Cancer News and Research

Latest Cancer News and Research

Sleep gene discovery

Proteins that regulate sleep and biological timing in the body work much differently than previously thought, meaning drug makers must change their approach to making drugs for sleep disorders and depression and other timing-related illnesses.

4 Jul 2006

Pomegranate juice helps fight prostate cancer

Drinking an eight ounce glass of pomegranate juice daily increased by nearly four times the period during which PSA levels in men treated for prostate cancer remained stable, a three-year UCLA study has found.

4 Jul 2006

Exposure to radioactive iodine increases the risk of thyroid cancer

Exposure to radioactive iodine increases the risk of thyroid cancer in children and adolescents, a study of thyroid cancer prevalence after the Chornobyl accident shows.

4 Jul 2006

Women who survive childhood cancer are more likely to suffer premature menopause

Women who survive childhood cancer are more likely to suffer premature menopause, according to a study in the July 5 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

4 Jul 2006

Body measures and colon cancer risk

Men and women with a large waist circumference and a large waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) have an increased risk of developing colon cancer. In contrast, only in men is a high body mass index (BMI) clearly associated with a higher colon cancer risk.

4 Jul 2006

Just how safe is that steak?

A government adviser in the UK has refused to put his name to a report which says the hormones used in cattle are safe for human consumption.

4 Jul 2006

Prostatic irradiation doesn't lead to any appreciable increase in rectal cancer risk

Men who receive radiation therapy for prostate cancer are not at any appreciable increased risk of developing rectal cancer compared to those not given radiation therapy.

4 Jul 2006

Gabapentin is as effective as estrogen for menopause symptoms

University of Rochester researchers, who have been investigating new therapies for hot flashes for several years, report in the July Obstetrics and Gynecology journal that the seizure drug gabapentin is as effective as estrogen

3 Jul 2006

New diagnostic approach for carriers of recessive genetic disorders

Scientists Vivian Cheung and Warren Ewens from the University of Pennsylvania have developed a new approach for the diagnosis of medical disorders that are inherited in a recessive manner.

3 Jul 2006

Parameters associated with patient outcomes in lymph node positive prostate cancer

Dr. Hofer and colleagues report in the June issue of Urology that lymphovascular invasion (LVI) and the nuclear grade of the primary prostate tumor are independent predictors of PSA recurrence in men with lymph node positive CaP.

3 Jul 2006

New genetic findings relating to the tau mutation

The first gene known to control the internal clock of humans and other mammals works much differently than previously believed, according to a study by Utah and Michigan researchers.

3 Jul 2006

New class of experimental drug that targets master regulator gene called c-Jun

University of New South Wales (UNSW) researchers have announced they are developing a new class of experimental drug that has the potential to treat a diverse range of health problems, from inflammation and cancer through to eye and heart disease.

3 Jul 2006

New polymer-lipid hybrid nanoparticle

A novel combination of lipids, a negatively charged polymer, and the anticancer drug doxorubicin has yielded a new nanoparticle that can kill breast cancer cells that are normally resistant to this drug.

3 Jul 2006

Thermosensitive pluronic micelles stabilized by shell cross-linking with gold nanoparticles

Many types of nanoparticles can cross the cell membrane and deliver their therapeutic payload into tumor cells.

3 Jul 2006

Buckyballs deliver multiple drugs simultaneously to tumors

Combining a monoclonal antibody known to target melanoma tumors with multiple C60 buckyballs, researchers at Rice University and the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center have developed a new way to deliver multiple drugs simultaneously to tumors.

3 Jul 2006