http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. An irregularity within many neuroblastoma cells may indicate whether a neuroblastoma tumor, a difficult-to-treat, early childhood cancer, is vulnerable to a new class of anti-cancer drugs known as BET bromodomain inhibitors, Dana-Farber/Children's Hospital Cancer Center scientists will report at the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research in Washington, April 6-10. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-genetic-biomarker-neuroblastomas-vulnerable-class.html Cancer Tue, 09 Apr 2013 16:00:09 EST news284735117 Neuroblastoma, the most common malignant tumor of early childhood, is frequently associated with the presence of MYCN amplification, a genetic biomarker associated with poor prognosis. Researchers have determined that tumors containing MYCN amplification are sensitive to a new class of drugs, BET bromodomain inhibitors. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-biomarker-neuroblastomas-sensitivity-bromodomain-inhibitors.html Cancer Thu, 21 Feb 2013 10:32:14 EST news280665121 The cancer-causing form of the gene Myc alters the metabolism of mitochondria, the cell's powerhouse, making it dependent on the amino acid glutamine for survival. In fact, 40 percent of all "hard-to-treat" cancers have a mutation in the Myc gene. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-downstream-proteins-cancer-causing-pathway-cell.html Cancer Tue, 13 Nov 2012 14:54:46 EST news272040879 A mysterious form of cell death, coded in proteins and enzymes, led to a discovery by UNC researchers uncovering a prime suspect for new cancer drug development. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-cell-death-mystery-yields-cancer.html Cancer Thu, 13 Sep 2012 10:26:06 EST news266750756 High doses of the hormone progesterone can kill neuroblastoma cells while leaving healthy cells unscathed, scientists at Emory University School of Medicine have found in laboratory research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-progesterone-inhibits-growth-neuroblastoma-cancer.html Cancer Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:13:59 EST news229777948