News tagged with cancer growth
Researchers identify role of gene in tumor development, growth and progression
Nov 20, 2009 |
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Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center and VCU Institute of Molecular Medicine researchers have identified a gene that may play a pivotal role in two processes that are essential for tumor development, growth ...
Researchers examine mechanisms that help cancer cells proliferate
Sep 01, 2009 |
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A process that limits the number of times a cell divides works much differently than had been thought, opening the door to potential new anticancer therapies, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center report in the Aug. ...
A new take on growth factor signaling in tamoxifen resistance
Jun 24, 2009 |
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Differences in growth factor (GF) signaling may cause the poor prognosis in some breast cancer cases. A new study, published in the open access journal BMC Medical Genomics, suggests that some estrogen receptor-positive breast ...
Scientists uncover a novel mechanism controlling tumor growth in the brain
Jun 08, 2009 |
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As survival rates among some patients with cancer continue to rise, so does the spread of these cancers to the brain - as much as 40 percent of all diagnosed brain cancers are considered metastatic, having spread from a ...
When Genes Cooperate, Lung Cancer Grows and Spreads
Mar 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The combined expression of three specific genes in lung cancer tumors may predict both cancer growth and a poorer prognosis, according to a study led by researchers in the Duke Institute for Genome Sciences ...
What's Feeding Cancer Cells?
Feb 16, 2009 |
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Cancer cells need a lot of nutrients to multiply and survive. While much is understood about how cancer cells use blood sugar to make energy, not much is known about how they get other nutrients. Now, researchers at the Johns ...
Drug discovery short-circuits cancer growth
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Feb 10, 2009 |
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A new drug that blocks cancer's main source of growth has been created in the lab and proven effective in mice, scientists are reporting. It is now being readied for clinical trials in patients.
How chemotherapy drugs block blood vessel growth, slow cancer spread
Jan 22, 2009 |
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Researchers at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine have discovered how a whole class of commonly used chemotherapy drugs can block cancer growth. Their findings, reported online this week at the Proceedings of ...
Study of human tissue reveals potential colon cancer biomarker
Jan 16, 2009 |
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Cincinnati scientists have identified a new biomarker that could help predict a person's risk of developing colon cancer and how aggressive it may become.
Lung cancer cells activate inflammation to induce metastasis
Dec 31, 2008 |
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A research team from the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine has identified a protein produced by cancerous lung epithelial cells that enhances metastasis by stimulating the activity of inflammatory cells. ...
Prostate cancer spurs new nerves
Dec 01, 2008 |
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Prostate cancer – and perhaps other cancers – promotes the growth of new nerves and the branching axons that carry their messages, a finding associated with more aggressive tumors, said researchers from Baylor College of ...
Cholesterol-Lowering Drugs May Also Lower PSA, but Whether They Cut Cancer Risk is Still Not Known
Oct 28, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Popular cholesterol-busting drugs -- statins -- appear to lower men's prostate-specific antigen (PSA) values along with their cholesterol levels, according to researchers in the Duke Prostate Center and the ...
Growth factor predicts poor outcome in breast cancer
Aug 29, 2008 |
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The response to insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-I) in breast cancer cells predicts an aggressive tumor that is less likely to respond to treatment, said researchers at Baylor College of Medicine in a report that appears ...
Elevated biomarkers predict risk for prostate cancer recurrence
Jun 26, 2008 |
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A simple blood test screening for a panel of biomarkers can accurately predict whether a patient who has had prostate cancer surgery will have a recurrence or spread of the disease.
