News tagged with malignant tumor


Removal of lymph nodes during surgery for thyroid cancer may be beneficial

Papillary thyroid cancer accounts for the majority of all thyroid malignancies, which primarily impact women. A new study indicates that routinely removing lymph nodes in the neck in these cancer patients may help prevent ...

Surgery created Dec 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

MRI may be noninvasive method to measure breast cancer prognosis

Quantitative magnetic resonance imaging measures were associated with prognostic tumor markers, demonstrating the potential of magnetic resonance imaging for prediction of disease prognosis and stratification of patients ...

Cancer created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nipping metastases in the bud: A novel strategy for fighting cancer targets secondary tumors

The proliferation of metastases is often the main cause of complications and death from cancer. For the first time, researchers are looking very closely at the development of these metastases themselves, instead ...

Cancer created Dec 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New brain vaccine aims to turn fatal disease into chronic illness

When U.S. Sen. Edward Kennedy was diagnosed with a glioblastoma of the brain in May 2009, doctors understood there was little chance he could survive it. He died that August.

Cancer created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Old drugs find new target for treating brain tumor

Scientists at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center, in collaboration with colleagues in Boston and South Korea, say they have identified a novel ...

Cancer created Nov 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Protein associated with childhood cancer alters the structure of DNA, leading to cancer

UNC scientists have demonstrated for the first time how a critical gene associated with a type of childhood cancer alters the way DNA is packaged in cells and leads to cancer. Their laboratory discovery could result in the ...

Genetics created Nov 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Dendritic cells control lymphocyte entry into lymph nodes

Dendritic cells, discovered in 1973 by Ralph Steinman (2011 Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine) and known for their role as sentinels of the immune system, have an essential function in the development ...

Medical research created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Genetic evaluation should be part of retinoblastoma care

Results of a study by Baylor College of Medicine physicians underscore the important role that clinical genetic evaluation can have in the management plan of patients with retinoblastoma, a childhood cancer of the eye.

Cancer created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Glioblastoma multiforme in the Dock

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most common malignant brain cancer in humans. Patients with GBM have a poor prognosis because it is a highly aggressive form of cancer that is commonly resistant to current therapies. ...

Cancer created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Using Viagra to combat malignant melanoma

Many tumors cause chronic inflammations, which, in their turn, suppress specific attacks against the tumor by the immune system. Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center and Medical Faculty Mannheim ...

Cancer created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers find coupling of proteins promotes glioblastoma development

Two previously unassociated proteins known to be overly active in a variety of cancers bind together to ignite and sustain malignant brain tumors, a research team led by scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer ...

Cancer created Oct 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Feed a cold -- starve a tumor

The condition tuberous sclerosis, due to mutation in one of two tumor suppressor genes, TSC1 or TSC2, causes the growth of non-malignant tumors throughout the body and skin. These tumors can be unsightly and cause serious ...

Cancer created Oct 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Protein that fuels lethal breast cancer growth emerges as potential new drug target

A protein in the nucleus of breast cancer cells that plays a role in fueling the growth of aggressive tumors may be a good target for new drugs, reports a research team at the Duke Cancer Institute.

Cancer created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Dioxin-like chemical messenger makes brain tumors more aggressive

A research alliance of Heidelberg University Hospital and the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ), jointly with colleagues of the Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research in Leipzig, ...

Cancer created Oct 06, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Red wine ingredient resveratrol stops breast cancer growth

Cheers! A new research report appearing in the October 2011 issue of The FASEB Journal shows that resveratrol, the "healthy" ingredient in red wine, stops breast cancer cells from growing by blocking the growth effects of est ...

Cancer created Sep 29, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1