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.
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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.
Multiple Sclerosis :: MS patients not receiving medications to slow disease progression
Neurologists at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center have found that many patients diagnosed with multiple sclerosis are not taking or being prescribed drugs approved to treat the disease.
Sperm :: Human sperms made from bone marrow cells
Immature sperm cells have been created from stem cells in human bone marrow. The research has potential application for the treatment for male infertility.
Crohn’s Disease :: Genetic risk factors for Crohn’s disease identified
An international research team ? including investigators from Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and the Broad Institute of Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology ? has identified several novel genetic variations associated with the risk of Crohn’s disease.
Colorectal Cancer :: Diet, lifestyle affect colorectal adenoma recurrence
Experts agree that people who have had three or more potentially precancerous adenomatous polyps removed during a colonoscopy should be “rescoped” in three years to make sure the polyps do not recur.
Pancreatic Cancer :: Onions, apples, berries, kale, broccoli reduce pancreatic cancer risk
A study of food consumption in 183,518 residents of California and Hawaii has found that a diet high in flavonols might help reduce pancreatic cancer risk, especially in smokers.
Prostate Cancer :: African Americans had a higher rate of recurrence following prostate cancer surgery
Epidemiologists have unexpectedly found that African Americans had a higher rate of recurrence following prostate cancer surgery than did whites, regardless of whether or not patients received surgery at hospitals or by surgeons who performed a high number of such operations.
Colon Cancer :: Gene changes increases colon cancer susceptibility in African Americans
Genetic variations in the body’s immune system could play a role in making African Americans more susceptible to developing colon cancer, scientists have found.
Breast Cancer :: Familial breast cancer history increases risk in African American Women, Black Women
Having a mother or sister with breast cancer significantly increases the risk for young African American women to develop breast cancer, according to the analysis of questionnaires answered by approximately 59,000 African American women enrolled in the Black Women’s Health Study.