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 | Genetic Variations Raise Lung Cancer Risk for Smokers and Ex-Smokers
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| | Two common inherited genetic variations are associated with increased risk of lung cancer for smokers and former smokers, a research team led by scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Ca... [more]
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| Unexpected Role: EGFR Protects Cancer Cells from Starving
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| | A growth factor receptor found abundantly on the surface of cancer cells and long known to fuel cancer growth also protects tumor cells from starvation by a newly identified mechanism, researchers at ... [more]
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| Smokers with advanced colon cancer may face higher odds of disease recurrence
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| | CHICAGO--People with advanced colon cancer who have smoked cigarettes or used other
tobacco products for many years may have an increased risk that their colon cancer
will return, according to ... [more]
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| Researchers Develop Probe to Monitor Response to Cancer Therapies
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| | Researchers at UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have modified a common chemotherapy drug to create a new probe for Positron Emission Tomography (PET), an advance that will allow them to mode... [more]
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| Researchers identify promising cancer drug target in prostate tumors
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| | BOSTON--Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute report they have blocked the development of prostate tumors in cancer-prone mice by knocking out a molecular unit they describe as a "powerhouse" ... [more]
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| Researchers Develop a Method to Evaluate Variations Identified in Breast Cancer Susceptibility Genes
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| | For over a decade, it has been known that alterations or defects in BRCA1, BRCA2, and their associated proteins are linked to increased risks of early onset familial breast and ovarian cancers.... [more]
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| Cancer Prevention: Once Suspect Protein Found to Promote DNA Repair, Prevent Cancer
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| | Identification and repair of DNA damage is the frontline defense against the birth and reproduction of mutant cells that cause cancer and other illnesses.... [more]
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| New Research Results Explain How Dormant Tumor Cells Become Active in Later Years
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| | The recurrence of breast cancer often follows a long latent period in which there are no signs of cancer, and metastases may not become clinically apparent until many years after removal of the ... [more]
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| Study Finds Racial Disparities Exist in Radiation Therapy Rates For Early Stage Breast Cancer
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| | Black women are less likely than white women to receive radiation therapy after a lumpectomy, the standard of care for early stage breast cancer, according to a new study by researchers at The ... [more]
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| New research may lead to drugs that force cancer cells to self-destruct
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| | Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have identified a previously undetected trigger point on a naturally occurring "death protein" that helps the body get rid of unwanted or diseased cells. The... [more]
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| Scientists Discover Signaling Pathway Driving a Deadly Sub-type of Breast Cancer
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| | “This research has the potential to identify clinically relevant markers of a large subgroup of human breast cancer and find a novel therapeutic target that could be exploited with appropriate pharmac... [more]
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| Compound Can Distinguish Between Benign, Localized and Metastatic Prostate Cancer
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| | Researchers have determined that a molecule produced by the body's metabolism could be used to differentiate between benign prostate tissue vs localized and metastatic prostate cancer. They also found... [more]
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| Discovery by UCLA Researchers May Result in Test to Determine Predisposition to Cancer
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| | Researchers at UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center have developed an assay that may be used to help identify new genes that can predict a predisposition to cancer.... [more]
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| Health choices predict cancer survival, University of Michigan Study Finds
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| | ANN ARBOR, Mich — Head and neck cancer patients who smoked, drank, didn’t exercise or didn’t eat enough fruit when they were diagnosed had worse survival outcomes than those with better health habits,... [more]
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| Acupuncture Eases Radiation-Induced Dry Mouth in Cancer Patients
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| | Twice weekly acupuncture treatments relieve debilitating symptoms of xerostomia - severe dry mouth - among patients treated with radiation for head and neck cancer, researchers from The University of ... [more]
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| University of Michigan study finds voice box can be preserved, even with the largest cancers
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| | Ann Arbor - Some patients with large tumors on their larynx can preserve their speech by opting for chemotherapy and radiation over surgery to remove the voice box.
A new study from the University... [more]
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| Racial Disparities in Breast Cancer Mortality Are Not Driven by Estrogen Receptor Status Alone
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| | Recent years have seen an improvement in overall breast cancer mortality rates, but disparities remain between black and white women, with black women experiencing higher breast cancer mortality rates... [more]
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| Rare head and neck cancer linked to HPV, study finds
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| | ANN ARBOR, Mich - An increase in cases of a rare type of head and neck cancer appears to be linked to HPV, or human papillomavirus, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Mich... [more]
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| Study examines mastectomy and breast-conserving surgery rates
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| | Ann Arbor - There is concern that mastectomy is over-utilized in the United States, which raises questions about the role of surgeons and patient preference in treatment selection for breast cancer. N... [more]
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| M. D. Anderson Redefines Screening Guidelines for Breast, Cervical and Colorectal Cancers
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| | The new recommendations represent the first wave of an effort by M. D. Anderson to improve the effectiveness of efforts to prevent and detect cancer at its earliest, most treatable stage by reconstruc... [more]
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| ESOPHAGEAL CANCER: Study to evaluate genetic risk for Barrett’s esophagus and esophageal cancer
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| | The Hutchinson Center ’s Genomics Resource will do the genotyping for the study, their largest project to date. Bruce Weir, Ph.D., professor and chairman of the Department of Biostatistics at the Univ... [more]
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| Study uncovers key to how ‘triggering event’ in cancer occurs
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| | ANN ARBOR - Researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center have discovered what leads to two genes fusing together, a phenomenon that has been shown to cause prostate cancer to ... [more]
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| NANOPARTICLES USED IN MANY COMMON HOUSEHOLD PRODUCTS CAUSE GENETIC DAMAGE IN MICE
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| | Titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles, found in everything from cosmetics to sunscreen to paint to vitamins, caused systemic genetic damage in mice, according to a comprehensive study conducted by res... [more]
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| New Mammography Screening Recommendations: Seattle Cancer Care Alliance Radiology Director Responds
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| | The statement is in response to new breast cancer mammography screening guideline recommendations announced today by the U S Preventive Services Task Force. Among others, the task force said that scre... [more]
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| Statins May Protect Stem Cell Transplant Patients From Graft Versus Host Disease
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| | In a retrospective study of 567 patients who underwent hematopoietic cell transplantation from matched sibling donors between 2001 and 2007, patients whose donors had been taking statins at the time ... [more]
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| Novel Detection Method Unmasks Circulating Breast Cancer Cells
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| | Circulating metastatic breast cancer cells can lose their epithelial receptors, a process that enables them to travel through the bloodstream undetected, according to research from The University of T... [more]
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| RACIAL DISPARITIES PERSIST IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF ADVANCED BREAST CANCER AND COLON CANCER IN THE U.S.
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| | SEATTLE – The incidence of advanced breast cancer diagnosis among black women remained 30 percent to 90 percent higher compared to white women between 1992 and 2004, according to new findings by resea... [more]
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| PET SCANNING PROBES REVEAL DIFFERENT CELL FUNCTION WITHIN THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
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| | A commonly used probe for Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scanning and a new probe developed by researchers at UCLA reveal different functions in diverse cells of the immune system, providing a non... [more]
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| Studies Report Progress Against Breast Cancer
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| | CHICAGO, June 6, 2010– Studies describing new advances against breast cancer were released at a press briefing today at the 46th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO).
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| STUDIES REPORT PROGRESS AGAINST GENITOURINARY, GASTROINTESTINAL AND GYNECOLOGIC CANCERS
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| | CHICAGO, June 6, 2010– New advances in the treatment of genitourinary, gastrointestinal and gynecologic cancers presented at the 46th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO)... [more]
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| Researchers Uncover How Chronic Stress Reprograms Immune Cells to Facilitate Cancer Progression
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| | Chronic stress acts as a sort of fertilizer that feeds breast cancer progression, significantly accelerating the spread of disease in animal models, researchers at UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer ... [more]
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| CancerNews now offers updates on Twitter
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| | In order to keep our visitors updated on the lastest news and information regarding cancer research, treatments and diagnostic tests CancerNews.com now offers updates on twitter. This is a great way t... [more]
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| Ewings Sarcoma Research: Two Targeted Therapies Act Against Ewing's Sarcoma Tumors
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| | A pair of targeted therapies shrank tumors in some patients with treatment-resistant Ewing's sarcoma or desmoplastic small-round-cell tumors, according to research led by investigators from... [more]
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| Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy optimal for localized prostate cancer
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| | A new study finds that a treatment for localized prostate cancer known as Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) is better than conventional conformal radiation therapy (CRT)for reducing certain... [more]
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| Cancer Research News: Studies Feature New Targeted Therapies for Patients with Hard-to-Treat Cancers
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| | CHICAGO– New studies highlighting treatment advances in platinum resistant ovarian cancer patients; promising results in a targeted immune therapy; survival trends among child and young adult leukemia... [more]
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| Cancer Research News: Enzyme Offers New Therapeutic Target for Cancer Drugs
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| | Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have uncovered a new signal transduction pathway specifically devoted to the regulation of alternative RNA splicing, a process... [more]
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| Cancer Survival: Improved results for head & neck cancer patients treated at high volume hospitals
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| | A study of older patients with advanced head and neck cancers has found that where they were treated significantly influenced their survival.
The study, led by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cance... [more]
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