Dr Marco Falasca of University College London (UCL), and team, tested inositol pentakisphosphate (a natural substance found in beans, peas, nuts and cereals) on mice and cancer cells in the lab.
A new study, using a unique detection method, has led scientists to identify several genes whose rearrangements in prostate cancer cells may play a role in the development and progression of the disease. Researchers at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, report that two genes, ETV1 and ERG, which previously were implicated as cancer-causing gene rearrangements in Ewing’s sarcoma (a relatively rare bone cancer), are now seen as important cancer-causing genes in prostate cancer. Closer analysis showed how rearrangement of these genes was responsible for their cancer-causing potential. The research appears in the October 28, 2005, issue of Science and was supported by the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health.
Cancer of the larynx is rare. Fewer than 1 in every 100 cancers is a cancer of the larynx. Cancer of the larynx is more common in men than in women. For every 4 men diagnosed, there is 1 woman diagnosed.
Researchers are now saying that chemotherapy with drugs called aromatase inhibitors is unnecessary after lumpectomy, radiation and 5 years of Tamoxifen, for the vast majority of women with breast cancer.
A new study shows that testing blood samples for antibodies that target prostate cancer cells may help identify patients with early stages of the disease.
Women with dense breasts, women younger than 50, and those who are perimenopausal may benefit from digital mammograms.
More than one-third of New Hampshire women eligible for mammography have either never had the breast cancer screening test or have not been tested in more than two years, a new study shows.
Eating a diet rich in beans, nuts and cereals could help to prevent cancer because the foods contain a natural compound that inhibits the growth of tumors.
Scientists have found that high intravenous doses of vitamin C kills cancer cells. The ascorbate dose has to be very high, too high to be taken orally, hence the intravenous administration.
Elderly women with breast cancer whose surgeons refer them to cancer specialists are twice as likely to be prescribed tamoxifen, a treatment recommended for preventing recurrence of the disease, a new study shows.