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Crohn’s Disease :: Scientists find new genes for Crohn’s disease

Just a few months after their landmark article in Science magazine reporting the discovery of strong links between variations in a gene that codes for a cellular receptor involved in controlling inflammation and Crohn’s disease, a consortium of U.S. and Canadian researchers is reporting in today’s online issue of Nature Genetics that they have discovered several more genetic variations that are strongly linked to an increased risk for the disease.

Hodgkin’s Disease :: Genetic instability and development of second primary tumor

Thanks to treatment advances, the majority of people diagnosed with Hodgkin’s disease ? often in youth or early adulthood ? can expect to survive long-term.

Cancer :: Factors attributed to later stage cancer diagnosis identified

Researchers from the Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) found that patients who received a later stage cancer diagnosis were likely to be living in an unsafe neighborhood, using public transportation and traveling at least 45 minutes to get to a doctor’s office.

Skin Cancer :: Antigen-cloning technique may boost skin cancer vaccine

In recent years, researchers have worked to develop a number of vaccines to help the immune system fight tumors. Cancer vaccines are not intended to prevent cancer; rather, they are used to boost immune responses to preexisting tumors.

Breastfeeding :: Breastfeeding reduces risk of breast cancer for women who delay childbirth

Breastfeeding can offset the increased risk of invasive breast cancer for women who had their first full-term pregnancy after the age of 25, a study led by researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) suggests.

Anemia :: Conflicting findings on the use of anti-anemia drug in cancer patients

Results from a phase III drug trial indicate that an anti-anemia drug did not significantly decrease the need for blood transfusions in patients not on chemotherapy, and decreased overall patient survival when compared to placebo, according to researchers from the UCLA Medical Center at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research.

Colorectal Cancer :: Cetuximab increases survival in advanced colorectal cancer patients

Research presented today at the 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research confirmed that there is now an effective treatment option for colorectal cancer patients for whom all other treatment options have been exhausted — cetuximab.

Pancreatic Cancer :: Johns Hopkins develops pancreas cancer risk model

People with a family history of pancreas cancer now have a way to accurately predict their chance of carrying a gene for hereditary pancreas cancer and their lifetime risk of developing the disease.

Gene :: Researchers discover gene crucial for nerve cell insulation

Researchers funded by the National Institutes of Health have discovered how a defect in a single master gene disrupts the process by which several genes interact to create myelin, a fatty coating that covers nerve cells and increases the speed and reliability of their electrical signals

Brain Tumor :: UCSF brain tumor vaccine trial shows promising results

A vaccine for treating a recurrent cancer of the central nervous system that occurs primarily in the brain has shown promise in preliminary data from a clinical trial at the University of California, San Francisco.