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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 8,654 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 4,624 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 7,005 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 7,416 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 10,712 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 4,964 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 5,330 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 3,735 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)

Detection and Treatment Possibilities for Rare Form of Colon Cancer opened by a Tumor Metabolism Discovery

Written on 16 Sep, 2009 at 10:34 in Brain Tumor, Cancer, Colon Cancer, Lung Cancer | viewed 2,355 times | 0 Comments

Peutz-Jeghers syndrome, a rare inherited cancer syndrome causes, in those who suffer from it, gastrointestinal polyps and they get predisposed to colon cancer and other tumor types. The researchers at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies exploited the tumors’ weak... (Continue reading)

Increase in the African American population appears to be associated with a decrease in the number of colorectal cancer specialists

Written on 15 Sep, 2009 at 23:03 in Brain Tumor, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Colon Cancer, Lung Cancer | viewed 2,505 times | 0 Comments

According to a new article, despite the overall declines in incidence of and death from colorectal cancer in the general U.S. population, African Americans are more likely to die of the disease. This is due to the poor access of... (Continue reading)