News tagged with androgen hormones


Studies show increasing evidence that androgen drives breast cancer

Estrogen and progesterone receptors, and the gene HER2 – these are the big three markers and/or targets in breast cancer. Evidence presented at the AACR Annual Meeting 2013 adds a fourth: androgen receptors.

Cancer created Apr 10, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

How some prostate tumors resist treatment—and how it might be fixed

Hormonal therapies can help control advanced prostate cancer for a time. However, for most men, at some point their prostate cancer eventually stops responding to further hormonal treatment. This stage of ...

Cancer created Mar 18, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Unique study highlights importance of universal newborn screening for lethal genetic disorder

Contrary to current belief, routine newborn screening improves the detection of the lethal form of congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) in girls as well as boys, saving lives in both sexes, according to a unique study of ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Feb 25, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Verbal aggression: You may have picked it up in the womb, says new study

(Medical Xpress)—Research on the communication trait of verbal aggressiveness, which includes behavior like name calling, ridicule, insults, racial epithets and threats, has tended to focus on its social ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jan 07, 2013 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (9) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

World-first tissue study could re-shape future of advanced prostate cancer treatment

The first-ever comprehensive study of prostate cancer tissue has revealed a completely new gene network driving the disease in patients who have stopped responding to standard hormone treatment, according ...

Cancer created Dec 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers find new culprit in castration-resistant prostate cancer

Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have discovered a molecular switch that enables advanced prostate cancers to spread without stimulation by male hormones, which normally are needed to spur the cancer's growth. They ...

Cancer created Dec 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Longer life expectancy, aging population necessitate new strategies for prostate cancer care

The population of the United States is getting older, due not only to aging boomers but also to a four-year increase in life expectancy from 1990 to 2010. An aging population means increased diagnosis of prostate cancer. ...

Cancer created Dec 04, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists solve key piece of prostate cancer puzzle

Cancer Research UK scientists have revealed a completely new route by which male androgen hormones fuel the growth of prostate cancer, raising the prospect that existing drugs could be used to treat the disease.

Cancer created Aug 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

How a low-protein diet predisposes offspring to adulthood hypertension

Studies have shown that the offspring of mothers on a low-protein diet are more likely to develop hypertension as adults. Now, Drs. Gao, Yallampalli, and Yallampalli of the University of Texas Medical Branch ...

Medical research created Jul 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Hypertension drug does not increase breast cancer risk for women over 55

(Medical Xpress) -- A commonly prescribed medicine used to treat conditions such as heart failure and hypertension does not present women over 55 with any increased risk of breast cancer, a new study at the University of ...

Medications created Jul 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Capability of curry component to treat disease merits US patent

A U.S patent issued today to the University of Rochester and two other entities for the use of compounds related to a popular spice in the fight against cancer, acne, baldness, and other medical conditions.

Medical research created Jun 12, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Do bald men face higher risk of prostate cancer?

(HealthDay) -- Got hair? If you don't, you might have a higher risk of prostate cancer, a preliminary study suggests.

Cancer created May 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Hormone-depleting drug shows promise against localized high-risk prostate tumors

A hormone-depleting drug approved last year for the treatment of metastatic prostate cancer can help eliminate or nearly eliminate tumors in many patients with aggressive cancers that have yet to spread beyond the prostate, ...

Cancer created May 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study role testosterone may play in triple negative breast cancer

Could blocking a testosterone receptor lead to a new way to treat an aggressive form of breast cancer? That's a question researchers at Mayo Clinic in Arizona and the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) are exploring. ...

Cancer created Mar 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study identifies new prostate cancer drug target

Research led by Wanguo Liu, PhD, Associate Professor of Genetics at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, has identified a new protein critical to the development and growth of prostate cancer. The findings are published ...

Cancer created Feb 06, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast