Cancer

Bariatric Surgery Linked to Reduced Cancer Risk in Obese People Reported June 20, 2008 FRIDAY, June 20, (News Locale) - Obese individuals who opt to get rid of the flab through bariatric or weight loss surgery can reduce their risk of developing cancer, two new studies out of Canada and Brazil are indicating. Researchers from … [Read more...]

Cancer solutions explored Reported June 12, 2009 The beat goes on at the National Summit for Community Cancer Control in Prince George as about 400 medical professionals from across Canada listen, learn and share from each other. Friday morning the gathering heard Dr. Simon Sutcliffe, past-president of the B.C. Cancer Agency, reflect on cancer … [Read more...]

Novel Method to Target Cancer Reported December 19, 2011 (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Scientists have discovered a new way to target cancer through manipulating a master switch responsible for cancer cell growth. Cancer cells can grow and multiply faster by creating their own blood vessels. Cancer cells gain the nutrients they need by producing proteins that make blood … [Read more...]

Cancer Patients Keep their Hair! Reported December 2, 2011 Winston-Salem, NC (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Hair loss, it’s one of the most obvious signs of cancer treatment. Many of the drugs used in chemotherapy for diseases like breast cancer cause all or the most of the patient’s hair to fall out, but as one woman found out, a cool new therapy currently being studied … [Read more...]

Type of Thyroid Cancer May be More Therapeutically Vulnerable Reported November 22, 2011 (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Papillary carcinoma is the most common type of thyroid cancer, and about one fourth of these carcinomas have mutations in the BRAF gene. These mutations are most common in high-grade carcinomas, in particular, the ones that resist standard treatments. … [Read more...]

Cellphones don't hike cancer risk: Danish study Reported October 21, 2011 Cellphones do not increase the risk of cancer, according to a large study involving more than 350,000 people by Danish researchers published Friday. The results, released on the British Medical Journal's website, chime with a series of other studies that have reached … [Read more...]

Cancer becomes leading cause of death in every province: StatsCanReported November 1, 2011 (source: Postmedia News) Cancer has become the leading cause of death in every province in Canada for the first time, but doctors say it's nothing new. Cancer accounted for 30 per cent of all deaths in the country in 2008, Statistics Canada said Tuesday. The second-biggest … [Read more...]

Deceptive "New Hopes" for Cancer Reported October 15, 2011 DURHAM N.C. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Melanoma – it’s the most common form of cancer in the U.S and it’s one of the deadliest skin cancers. Now, a new kind of imaging could detect melanoma earlier and provide a better roadmap for the surgeon who removes it. Hat, sunglasses, sunscreen… 28-year-old Megan … [Read more...]

Deceptive "New Hopes" for Cancer Reported October 21, 2011 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Cancer breakthroughs may be deceptive to the public. A study, published in the open-access journal PLoS Computational Biology on October 20, questions the reasoning used in many highly cited cancer publications supporting the relevance of animal and test tube experiments to human … [Read more...]

UK watchdog changes mind to back bone cancer drug Reported Wed, Sep 07, 2011 Britain's health costs watchdog NICE has decided to back Japanese drugmaker Takeda's bone cancer drug Mepact after re-assessing the impact of a discount on the medicine for patients in the state-funded National Health Service (NHS). The National Institute for Health … [Read more...]

Lymph Nodes and Colon Cancer Reported September 16, 2011 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- The number of lymph nodes evaluated for colon cancer has risen significantly over the past two decades. However, according to a study in the September 14 issue of JAMA, this improvement is not associated with an increase in node-positive cancers. "Among patients surgically treated for … [Read more...]

Fighting Cancer With Spicy Broccoli Reported September 16, 2011 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Out of the way, cheese! Broccoli and spice are the new duo! According to a new study, teaming fresh broccoli with a spicy food that contains the enzyme myrosinase significantly enhances each food's individual cancer-fighting power and ensures that absorption takes place in the … [Read more...]

Screening for Lynch Syndrome in Colon Cancer Patients is Cost Effective Reported July 19, 2011 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Screening every new colon cancer patient for a particular familial disorder extends lives at a reasonable cost, Stanford University School of Medicine researchers said. The team hopes the results will encourage more medical centers to adopt … [Read more...]

Screening for Lynch Syndrome in Colon Cancer Patients is Cost Effective Reported July 19, 2011 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Researchers have developed a compound that blocks signaling from a protein implicated in many types of cancer. The investigators examined signaling by receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK). Abnormal RTK signaling is an underlying cause of various … [Read more...]

“Fishy” Clues About Liver Cancer Reported July 6, 2011 (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), the most common type of liver cancer, is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. There are many treatment options, but most are unsuccessful because the disease isn’t well understood. This study conducted on fish may reveal new … [Read more...]

Exercise Benefits Brain Cancer Patients Reported June 22, 2011 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Brain cancer patients who are able to exercise live significantly longer than sedentary patients, according to this study. "This provides some initial evidence that we need to look at the effects of exercise interventions, not only to ease symptoms but also to impact … [Read more...]

Cutting Off Cancer Than Can't be Cut Out Reported June 15, 2011 NEW ORLEANS, LA (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- This year, one and a half million Americans will be diagnosed with some kind of cancer. Treatment often includes chemotherapy or radiation, but in cancers where not all of the tumor can be removed, one big challenge is making sure the cancer doesn’t start … [Read more...]

Gene Discovery to Help Kidney Cancer Reported June 2, 2011 (Ivanhoe Newswire) – The American Cancer Society estimates that over 58,000 people are living with kidney cancer in the U.S. It killed more than 13,000 people last year alone. Now, a new study uncovered a gene that may be the key to helping kidney cancer patients who don't respond to current therapies. … [Read more...]

Saving A Girl's Leg From Bone Cancer Reported May 27, 2011 CLEVELAND, OH (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- 2,300 cases of bone cancer are diagnosed each year in the United States. Although it's relatively rare, treatment for this cancer can involve disfiguring surgery to remove large areas of tissue, and in severe cases, even amputation. Now, a donor bone gave one young … [Read more...]

Study: Enlarged prostate shown not cancer warningReported May 26, 2011 Despite the recommendations of some health groups, the symptoms of an enlarged prostate are not associated with the risk of prostate cancer, according to new data from the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial, a decade-long study of almost 19,000 men. The data suggest that men and their physicians … [Read more...]

Personalized Cancer Therapy on the Horizon Reported April 20, 2011 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Cancer survival rates could drastically improve with whole-genome sequencing. A recently published study offers examples of the power that genomic data holds for patients with a cancer diagnosis. Whole-genome sequencing is a high-tech process that fundamentally maps a … [Read more...]