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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 3,586 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 3,238 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)

“Decision Making with Prostate Cancer: A Multiple-Objective Model with Uncertainty”

Written on 15 Sep, 2009 at 22:59 in Cancer, Colon Cancer, Prostate Cancer | viewed 2,297 times | 0 Comments

A graduate student at the University of California Irvine created, in part, an online decision tool that helps men diagnosed with prostate cancer sort through an intimidating flurry of possible treatments and customize treatment plans of their own. This was... (Continue reading)

Clinical Trials Lead to New Cancer Treatment

Written on 15 Sep, 2009 at 22:50 in Brain Tumor, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Colon Cancer, Lung Cancer, Ovarian Cancer | viewed 22,256 times | 0 Comments

A research, conducted by Prof. Avraham Hochberg of the Silberman Institute of Life Sciences at a Hebrew University of Jerusalem, led to the development of a product that has been shown in clinical trials to be successful in halting the... (Continue reading)

The rates of colorectal cancer are increasing worldwide

Written on 15 Sep, 2009 at 22:32 in Breast Cancer, Cancer, Colon Cancer, Lung Cancer, Prostate Cancer | viewed 2,834 times | 0 Comments

The rates of colorectal cancer have grown between 1983 and 2002, in 27 of 51 countries, mostly in economically transitioning countries including Eastern European countries, most parts of Asia, and some countries of South America. Worldwide, colorectal cancer is the... (Continue reading)

Waste Disposal Protein, a Mechanism Behind Cancer Tumour Suppression

Written on 15 Sep, 2009 at 21:59 in Brain Tumor, Breast Cancer, Cancer, Colon Cancer, Lung Cancer, Prostate Cancer | viewed 4,730 times | 0 Comments

The investigators at The Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) and Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey have discovered that the key to cancer tumour suppression is a waste disposal protein, known as autophagy. Previous study of Eileen White,... (Continue reading)

MicroRNA replacement provides an effective therapy in cancer

Written on 30 Jun, 2009 at 21:16 in Brain Tumor, Cancer, Colon Cancer, Lung Cancer, Lymphoma | viewed 30,341 times | 0 Comments

Researchers from Johns Hopkins and Nationwide Children have discovered a potential strategy for cancer therapy by focusing on what’s missing in tumors. MicroRNAs control gene expression and are commonly lost in cancerous tumors. Noticing this absence, scientists have shown that the... (Continue reading)

Screening for Ovarian Cancers Proves Inconclusive

Written on 30 Jun, 2009 at 21:08 in Breast Cancer, Cancer, Colon Cancer, Ovarian Cancer, Prostate Cancer | viewed 29,538 times | 0 Comments

The results of a recent study regarding screening tests for ovarian cancers is questioning the effectiveness of the procedure, the main concern being the fact that, at an early stage of development, the biology of ovarian cancers often interprets them... (Continue reading)

A New Aproach on Recurrent Breast Cancer

Written on 19 Jun, 2009 at 21:38 in Breast Cancer, Cancer, Colon Cancer, Lung Cancer, Prostate Cancer | viewed 13,682 times | 0 Comments

The treatment of recurrent breast cancer, which can localize in skin, lymph nodes, lung, liver or bone, should not be entirely based on the properties of the original breast cancer, suggests a recent study conducted by the Princess Margaret Hospital... (Continue reading)

Anti Colon Cancer Vaccine Undergoes Testing

Written on 19 Jun, 2009 at 21:38 in Breast Cancer, Cancer, Colon Cancer, Lymphoma, Skin Cancer | viewed 29,874 times | 0 Comments

Nearly 50000 people died of colon or rectal cancer in the year 2008 and in the same year there where reported more than 108,000 new cases of colon cancer and nearly 41,000 cases of rectal cancer in the U.S. alone,... (Continue reading)