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Higher soy intake prior to lung cancer diagnosis linked to longer survival in women

New results from a large observational follow-up study conducted in Shanghai, China, indicate that women with lung cancer who consumed more soy food prior to their cancer diagnosis lived longer than those who consumed less ...

Cancer created Mar 25, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New chemo drug gentler on fertility, tougher on cancer

A new gentler chemotherapy drug in the form of nanoparticles has been designed by Northwestern Medicine® scientists to be less toxic to a young woman's fertility but extra tough on cancer. This is the first cancer drug tested ...

Cancer created Mar 22, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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

Accelerating drug development

All human clinical trials of new treatments begin with phase I, where drugs are tested in isolation to confirm their safety. Yet most effective cancer treatments use a combination of drugs, so-called 'multi-agent' ...

Medications created Mar 08, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Biomarkers may help predict progression of Barrett's esophagus to esophageal adenocarcinoma

A series of microRNA expression signatures that may help to define progression of the precancerous condition Barrett's esophagus into esophageal adenocarcinoma was reported recently in Cancer Prevention Research, a journa ...

Cancer created Mar 06, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Better estrogen-testing methods needed to improve patient care

In a Position Statement unveiled today, The Endocrine Society advocates that all methods for measuring estrogens, which play a crucial role in human biology, be made traceable to a common standard.

Health created Mar 05, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cell sugar concentrations affect hyaluronan production and cancer growth

According to a recent University of Eastern Finland (UEF) study, elevated cell sugar concentrations increase the production of hyaluronan which, in turn, promotes cancer growth. Regulating the production ...

Cancer created Feb 27, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Omega-3s inhibit breast cancer tumor growth, study finds

A lifelong diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids can inhibit growth of breast cancer tumours by 30 per cent, according to new research from the University of Guelph.

Cancer created Feb 21, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers identify variations in four genes associated with an increased risk of colorectal cancer

An international research team co-led by cancer prevention researcher Ulrike "Riki" Peters, Ph.D., M.P.H., and biostatistician Hsu Li, Ph.D., at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center has identified variations in four genes ...

Cancer created Feb 20, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Childhood cancer in developing countries—a growing health threat that could be easily managed

Across the developing world, childhood cancer is on the rise, and mortality is high. Once thought of as a rich world disease, cancer is a growing health threat across low-income and middle-income countries (LMCs). A major ...

Cancer created Feb 19, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers link stress and pancreatic cancer in new paper

Pancreatic cancer is a deadly disease with increased incidences in the recent years. According to NDSU researchers, epidemiological data show chronic stress in a negative social and psychological state such as depression ...

Cancer created Feb 15, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Ills of aging blood: Short-circuited stem cell programming linked to failing blood development

As blood stem cells age, changes in the epigenome—the system that regulates which genes are switched on and which are switched off throughout the body—alter these cells in ways that lead to reduced immune ...

Medical research created Feb 15, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Stage at diagnosis only partly explains wide international variation in lung cancer survival

Stage at diagnosis only partly explains the wide variation in lung cancer survival rates among different developed countries, indicates a large study of nearly 60,000 patients, published online in Thorax.

Cancer created Feb 12, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Colon cancer exhibits a corresponding epigenetic pattern in mice and humans

Tumourigenesis is driven by genetic alterations and by changes in the epigenome, for instance by the addition of methyl groups to cytosine bases in the DNA. A deeper understanding of the interaction between ...

Genetics created Feb 07, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Compound stimulates tumor-fighting protein in cancer therapy

A compound that stimulates the production of a tumor-fighting protein may improve the usefulness of the protein in cancer therapy, according to a team of researchers.

Cancer created Feb 06, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast