News tagged with squamous cell cancers


Drugs are first to topically deliver gene therapy via commercial moisturizers for skin disease treatment

"Getting under your skin" takes on a brave new meaning thanks to Northwestern University research that could transform gene regulation.

Medical research created Jul 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New drug targets for squamous cell carcinoma

Researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center have discovered a new drug target for squamous cell carcinoma – the second most common form of skin cancer. Scientists in the laboratory of Valeri Vasioukhin, Ph.D., ...

Cancer created May 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers discover possible trigger for spread of head and neck cancer cells

(Medical Xpress)—Very little has been known about the epigenetic events—developmental and environmental factors affecting genes—that occur prior to the invasive growth of head and neck squamous cell carcinomas and their ...

Cancer created May 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ыtudy documents head and neck cancer molecular tumor subtypes

Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) is the seventh most common form of cancer in the United States, but other than an association with the human papillomavirus, no validated molecular profile of ...

Cancer created Feb 22, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study reveals two-fold higher incidence of non-melanoma skin cancers for HIV patients

HIV-positive patients have a higher incidence of non-melanoma skin cancers, according to a Kaiser Permanente study that appears in the current online issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Specifically, basal ...

Cancer created Jan 29, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study helps resolve debate about how tumors spread

A team of scientists, led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, has shown for the first time how cancer cells control the ON/OFF switch of a program used by developing ...

Cancer created Nov 29, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Common food preservative may slow, even stop tumor growth

Nisin, a common food preservative, may slow or stop squamous cell head and neck cancers, a University of Michigan study found.

Cancer created Oct 31, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers study how patterns, timing of sunlight exposure contribute to skin cancers

(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center, the University of South Florida and the International Agency for Research on Cancer in France have studied the patterns and timing of sunlight exposure and how each ...

Cancer created Oct 23, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study pinpoints epigenetic function of common cancer-causing protein—it's not what science thought

(Medical Xpress)—Squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) is diagnosed in about 700,000 people in the United States every year. Commonly contributing to SCC is a protein called DNp63a – it goes abnormally high and the ability of ...

Genetics created Sep 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Rating HPV biomarkers in head, neck cancers: Combinations work better than viral DNA in tumors alone

Not all head and neck cancers are created equal. Those started by infection with the human papillomavirus are less often fatal than those with other causes, such as smoking. Detection of a reliable fingerprint for HPV could ...

Cancer created Sep 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Definition of lung squamous cell carcinoma genome opens doors to better, more targeted therapies

A new paper published online in Nature holds out hope that people with the second most common type of lung cancer may one day benefit from targeted therapies that have transformed treatments for other lung cancer patients.

Cancer created Sep 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study suggests patients should be screened before receiving vemurafenib

Different genetic mistakes driving skin cancer may affect how patients respond to the drug vemurafenib, providing grounds to screen people with melanoma skin cancer before treatment, a new study by Cancer Research UK scientists ...

Cancer created Aug 14, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Technique spots disease using immune cell DNA

When a person is sick, there is a tell-tale sign in their blood: a different mix of the various types of immune cells called leukocytes. A group of scientists at several institutions including Brown University has discovered ...

Medical research created Jul 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Commonly used painkillers may protect against skin cancer

A new study suggests that aspirin and other similar painkillers may help protect against skin cancer. Published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the findings indicate that s ...

Cancer created May 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

More accurate method required for tracking skin cancer cases: study

Henry Ford Hospital dermatology researchers are urging caution about using claims data for identifying nonmelanoma skin cancer, suggesting that the commonly used method, which previously had not been validated, ...

Cancer created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast