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New Research Shows a Link between HPV and the Rare Nasopharyngeal Cancer

Written on 21 Oct, 2009 at 12:22 in Brain Tumor, Cancer, Colon Cancer | viewed 3,032 times | 0 Comments

A recent research funded by grants from National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute, U-M Head and Neck Cancer SPORE and a loan to the SensiGen LLC offered by the state of Michigan, was concerned with the increasing negative effects... (Continue reading)

Research on Breast Cancer Patients Discovers No Link between PCR Rate and Race

Written on 21 Oct, 2009 at 12:17 in Breast Cancer, Cancer, Colon Cancer, Lung Cancer, Prostate Cancer | viewed 16,637 times | 0 Comments

A study undergone by scientists from the M. D. Anderson Cancer Center at the University of Texas discovered that people who were suffering from breast cancer in an advanced stage and were treated with the similar group of neo-adjuvant chemotherapy... (Continue reading)

Black People More Affected by Pancreatic Cancer than Whites

Written on 5 Oct, 2009 at 16:45 in Brain Tumor, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Colon Cancer, Lung Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer | viewed 22,484 times | 0 Comments

Smoking and body mass index represent high risk factors connected to pancreatic cancer. It has been observed that black people are more affected by this disease than white people and thus, experience a higher mortality rate. Researchers recognize that they... (Continue reading)

Breast Cancer Chemotherapy Impairs Sleep-wake Rhythm in Women

Written on 5 Oct, 2009 at 16:37 in Breast Cancer, Cancer, Colon Cancer | viewed 10,994 times | 0 Comments

The September issue of Sleep journal presents a study regarding the fact that chemotherapy affects the sleep-wake rhythm of women suffering from breast cancer. The first period of chemotherapy treatment impairs the sleep-wake cadence, whereas repetitive therapy with chemo worsens... (Continue reading)

Checkpoint Proteins Enable Resistance of Cancer Cells Against Drugs

Written on 5 Oct, 2009 at 16:23 in Brain Tumor, Cancer, Colon Cancer, Lung Cancer, Ovarian Cancer | viewed 20,998 times | 0 Comments

Scholars from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies discovered that checkpoints for the cellular life cycle enable damaged cells to stop dividing and stall them. However, even if this molecular stop generated by the cell cycle checkpoints stops the cells,... (Continue reading)

Quality of Life May Predict Life Span of Lung Cancer Patients

Written on 17 Sep, 2009 at 0:05 in Breast Cancer, Cancer, Colon Cancer, Lung Cancer | viewed 23,705 times | 1 Comment

In September 2009, the Journal of Thoracic Oncology published a study concerned with the fact that people`s pretreatment life quality can predict how much they can survive with their ordeal. The research focused on patients suffering from non-small cell lung... (Continue reading)

A New Treatment For Ovarian Cancer

Written on 16 Sep, 2009 at 23:56 in Breast Cancer, Cancer, Colon Cancer, Lung Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Skin Cancer | viewed 24,554 times | 0 Comments

A partnership research study made by the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg and Sahlgrenska University Hospital discovered that women suffering from metastatic ovarian cancer can be treated with a revolutionary medicine. A radioactive substance with no harmful side-effects... (Continue reading)

Problems with Genetic Testing For Intestinal Cancer Due to Insurance Implications

Written on 16 Sep, 2009 at 23:40 in Cancer, Colon Cancer, Nutrition | viewed 6,394 times | 0 Comments

Australian researchers discovered that more than half of the persons with the genetic threat of developing bowel cancer refused to take part in scientific tests due to the belief that their insurance will be later rejected. As Dr. Louise Keogh,... (Continue reading)

Australian Research: HPV Vaccination to Prevent Breast Cancer

Written on 16 Sep, 2009 at 23:14 in Breast Cancer, Cancer, Colon Cancer, Skin Cancer | viewed 6,606 times | 0 Comments

The human papilloma virus (HPV) represents the main cause for various forms of breast cancer. As an Australian study shows, the negative effects against the human body can be counteracted by a vaccine against HPV. This vaccination can help save... (Continue reading)

RNA Helps Suppressing the Spread of Aggressive Breast Cancer

Written on 16 Sep, 2009 at 23:04 in Brain Tumor, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Colon Cancer, Lung Cancer, Prostate Cancer | viewed 4,363 times | 0 Comments

According to researchers at Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, a low cellular level of a tiny fragment of RNA appears to increase the spread of breast cancer. Their study was published in the June 12 issue of Cell, and describes... (Continue reading)