http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Survival rates of wealthier patients and those younger than 70 with glioblastoma, the most common and aggressive malignant brain tumor, have improved since 2000, whereas rates for those living in poorer areas and older than 70 have remained stagnant, according to an abstract being presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology annual meeting in Chicago by Thomas Jefferson University Hospital researchers on Saturday, June 4. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-glioblastoma-21st-century-wealthier-patients.html Cancer Thu, 02 Jun 2011 17:24:51 EST news226254275 Brain cancer therapy may be more effective if the expression of an iron-storing protein is decreased to enhance the action of therapeutic drugs on brain cancer cells, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-iron-key-brain-tumor-drug.html Cancer Thu, 02 Jun 2011 10:09:16 EST news226228146 Asian non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients survive longer than Caucasians no matter how many drugs are given in a first-line setting, and the effect was apparent both before and after the introduction of targeted therapies in the early 2000s, according to research published in the June issue of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-asian-lung-cancer-patient-survival.html Cancer Wed, 01 Jun 2011 09:35:22 EST news226139700 An antibody packaged with a potent chemotherapy drug to selectively destroy acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) cells eradicated or greatly reduced the disease for 61 percent of 46 patients in a phase II study. It will be presented at the 47th annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology in Chicago June 3-7. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-antibody-guided-drug-acute-lymphoblastic-leukemia.html Cancer Mon, 23 May 2011 16:02:14 EST news225385321 The anti-inflammatory drug celecoxib, known by the brand name Celebrex, triggers liver cancer cell death by reacting with a protein in a way that makes those cells commit suicide, according to a new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-common-anti-inflammatory-coaxes-liver-cancer.html Cancer Mon, 16 May 2011 11:40:01 EST news224761706 Many patients who undergo bone marrow or blood stem cell transplantation to treat blood cancers or a "pre-leukemic" condition called myelodysplasia experience a decline in mental and fine motor skills due to the toll of their disease and its treatment. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-patients-recover-chemo-brain-years-stem.html Cancer Tue, 03 May 2011 11:08:12 EST news223639658 A clinical trial has sifted out the most effective single-drug chemotherapy regimen for quick-growing but highly curable cancers that arise from the placentas of pregnant women. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-04-treatment-fast-growing-gestational-tumors.html Cancer Tue, 26 Apr 2011 04:06:18 EST news223009539