Cancer News

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

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...]

Diabetes in Older Women Linked to Colon Cancer Reported May 10, 2010 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Older women with diabetes face more than double the risk for some types of colorectal cancer. Colorectal cancer is the third leading cause of cancer deaths among women in the United States. Diabetes has been identified as a colon cancer risk … [Read more...]

Lung Transplants: Bridging the Gap Reported May 12, 2010 NEW YORK (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Imagine struggling for every breath and feeling exhausted after just a few steps. That's the reality for people with severe cystic fibrosis, a disease that causes the body to produce thick mucus that clogs the lungs. About 150 patients get a new … [Read more...]

Early Ovarian Cancer Diagnosis Remains ElusiveReported July 28, 2009 HOUSTON, July 28 -- The inability to detect small ovarian tumors emphasizes the need for cancer-specific biomarkers that can detect more tumors at a curable stage, researchers suggested after analyzing statistical models of cancer growth, progression, and detection. To achieve even 50% … [Read more...]

Combo Therapy Zaps Stubborn Leukemia Cells Reported May 18, 2010 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A combination of drugs may prove to be an effective treatment for a lethal form of leukemia. The new therapeutic strategy effectively targets notoriously intractable leukemia stem cells that often escape standard treatment and are a main factor in … [Read more...]

Breast Cancer: Fighting Disease in 3-D Reported May 21, 2010 ATLANTA (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- One in eight women will develop breast cancer at some point in her lifetime, but more than a quarter of them have dense breast tissue, which means standard mammograms don't always find the tumor. A new experimental 3-D scanner is showing promise for identifying cancers … [Read more...]

Cancer Medical Costs Doubled In Past Two Decades Reported May 10, 2010 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- As cancer treatments have advanced over the past two decades, their price has also skyrocketed. The cost of treating cancer has almost doubled over the past 20 years, a new study shows. The team of researchers, led by Florence Tangka, Ph.D., … [Read more...]

Father-Daughter Liver Transplant Reported May 17, 2010 NEW YORK (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- There are more than 106,000 people waiting for a liver transplant and less than 15,000 available donors. Doctors want to turn those numbers around by offering living donors a less-invasive surgery. A new transplant helped an entire family survive … [Read more...]

Whole Body MRI Targets Breast Cancer Metastases Reported May 07, 2010 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- International researchers nail down a viable method of pinpointing breast cancer metastases: using whole body magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). A new study says the method is highly accurate, and can detect bone metastases even before a … [Read more...]

Cancer the biggest public health challenge in IndiaReported May 03, 2009 Cancers in all forms are causing about 12 per cent of deaths throughout the world. In the developed countries, cancer is the second leading cause of death accounting for 21% (2.5 million) of all mortality. In the developing countries, cancer ranks third as a cause of death and accounts for 9.5% … [Read more...]

Targeted Therapy: It's All About Me Reported May 04, 2010 NEW YORK, N.Y. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- You know the routine, go to the doctor and get medication to treat the problem. But not everybody reacts the same way. What if the prescription was designed specifically for you? It's the idea behind what some doctors call a medical … [Read more...]

Starving Out Colon Cancer Reported April 29, 2010 (Ivanhoe Newswire) – New research shows that many of the colon cancer cells that form tumors can be killed by inhibiting the cells' ability to absorb a key nutrient.   Normal adult stem cells are able to renew themselves by dividing almost without limit. Cancer stem cells, or CSCs, are believed to be the result … [Read more...]

Estrogen Affects Prostate Cancer Risk Reported April 26, 2010 (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A high level of one type of estrogen in a man's body might increase his risk of developing prostate cancer. At the same time, high levels of another kind -- the kind that fuels breast cancer -- might offer a protective benefit against prostate cancer. The health of the prostate has … [Read more...]

Imaging Costs Growing Twice as Fast as Cancer Care Reported April 28, 2010 (Ivanhoe Newswire) – According to new research imaging is now the fastest growing expense for Medicare and has surpassed overall cancer care costs.   Researchers at Duke University examined the use and costs of eight different imaging devices among 100,000 cancer patients between 1999 and … [Read more...]