Cancer

New Chemo for Elderly Patients Reported April 11, 2011 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Lymphoma is often difficult to treat in elderly patients because they cannot always tolerate chemotherapy. Now, a new study reveals a modified treatment approach may be an option for these patients. The new approach uses a decreased dose of conventional chemotherapy combined with … [Read more...]

Decoding DNA for Breast Cancer Reported April 5, 2011 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Scientists have sequenced the entire genomes of tumors from 50 breast cancer patients and compared them to the matched DNA of the same patients’ healthy cells. This was the single largest cancer genomics investigation reported to date where comparison allowed researchers to find … [Read more...]

Breast Milk: Key to Predicting Cancer? Reported April 6, 2011 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Breast cancer risk can be assessed by examining the epithelial cells found in breast milk, according to a new study. This screening method has the potential to provide a personalized assessment of breast cancer risk, said lead researcher Kathleen F. Arcaro, Ph.D., associate … [Read more...]

Strawberries Slow Cancer? Reported April 8, 2011 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Simply eating strawberries may be a way for people at risk of esophageal cancer to protect themselves, according to new research. Esophageal cancer is the third most common gastrointestinal cancer and the sixth most frequent cause of cancer death in the world, according to the … [Read more...]

Hope For Delaying The Spread and Growth of Breast Cancer Reported April 1, 2011 (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Breast cancer, the second leading cancer to cause death in American women, may have met its match. Researchers at the Society of Interventional Radiology's 36th Annual Scientific Meeting in Chicago, Ill. have identified a promising new treatment that may … [Read more...]

Hope For Delaying The Spread and Growth of Breast Cancer Reported March 15, 2011 Reported April 1, 2011 Photos stir up memories for Paulette Johnson and her aunt… some better than others. In three generations of Johnson women, only two have never gotten breast cancer. "My aunt, and she was diagnosed twice, then my middle sister, and she was diagnosed … [Read more...]

Tamoxifen And Breast Cancer Reported March 15, 2011 (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Tamoxifen, taken by women as a preventive measure against breast cancer, sufficiently compensates for its side effects in post-menopausal women under the age of 55 years, according to this study. Research has shown that tamoxifen can protect against breast cancer for years after … [Read more...]

Cure for cancer just might be preventionReported February 26, 2009 Some of the world's leading experts in nutrition epidemiology have cast a resounding vote in the decades-long debate between treating or preventing cancer: Prevention wins. Their report, being released today, argues strenuously for diet and exercise as the keys to fighting cancer. It calls research and … [Read more...]

Prostate cancer vaccine extends survival in study Reported May 02, 2009 CHICAGO (AP) — An experimental treatment added four months to the lives of men with advanced prostate cancer in a study that tested an entirely new approach to fighting the disease, doctors reported Tuesday. Dendreon Corp.'s Provenge vaccine trains the immune system to fight tumors. It's called a … [Read more...]

Folic acid may increase cancer risk, study showsReported November 17, 2009 More questions are being raised about the safety of folic acid supplementation after new research has found links between the B vitamin and increased cancer risk. Researchers in Norway found that heart-disease patients treated with a combination of folic acid and vitamin B12 had an increased risk of … [Read more...]

Fewer smoking, but lung cancer still on rise Reported April 23, 2010 The numbers seem contradictory: Despite a year-by-year drop in the percentage of smokers in Japan, the number of people who die of lung cancer is increasing. But according to experts, it will just be a matter of time before the numbers work themselves … [Read more...]

Five minutes that could save your life   Reported April 28, 2010 Beating bowel cancer could be simpler, quicker and cheaper in the future, says Lesley Dobson   Cancer is a word that frightens most of us. So news of a five-minute, once-in-a-lifetime test that can detect early signs of cancer, and remove them instantly, is a good reason to hang … [Read more...]

Novel Blood Test Detects Ovarian CancerReported November 06, 2007 (HealthNewsDigest.com) - COLUMBUS, Ohio – A pilot study by researchers at The Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center found that a novel blood test that screens for microRNAs can reliably detect ovarian cancer, even among patients who test negative … [Read more...]

Cancer Risk Similar Across Transplant Drug Regimens   Reported May 01, 2010 Widely-used immunosuppressive regimens for kidney transplant appear to carry similar long-term cancer risks, Australian researchers found. Skin cancer and other cancers did not occur any sooner whether patients got azathioprine (Azasan, Imuran) and prednisolone or … [Read more...]

Folic Acid Fortification Might Boost Cancer Risk Reported November 17, 2009 TUESDAY, Nov. 17 (HealthDay News) -- Although folic acid fortification of foods can prevent many birth defects, it may also increase the risk for developing cancer, Norwegian researchers report. Since 1998, many countries have mandated folic acid (vitamin B9) fortification of … [Read more...]

32,000 lives could be saved with colonoscopy Reported November 12, 2010 Around 32,000 lives could be saved each year if people over 50 got regular colorectal cancer screening as recommended, the US Centres for Disease Control has said. The disease is the second leading cause of deaths in the United States after lung cancer, but millions of people "still have not … [Read more...]

Researchers at NUI Galway have made a discovery that could lead to the development of more effective treatments for a number of diseases. They have shown that a protein produced when cells are stressed interacts with a stress sensor allowing cells to survive conditions of intense stress. Understanding this interaction may help scientists interfere with cancer cells so they can … [Read more...]

Protein that helps cancer cells to survive stress Reported November 12, 2010 Scientists have made a novel discovery that could lead to the development of more effective treatments for a number of diseases. Researchers at NUI Galway have shown that a protein produced when cells are stressed interacts with a stress sensor allowing cells to survive conditions of … [Read more...]

Biological aging markers up cancer risk Reported November 12, 2010 Shorter length of leukocyte telomeres – chromosome markers of biological aging – is associated with an increased risk of cancer and death from the disease, according to a new study. Peter Willeit, of Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria, and colleagues conducted a study wherein they … [Read more...]

Scleroderma, cancer linked in a Study Reported August 17, 2010 Patients with a certain type of scleroderma may get cancer and scleroderma simultaneously, Johns Hopkins researchers have found, suggesting that in some diseases, autoimmunity and cancer may be linked. Scleroderma is a complex autoimmune disease, with visible symptoms, affecting the skin, or invisible, … [Read more...]

Stem cell gene linked to cancer Reported July 20, 2010 Scientists have found a mutation in stem cell genes, which they claim could be linked to development of leukaemia and other cancers. An international team, led by Peter Papathanasiou of The Australian National University , has completed a three-year screening project to find the genes that control development and … [Read more...]

Glucose Sugar Feeds Cancer! Reported May 28, 2010 Sugar grabs oxygen with a vengeance! Human beings live on oxygen and give off or exhale carbon dioxide (CO2). Plants live on carbon dioxide and give off oxygen (O2).To live among the trees and plants is healthy. “One may wonder how any cell can survive, much less grow, in the absence of oxygen. But it so happens that … [Read more...]

Wrinkles bigger sunbed deterrent than skin cancer Reported May 18, 2010 Wrinkles are a bigger deterrent than skin cancer when it comes to warning young women about the dangers of sunbeds. Scientists discovered the fear of having leathery, wrinkled skin put girls off going to tanning salons more than the threat of deadly melanoma. "They're not worried about skin … [Read more...]

Neuroblastoma: New Hope for Kids Reported May 28, 2010 PHILADELPHIA (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Neuroblastoma is a childhood cancer of the nervous system that is often very aggressive. Patients who don't respond to surgery, chemotherapy and bone marrow transplant often face a death sentence. For the first time in more than a decade, researchers have developed a new … [Read more...]

Death Switch Offers Fresh Hope for Cancer Patients Reported May 28, 2010 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new research study shows a receptor once thought to trigger suicide in normal cells may actually trigger the growth of cancerous tumors. Switching off a cell's so called "death receptor" can stop and even reverse the growth of tumors in human tissue culture and … [Read more...]

Bacteria May Predict Colorectal Cancer Reported May 27, 2010 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Bacteria residing in the human intestinal tract may be associated with an individual's risk of developing colon cancer. Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in the U.S., where it caused an estimated 50,000 deaths in 2009. "Our findings suggest that some bacterial … [Read more...]

Is a high carbohydrate diet linked to pancreatic cancer? Reported May 20, 2010 (Reuters Health) - One of the first symptoms of pancreatic cancer -- often noticed even years before diagnosis -- is indigestion. A new study suggests that these timely tummy troubles may be enough to explain away previous links made between a high … [Read more...]

Cancer treatment gets better with new chemo-bomb procedure Reported May 24, 2010 Cancer treatments were improved a lot over the decades, and yet there are many complications included in major cancer treatments like chemotherapy. Often the cancer patients have to worry about the side effects of cancer treatments like … [Read more...]

Gulf Of Mexico Oil Spill May Cause Cancer Reported May 09, 2010 A US environment regulator warned that the Gulf of Mexico oil spill incident can cause cancer or other health related complications. The people inhaling the crude oil particles like toluene, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons and toluene might be at a risk of cancer as … [Read more...]

Colon Cancer: No Link to Coffee, Soft Drinks Reported May 12, 2010 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Despite the questionable effects on your overall health of drinking large amounts of coffee and sugar-sweetened, carbonated soft drinks, you can take colon cancer off your list of worries. A new study has shown there is no specific link between … [Read more...]