http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. This month Fox Chase Cancer Center performed the world's first successful minimally invasive distal pancreatectomy using the ViKY(R) system's revolutionary robotic, compact laparoscope holder. The technology, developed in France and tested on thousands of patients in Europe, made its debut in a cancer setting in the United States this week at Fox Chase. http://www.physorg.com/news157127617.html Medicine & Health Tue, 24 Mar 2009 15:34:42 EST news157127617 A handful of proteins, detected in incredibly tiny amounts, may one day help doctors distinguish between a harmless lesion in the pancreas and a potentially deadly one, say researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center. http://www.physorg.com/news155921088.html Medicine & Health Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:25:21 EST news155921088 A study of how one protein enzyme, BubR1, helps make sure chromosomes are equally distributed during mitosis might explain how the process of cell division goes so awry in cancer, according to researchers from Fox Chase Cancer Center. Their findings might offer a better understanding of the processes behind cancer-cell survival and drug-resistance. http://www.physorg.com/news146133713.html Medicine & Health Mon, 17 Nov 2008 08:41:53 EST news146133713 A small, antibody-like molecule created by researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center can successfully attack two separate molecules on the surface of cancer cells at the same time, halting the growth of breast cancer cells in laboratory tests, the researchers say. The molecule, nickname "ALM," might be a means of slowing cancer spread or, as the researchers believe, a guidance system for delivering more aggressive drugs directly to cancer cells. Their findings appear in a recent issue of the British Journal of Cancer. http://www.physorg.com/news145818298.html Medicine & Health Thu, 13 Nov 2008 17:04:58 EST news145818298 Young women with DCIS, a common form of early breast cancer that arises in and is confined to the mammary ducts, are presumed more likely to have recurrences than older women with the same diagnosis. But a new study from Fox Chase Cancer Center rebuffs this conventional thinking. http://www.physorg.com/news141483264.html Medicine & Health Wed, 24 Sep 2008 13:54:24 EST news141483264 A new Fox Chase Cancer Center study suggests men with early stage prostate cancer treated with radiation therapy should begin hormone therapy immediately if their PSA level rises quickly and doubles within six months at any time after treatment. The study also supports foregoing hormones if the PSA doesn't rise as quickly. Both findings suggest a change in the practice of prescribing hormones is warranted. http://www.physorg.com/news141396110.html Medicine & Health Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:41:50 EST news141396110 Women with breast cancer who are treated with lumpectomy and radiation report a high level of overall quality of life several years after treatment that is comparable to a general sampling of the adult women U.S. population according to a survey conducted by physicians at Fox Chase Cancer Center. http://www.physorg.com/news141217668.html Medicine & Health Sun, 21 Sep 2008 12:07:48 EST news141217668 More than 30 years ago, Alfred Knudson Jr., M.D., Ph.D., revolutionized the field of cancer genetics by showing that a person must lose both their paternal and maternal copies of a particular class of cancer-inhibiting genes, called tumor-suppressor genes, in order to develop cancer. This theory, called the two-hit hypothesis, guided scientists around the globe in their quest for tumor suppressor genes. http://www.physorg.com/news140694667.html Medicine & Health Mon, 15 Sep 2008 10:51:07 EST news140694667 Each day, a staggering number of cells perform a feat that still amazes researchers with its complexity: they divide to produce perfect replicas of each other. The process is called mitosis, and an inability to control it is one of the hallmarks of cancer. http://www.physorg.com/news134147252.html Medicine & Health Tue, 01 Jul 2008 16:07:32 EST news134147252