all, and tumors progress following treatment.
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Breast Cancer :: Red meat linked to breast cancer
Eating red meat increases a woman?s chance of developing breast cancer, according to new research from the University of Leeds.
Prostate Cancer :: In UK prostate cancer patients getting unnecessary hormone therapy
A senior UK oncologist Chris Hamilton admitted that thousands of men with prostate cancer are being given unnecessary and potentially harmful drug treatment to clear hospital waiting lists in UK.
Cancer :: Treatment-induced growth factor causes cancer progression
A research team at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center, led by Carlos Arteaga, M.D., reports in the May issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation that radiation and chemotherapy increase circulating levels of the growth factor TGF-beta, circulating cancer cells, and tumor metastases in a mouse model of metastatic breast cancer.
Cancer :: Connections between sugar modifications in cells and cancer
In a ground-breaking study published in the top journal, Cell, Dr. James Dennis, senior investigator at the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute at Mount Sinai Hospital, has discovered a new role for sugars on proteins.
Breast Cancer :: Physical, emotional burden of breast cancer lingers for older survivors
Surviving breast cancer is both a physical and an emotional ordeal, but the consensus among researchers is that life generally returns to normal for most women within two years of completing treatment.
Cancer :: Aspirin discovery may improve cancer treatments
Scientists have uncovered the molecular pathways involved in the inhibition of protein synthesis in cells by aspirin, a discovery that may have implications for the treatment of cancer.
Cancer :: New method for synthesizing anti-cancer flavonoids
Flavonoids. You?ve heard of them — the good-for-your-health compounds found in plants that we enjoy in red wine, dark chocolate, green tea and citrus fruits. Mother Nature is an ace at making them, producing different ones by the thousands, but no chemist has figured out a good way to synthesize a special class of these chemicals in the laboratory. Until now.
Cancer :: Cancer a growing problem in poorer countries
Cancer researchers estimate that the number of cancer cases will more than double over the next 25 years, with the great majority of the increase in developing countries.
Prostate Cancer :: Cell Genesys released data of GVAX Immunotherapy for Prostate Cancer
Cell Genesys, Inc. (Nasdaq: CEGE) announced final, updated results from its second multi-center Phase 2 trial of GVAX immunotherapy for prostate cancer which evaluated escalating doses of the immunotherapy in 80 patients with metastatic hormone-refractory prostate cancer (HRPC).