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According to Cancer Clinical Trials Awareness and Attitudes in Cancer Survivors (a survey conducted by the Coalition of Cancer Cooperative Groups and Northwestern University), while the majority of cancer clinical trial participants are highly satisfied with their experience, only as few as one in ten cancer survivors were aware of trial opportunities during treatment.
A clinical […]
In the June issue of ACS Chemical Biology, there is a report on a new strategy for enabling anti-cancer drugs to kill only cancer cells, without putting the normal cells in the body at harm.
The new approach would allow anticancer drugs to accumulate in both normal and malignant cells. The drugs, however, would be tweaked […]
In a mouse model of ovarian cancer, researchers at the University Of Pittsburgh School Of Medicine have used gene therapy to either completely abolish or significantly inhibit tumor progression.
These findings, the researchers believe, may significantly improve the prognosis for ovarian cancer patients. The gene therapy involved treatment with a genetically engineered vaccinia virus containing a […]
The challenges of coping with advanced metastatic breast cancer has a lot to do with women’s race and income, according to a study conducted by researchers at the University of Pittsburg schools of Nursing and Medicine: compared to women from the other racial and economic groups, low-income African-American Women are more likely to report physical […]
Thrombosis, a serious complication in advanced cancers, affects 15-20% of all cancer patients. A biologically active metabolite of Vitamin D3 showed an unexpected reduction of thrombosis in cancer patients at a clinical trial.
These results have been presented by Dr. Peter Venner, medical oncologist at the Alberta Cancer Board’s Cross Cancer Institute at the annual meeting […]
According to a study (one of the first studies to look at the worries experienced by long-term survivors) conducted by researchers from Case Western Reserve University’s Cancer Survivor Research Project, even if cancer patients have been issued a clean bill of health by their doctors, worries about recurrences, lingering effects from treatment, a second cancer […]
Two studies at Mayo Clinic which emphasizes the risk factors and possible genetic basis for Barrett’s esophagus and esophageal cancer (adenocarcinoma) has been presented couple of weeks ago at the Digestive Disease Week® 2006.
The research team found a strong association association between esophageal cancer and gastroesophageal reflux disease, also known as acid reflux.
Read more at […]
According to a study conducted from Buck Institute on nematode worm C. elegans, proteins which prevent cancer in humans by making sure that cells don’t divide if they have chromosomal damage have shown to determine lifespan.
These checkpoint proteins that are traditionally thought only to be functional in cells that divide have been found to be […]
Bisphenol A. or BPA is a widespread industrial compound used in the manufacture of hard, polycarbonate plastic for baby bottles, microwave cookware and other consumer goods. Exposure to this chemical that leaks from plastic causes genetic changes in animals’ developing prostate glands that are precursors of the most common form of cancer in males.
Scientists and […]
Scientists in the United States found and reported that blueberry extracts inhibited the growth of liver cancer cells in a laboratory experiment.
Blueberries are a rich source of polyphenols, potent antioxidants including phenolic acids, tannins, flavonols and anthocyanins. One compound in blueberries called pterostilbene (similar to resveratrol) may be as effective as the widely used synthetic […]
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Written by Gloria Gamat [email] for b5media.
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