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Researchers identify three new chemical risk factors for bladder cancer

Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers and colleagues have identified three new chemical risk factors for bladder cancer in a study involving some 600 people in the Los Angeles area. The work was reported in the Oct. 6 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

8 Oct 2004

Researchers discover mechanism that may help to explain how angiogenesis inhibitors work on normal, blood vessel-forming endothelial cells

Northwestern University researchers have discovered a mechanism that may help to explain how angiogenesis inhibitors work on normal, blood vessel-forming endothelial cells, but not on insidious, aggressive melanoma cells that masquerade as endothelial-like cells by forming their own vascular networks, called "vasculogenic mimicry."

8 Oct 2004

Aspirin might well be considered the top utility player in the medicine cabinet

This cheap over-the-counter drug can be used not only for fever, pain and arthritis, but to prevent heart attack, stroke or angina. It also may reduce the risk of colorectal cancer. Yet aspirin also has side effects worth considering, and its very accessibility may hamper its use.

8 Oct 2004

Cancer experts say labelling cigarette packets with tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide measurements is misleading and should be stopped

The tar delivery of cigarettes is routinely measured with a machine and, with the exception of the United States, stated on every packet as a legal requirement in almost every country in the world. It is accompanied by measurement of nicotine and often carbon monoxide.

8 Oct 2004

Radiological examinations, such as chest x-rays and CT scans, confer a definite long term risk of cancer

Radiological examinations, such as chest x-rays and CT scans, confer a definite (albeit low) long term risk of cancer, but patients undergoing such examinations often receive no or inaccurate information about theses risks.

8 Oct 2004

Men with advanced, incurable prostate cancer can benefit from docetaxel

An international study led by a Canadian researcher shows that men with advanced, incurable prostate cancer can survive an average of three months longer and face less symptoms when offered a new treatment for prostate cancer.

7 Oct 2004

Call for UK and Luxembourg governments to put access to quality cancer treatment at the top of their health agendas

Speaking today at a workshop on 'Cancer treatment: a priority for patients in Europe', cancer specialists and representatives of cancer patients called on the UK and Luxembourg governments to put access to quality cancer treatment at the top of their health agendas during their Presidencies of the EU in 2005.

7 Oct 2004

Breast cancer drug Taxotere extends life of prostate cancer patients

Men with androgen-independent (hormone-refractory) metastatic prostate cancer treated with the breast-cancer drug Taxotere (docetaxel) Injection Concentrate in combination with the drug estramustine survived 20 percent longer than similar patients receiving the standard therapy

6 Oct 2004

University of Rochester Medical Center doctors are trying to improve childhood cancer treatments

University of Rochester Medical Center doctors are trying to improve childhood cancer treatments so that kids are less likely to develop heart problems or second malignancies later, as a result of radiation therapy.

6 Oct 2004

$10 million to establish a multidisciplinary research program in cancer nanotechnology

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded scientists from Emory University and the Georgia Institute of Technology two new collaborative research grants, totaling nearly $10 million, to establish a multidisciplinary research program in cancer nanotechnology and to develop a new class of nanoparticles for molecular and cellular imaging.

6 Oct 2004

Obese women with early breast cancer at greater risk of death

Women who are obese when they are diagnosed with early stage breast cancer are at greater risk of dying of their disease than women of normal weight

6 Oct 2004

Powerful new processor helps unlock the secrets of an iron-eating bacteria known as Desulfovibrio vulgaris

Gerrit Voordouw, PhD, a microbiologist at the University of Calgary, has spent the past 20 years trying to unlock the secrets of an iron-eating bacteria known as Desulfovibrio vulgaris.

6 Oct 2004

Half of all Australians still believe a tan is healthy

New research showing half of all Australians still believe a tan is healthy has added to cancer experts’ fears of a prolonged national skin cancer epidemic.

6 Oct 2004

International symposium will focus on curing mesothelioma

A lethal, but long-overlooked cancer will take a major step out of the shadows next week, as The Mesothelioma Applied Research Foundation convenes the First International Symposium on Malignant Mesothelioma.

6 Oct 2004

University of Texas Health Science Center publishes web database of clinical studies

The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio has begun publishing descriptions of its clinical studies on the World Wide Web. Listings that involve more than 20 diseases or disorders are available by searching the new Web site.

5 Oct 2004

Patients suffering from diseases as varied as Type II diabetes, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's have one thing in common

Patients suffering from diseases as varied as Type II diabetes, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and dozens of lesser known maladies have one thing in common: they suffer from a large build up of amyloids

5 Oct 2004

Women in New York City continue to receive mammograms at much lower levels than those outside the downstate region

Women in New York City continue to receive mammograms at much lower levels than those outside the downstate region, while Kings County (Brooklyn) still has the lowest county-specific mammography rate, according to IPRO's second annual "snapshot" of mammography usage in New York State.

5 Oct 2004

Breast density, rapid tumor growth contribute to mammogram failure in women in their forties

Lower sensitivity of mammography in women aged 40 to 49 years compared with older women can be largely explained by greater breast density and rapid tumor growth in the younger women

5 Oct 2004

Exposure to carcinogens called arylamines is associated with bladder cancer risk in both smokers and nonsmokers

Exposure to a family of carcinogens called arylamines is associated with bladder cancer risk in both smokers and nonsmokers, according to a new study in the October 6 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

5 Oct 2004

Compound derived from fruit and vegetables could be used to improve the effects of an established cancer drug

The drug, mitomycin C (MMC), is a well-known anticancer treatment used mainly against solid tumours in the bladder and lower bowel. It is activated by enzymes naturally found in the human body, but its use is limited by severe side effects at higher doses.

5 Oct 2004

Cancer News and Research

Latest Cancer News and Research

Researchers identify three new chemical risk factors for bladder cancer

Researchers discover mechanism that may help to explain how angiogenesis inhibitors work on normal, blood vessel-forming endothelial cells

Aspirin might well be considered the top utility player in the medicine cabinet

Cancer experts say labelling cigarette packets with tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide measurements is misleading and should be stopped

Radiological examinations, such as chest x-rays and CT scans, confer a definite long term risk of cancer

Men with advanced, incurable prostate cancer can benefit from docetaxel

Call for UK and Luxembourg governments to put access to quality cancer treatment at the top of their health agendas

Breast cancer drug Taxotere extends life of prostate cancer patients

University of Rochester Medical Center doctors are trying to improve childhood cancer treatments

$10 million to establish a multidisciplinary research program in cancer nanotechnology

Obese women with early breast cancer at greater risk of death

Powerful new processor helps unlock the secrets of an iron-eating bacteria known as Desulfovibrio vulgaris

Half of all Australians still believe a tan is healthy

International symposium will focus on curing mesothelioma

University of Texas Health Science Center publishes web database of clinical studies

Patients suffering from diseases as varied as Type II diabetes, Alzheimer's, Parkinson's have one thing in common

Women in New York City continue to receive mammograms at much lower levels than those outside the downstate region

Breast density, rapid tumor growth contribute to mammogram failure in women in their forties

Exposure to carcinogens called arylamines is associated with bladder cancer risk in both smokers and nonsmokers

Compound derived from fruit and vegetables could be used to improve the effects of an established cancer drug

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