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Previous findings have linked the menopause treatment of Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) to breast cancer.
Now, a new British study associates HRT to increased risk of ovarian cancer: women on HRT for more than five years are more than 20 per cent more likely to develop ovarian cancer.
But some experts think that the finding is an […]
A bill passed by Congress last month extending the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program has been signed Friday (April 20, 2007) by US President George W. Bush:
This morning I have the honor of signing a bill that will help continue our nation’s fight against breast and cervical cancer. This bill reauthorizes the […]
Today is my last day at my part-time job. I initially applied to this job when I was working another part time job where I worked at home. The job paid well, but sporadically, and I wanted to make sure that I had additional income for the times when the payroll department would […]
A brain tumor vaccine known as vitespen (trademarked as Oncophage®) has been found effective in stimulating the patient’s immune system to attack the tumor cells (tumor-specific immune response) in glioma.
The clinical trial being conducted at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Brain Tumor Research Center tested patients that all had recurrent, high-grade glioma who […]
Delta-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the active compound in marijuana has been found to cut tumor growth by half in common lung cancer, aside from significantly reducing the ability of the cancer to spread.
Conducted by researchers at Harvard University, this is the first study to demonstrate that a cannabinoid compound inhibits EGF-induced growth and migration in epidermal growth […]
A simple oral rinse which detects CD44 - a protein biomarker for HNSCC tumors - combined with the detection of cancer-related altered DNA can reliably detect the early development of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) and distinguishing it from other benign diseases.
Such were the findings of a research team at the University of […]
As reported at the recent 2007 Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research, exhaled breath might be able to indicate a patient’s risk of lung cancer.
Molecular messages and signals circulating in blood or contained in cells lining the airway can identify early stage cancer.
Using DNA recovered from exhaled breath, researchers can examine the […]
This morning I’m going in to meet with my radiation oncologist and to get “measured” for my radiation.
At every step in this process I’ve had moments of sheer panic at the proposed treatments: I was scared that I’d die in surgery or have a horrific time with chemo. So far, so good, but the radiation […]
At the moment, let me first direct you to interesting blog posts relating to cancer:
Ruth Schaffer discussed snake venom toxin that can inhibit the growth of prostate cancer cells and the blood DNA test for early detection of liver cancer at The Biotech Weblog; fruit and vegetables reduce the risk of head and neck cancer […]
Primary gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) is a type of tumor often found in the stomach or small intestine.
Preliminary data of a large, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial which tested imatinib mesylate (Gleevec ®) in patients with primary gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) following complete removal of their tumor were found to be significantly less likely to have […]
Cancer therapies, healing, and society.
Written by Gloria Gamat [email] for b5media.
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