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According to a new study conducted by the Southwest Oncology Group led by researchers from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, a man’s PSA (prostate specific antigen) level not only detects prostate cancer but also will help doctors when treatment is working.
The PSA level after seven months of hormone therapy for advanced prostate cancer […]
Actinic keratoses are skin lesions that are sensitive to the effects of ultraviolet light which account for some 3.7 million doctor visits in the United States every year. 331 in 100,000 of such lesion cases per year will progress into the skin cancer squamous cell carcinoma in patients older than age 40.
As many as one-fourth […]
According to a new study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, more than half of men with lower-risk prostate cancer received surgery or radiation treatment – an over-treatment, when a wait-and-see approach of no therapy and active surveillance would have been a reasonable option.
The balance between the risks and benefits of immediate surgery […]
Using a new precise technique that combines image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) with respiratory gating to zero in on the tumor while adapting for breathing motion, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) Cancer Centers’ clinicians were able to successfully treat a lung cancer patient in her mid-fifties.
Such new tissue sparing procedure was made possible using advanced imaging […]
According to a new study published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry, a particular enzyme called NOX5-S is significantly higher in cancer cells that have been exposed to acid, leading to the overproduction of hydrogen peroxide: a possible explanation for how acid reflux may lead to cancer of the esophagus.
For the first time, researchers led […]
A new study published August 18 in the open access journal Breast Cancer Research confirms the reliability of core needle biopsy as a tool in breast cancer diagnosis and prognosis.
The study conducted by Rosanna Zanetti-Dällenbach from the Women’s University Hospital in Basel, Switzerland and colleagues from Stiftung Tumorbank, OncoScore AG and University Hospital in Basel, […]
Researchers at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center found a molecular “off” switch contained in a tiny sphere that is able to penetrate deeply into ovarian cancer cells, stifling a troublesome protein and drastically reducing the size of tumors.
The “tiny sphere” demonstrates a potent delivery system for short interfering RNA (siRNA) to […]
According to a Chinese study, one of the most popular traditional herbals, ginseng, can potentially improve the survival rates and quality of life of breast cancer patients.
A well known traditional herb, ginseng, is usually taken to enhance and reduce feelings of fatigue and physical stress. Ginseng is also believed to have anti-cancer properties and has […]
Diagnosed with Hodgkin’s disease (a cancer of the lymphatic system considered very treatable in its early stages), Starchild Abraham Cherrix was so badly incapacitated by three months of chemotherapy that he declined a second, more intensive round that doctors recommended early this year.
Since then he chose an alternative herbal treatment called the Hoxsey method.
The […]
It has been long known that tumors’ blood vessels are significantly different from normal blood vessels.
A new research study led by scientists at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) has identified a signaling pathway that when activated, transforms otherwise healthy blood vessels into the leaky, misshapen vasculature, characteristic of cancerous tumors.
The study findings, published in […]
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Written by Gloria Gamat [email] for b5media.
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