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Mature muscle fibers can revert to become cancerous

Mature muscle fibers, rather than their less-developed neighbors, are the tissues that turn malignant in a soft-tissue cancer that strikes children and teens, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center and Children's Medical Center Dallas have found.

4 Sep 2006

New method of gene therapy alters immune cells for treatment of advanced melanoma

A team of researchers at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, has demonstrated sustained regression of advanced melanoma in a study of 17 patients by genetically engineering patients' own white blood cells to recognize and attack cancer cells.

4 Sep 2006

New developments in the technique of partial nephrectomy

While partial nephrectomy has demonstrated oncologic equipoise with radical nephrectomy, it remains a surgically daunting procedure that can be associated with significant complications, particularly related to hemostasis and prevention of post-operative urinary fistulae.

1 Sep 2006

Modern radiation therapy ups lung cancer survival

Modern three-dimensional radiation therapy has been proven to be more successful at curing lung cancer than older two-dimensional radiation therapy for some patients with early stage lung cancer, according to a new study.

31 Aug 2006

Circulating tumor cells in the peripheral blood of patients with renal cell carcinoma

Investigations in a variety of tumor types have demonstrated that circulating tumor cells are present in the peripheral blood of patients, even those with what is thought to be otherwise localized disease, and can be prognostic of outcome.

31 Aug 2006

Researchers discover how cyclophosphamide chemotherapy drug helps a cancer-killing virus

Researchers here have discovered how a specific chemotherapy drug helps a cancer-killing virus. The virus is being tested in animals for the treatment of incurable human brain tumors.

31 Aug 2006

Tumor necrosis factor A antagonist use and cancer in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), an autoimmune, inflammatory disease marked by progressive joint and organ damage, face a high risk of developing cancer.

31 Aug 2006

Mitochondrial DNA sequencing tool updated

High-tech laboratory tools, like computers, are often updated publicly as their analytical capabilities expand. In the September issue of the Journal of Molecular Diagnostics, NIH grantees report they have developed a second generation "lab on a silicon chip" called the MitoChip v2.0 that for the first time rapidly and reliably sequences all mitochondrial DNA.

30 Aug 2006

Preoperative Functional MR Imaging localization of language and motor areas

By pinpointing the motor and language areas of the brain with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), surgeons can target brain tumors more effectively while reducing the risk of damaging important cognitive and motor processes.

30 Aug 2006

Obesity might lead to more aggressive ovarian cancer

Obesity might cause an increase in deaths related to ovarian cancer, according to a study published in the Aug. 28 edition of the journal Cancer, the New York Times reports.

30 Aug 2006

Targeted magnetic nanoparticles may be useful in both detecting and treating metastatic breast cancer

An in-depth study of nanoparticle distribution in tumor-bearing mice has shown that targeted magnetic nanoparticles accumulate and cluster in both primary breast tumors and metastatic lesions that have developed in the lung.

21 Aug 2006

St. John's wort and polymeric nanoparticles to treat ovarian tumors using light

By combining a compound produced by the plant St. John's wort with polymeric nanoparticles, researchers at the University of Geneva in Switzerland have developed a promising method for treating ovarian tumors using light.

21 Aug 2006

Does involvement of the collecting system by energy ablation techniques used to treat small renal masses increase the risk of complications

Energy ablative strategies (percutaneous and laparoscopic) are being increasingly employed in the treatment of small renal masses.

21 Aug 2006

A tissue marker of poor prognosis in clear cell renal cell carcinoma

The search for molecular markers that further advance our knowledge of the biology of renal cell carcinoma (RCC) and assist in evaluating the diagnosis and prognosis of patients remains the subject of intense investigation.

20 Aug 2006

Study: Collecting duct carcinoma

Collecting duct carcinoma is a rare and highly aggressive variant of renal cell carcinoma that frequently presents with advanced disease, has few effective treatment options, and is associated with a poor prognosis.

17 Aug 2006

When a patient is diagnosed with prostate cancer, what determines whether he will receive early androgen ablation?

While the benefits of androgen ablation therapy have been well documented in patients with locally advanced and metastatic prostate cancer, there is a paucity of evidence its role in patients with low-grade, low-stage disease.

16 Aug 2006

Watch and wait the best option for low-risk prostate cancer

According to the American Cancer Society, 234,000 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer this year, and 27,350 will die from it, but researchers say that as many as half of men diagnosed with low-risk prostate cancer undergo surgery or radiation therapy unnecessarily.

15 Aug 2006

Cancer patient receives first proton therapy treatment

A Cocoa Beach man with prostate cancer has become the first patient to undergo treatment at the new University of Florida Proton Therapy Institute, the first time the most advanced form of radiation therapy available has been offered in the Southeast.

15 Aug 2006

Cancer stem cells spur glioma angiogenesis, could hold key to brain tumor therapy

Stem cell-like glioma cancer cells that share many characteristics with normal stem cells propel the lethal growth of brain cancers by promoting tumor blood vessel formation, and may hold the key to treating these deadly cancers.

15 Aug 2006

New findings support Rapamycin's role as cancer treatment

Scientists have long known that the blood vessels of tumors differ markedly from normal blood vessels.

14 Aug 2006

Tumor News and Research

Mature muscle fibers can revert to become cancerous

New method of gene therapy alters immune cells for treatment of advanced melanoma

New developments in the technique of partial nephrectomy

Modern radiation therapy ups lung cancer survival

Circulating tumor cells in the peripheral blood of patients with renal cell carcinoma

Researchers discover how cyclophosphamide chemotherapy drug helps a cancer-killing virus

Tumor necrosis factor A antagonist use and cancer in patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Mitochondrial DNA sequencing tool updated

Preoperative Functional MR Imaging localization of language and motor areas

Obesity might lead to more aggressive ovarian cancer

Targeted magnetic nanoparticles may be useful in both detecting and treating metastatic breast cancer

St. John's wort and polymeric nanoparticles to treat ovarian tumors using light

Does involvement of the collecting system by energy ablation techniques used to treat small renal masses increase the risk of complications

A tissue marker of poor prognosis in clear cell renal cell carcinoma

Study: Collecting duct carcinoma

When a patient is diagnosed with prostate cancer, what determines whether he will receive early androgen ablation?

Watch and wait the best option for low-risk prostate cancer

Cancer patient receives first proton therapy treatment

Cancer stem cells spur glioma angiogenesis, could hold key to brain tumor therapy

New findings support Rapamycin's role as cancer treatment

Sensing a Healthier Future

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

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