tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43180901389310171192009-11-09T07:34:33.620-08:00Cancer Information & Education are the key to cancer prevention, early detection and to sound decision making about cancer treatment options. This blog provide the latest Information & Education about cancer to cancer patients, families and survivorsSudipta Dasnoreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4318090138931017119.post-86137081351762523112008-07-27T23:13:00.001-07:002008-07-27T23:13:37.495-07:00

Mike Dewey has a plan to eliminate breast cancer: He's offering $1 billion to the person who discovers the cure. Never mind the fact the 48-year-old Austin consultant has nothing close to that much money. Dewey, whose daughters are at increased risk for the disease because his wife was diagnosed with breast cancer, says he'll come up with the cash. "I get pretty fired up about this because I've

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The headlines were compelling, holding out a promise that seems to answer every parent’s prayer. Through genetic screening and in vitro fertilization, a British couple had conceived a daughter who would be “cancer free.” But the claim, NBC medical editor Dr. Nancy Snyderman told TODAY’s Meredith Vieira Monday, is misleading at best. And the screening that was done does not guarantee the child

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Researchers at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York have found that sorafenib (Nexavar) helps patients with advanced liver cancer live about 44 percent longer compared with patients who did not receive the anti-cancer drug. The findings, published in the July 23rd, 2008 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine, is a significant advance in the management of liver cancer, which is the

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How women feel about their breasts largely determines how they feel about themselves as women. Because of this, breast cancer and with it the thought of losing a breast generates more fear among women that almost any other single disease. This fear keeps the average woman at home for five or six months before she consults her doctor about a lump she has found in her breast. Not every lump,

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A prominent US cancer institute has posted a notice on its website urging cell phone users to take precautions when using cell phones because advice from an international panel of experts says cell phones have not been around long enough for scientists to be sure about their safety. The announcement comes from the Center for Environmental Oncology (CEO), part of the University of Pittsburgh

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We are continuously bombarded with messages about the dangers of too much sun and the increased risk of melanoma (the less common and deadliest form of skin cancer), but are these dangers real, or is staying out of the sun causing us more harm than good? Sam Shuster, a consultant dermatologist at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, says that sun exposure is the major cause of the common

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Scientists are hailing a new drug to treat aggressive prostate cancer as potentially the most significant advance in the field for 70 years. Abiraterone could potentially treat up to 80% of patients with a deadly form of the disease resistant to currently available chemotherapy, they say. The drug works by blocking the hormones which fuel the cancer. The Institute of Cancer Research hopes

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The chemist Dario Neri has carried out research for more than 15 years to find antibodies suitable as drug delivery vehicles for selective anti-cancer treatment. In his most recent publication he presents a new marker together with three associated monoclonal antibodies as further promising candidates for cancer therapy.Up to now, monoclonal antibodies have only lived up to their expectations in

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University of Rochester Medical Center researchers found a new protein produced excessively in malignant melanoma, a discovery that is particularly relevant as skin cancer rates climb dramatically among young women. The protein, IMP-3, is not over-expressed in harmless moles but is increased in the most dangerous types of skin cancer, and in a subset of lesions that can be difficult to

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Scientists at Georgia Tech have developed a potential new treatment against cancer that attaches magnetic nanoparticles to cancer cells, allowing them to be captured and carried out of the body. The treatment, which has been tested in the laboratory and will now be looked at in survival studies, is detailed online in the Journal of the American Chemical Society. "We've been able to use magnetic

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Researchers at Rhode Island Hospital have identified two potential molecular markers that may predict outcomes for patients with stomach cancer, one of the most common and fatal cancers worldwide. According to the study, published in the July 1 issue of Clinical Cancer Research, patients who had poor outcomes following surgery for stomach cancer also had extremely low amounts of two proteins,

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Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center have discovered that vitamin A, when applied to breast cancer cells, turns on genes that can push stem cells embedded in a tumor to morph into endothelial cells. These cells can then build blood vessels to link up to the body's blood supply, promoting further tumor growth. They say their findings is a proof of principle of the new -- and

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Radiation therapy can help prevent cancer recurrence of a rare type of breast cancer in patients, a new study from City of Hope National Medical Centre in Duarte, California has revealed. Phyllodes tumours are rare breast tumours that develop in the connective tissue of the breast, as opposed to more common carcinomas, which develop in the ducts or lobules of the breast Presently, patients

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Could your children be more at risk to different types of cancer depending on the region you live in? A government study on just that topic has found there are numerous differences in types of cancer depending on age, race, sex and where in the United States the child lives. It was shown that Caucasian children had the highest incidence of all types of cancers and the children in the Northeast

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Yes, men can and do get breast cancer -- and the disease is often treated at a late stage, according to research presented Sunday in Lugano, Switzerland. Dr. Marina Garassino of the University of Study of Milan, Italy and colleagues reviewed the medical records of 146 men, about 62 years old on average, who were diagnosed with breast cancer. The researcher reported the findings at a conference

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Patients diagnosed with colorectal cancer who had abundant vitamin D in their blood prior to diagnosis were less likely to die during a follow-up period than those who were deficient in the vitamin, researchers report."Although our findings are premature and require further exploration," lead investigator Dr. Kimmie Ng told Reuters Health, "they raise the possibility that vitamin D may have

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There has been much excitement during the past decade because of the identification of defective genes (mutations) associated with colon cancer in families where colon cancer is common. When a defective gene can be identified, it is possible to examine other members of the family to see if they also carry the defective gene. Those individuals who carry the defective gene are at a very high risk (

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It is important to realize that with timely diagnosis and treatment, kidney cancer can be cured. If found early, the survival rate for patients with kidney cancer ranges from 79 to 100 percent. More than 100,000 survivors of kidney cancer are alive in the United States today. The following information addresses the most common questions about kidney tumors and serves as a supplement to the

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Overweight women and those who show early signs of type 2 diabetes are more prone to advanced breast cancer, a study has revealed. The study, involving around 60,000 female subjects, found that women who are overweight, insulin-resistant or have high blood sugar levels are 50 per cent more likely to be diagnosed with the advanced forms of the disease. The research was conducted by a group of

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An Edinburgh University study found an anti-oestrogen drug could help prolong patients' lives by up to three years. A hormone therapy treatment used to tackle breast tumours has also proved successful in combating ovarian cancer, according to research. It also delayed the need for some patients to undergo chemotherapy. The professor who led the research programme described its findings as an "

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Lymphoma is a type of cancer involving cells of the immune system, called lymphocytes. Just as cancer represents many different diseases, lymphoma represents many different cancers of lymphocytes—about 35 different subtypes, in fact. Lymphoma is a group of cancers that affect the cells that play a role in the immune system, and primarily represents cells involved in the lymphatic system of the

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Researchers from Denmark and Sweden have clarified the relationship between documented Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) infectious mononucleosis and EBV associated Hodgkin’s lymphoma. They concluded that young adults with serologically documented EBV infection had an increased risk of EBV associated Hodgkin’s lymphoma but not EBV negative Hodgkin’s lymphoma. These results appeared in the October 2, 2003

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A woman can inherit an increased risk for this disease, particularly if a "first degree" relative (a mother, sister or daughter) has or had ovarian, breast or colon cancer. In fact, if she has a strong family history of ovarian cancer, she is more likely to develop the disease at an early age (younger than 50). Other risk factors include: Ashkenazi (Eastern European) Jewish ethnicity, if the

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Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators have shown that an MGH-developed, microchip-based device that detects and analyzes tumor cells in the bloodstream can be used to determine the genetic signature of lung tumors, allowing identification of those appropriate for targeted treatment and monitoring genetic changes that occur during therapy. A pilot study of the device called the

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Breast cancer is very rare in teenagers. One in every 231 women under the age of 40 gets breast cancer, but almost all of those women are at least thirty years old. Even though teens hardly ever get breast cancer, it's a good idea to learn about your breasts and how to check for any signs of problems. If you ever do get breast cancer, finding it early can make all the difference. Once your

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