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Skin lesion leads to more cancer types than once believed

Skin lesion leads to more cancer types than once believed

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Actinic keratoses are sun-damaged rough patches or lesions on the skin — often pink and scaly — that doctors have long believed can turn into a form of skin cancer known as squamous cell carcinoma.


Study links cigarette changes to rising lung risk (AP)

Study links cigarette changes to rising lung risk

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 18, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(AP) -- It may be riskier on the lungs to smoke cigarettes today than it was a few decades ago - at least in the U.S., says new research that blames changes in cigarette design for fueling a certain type ...


Drinking very hot tea can increase the risk of throat cancer

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created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 7

People are advised to wait a few minutes before drinking a cup of freshly-boiled tea today as a new study, published on bmj.com, finds that drinking very hot tea (70°C or more) can increase the risk of cancer of the oesophagus, ...


Study of baby teeth yields new findings on nuclear fallout

Medicine & Health / Research

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Joan Ketterer still recalls the button her son Edward got for donating his baby teeth to what was then a ground-breaking study looking at the effect of nuclear fallout on children born in the St. Louis-area in the 1960s.


Short-term stress enhances anti-tumor activity in mice, study shows

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created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Public speaking, anyone? Or maybe a big job interview? Dry your palms and take a deep, calming breath; there may be a silver lining. Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have shown that, at least in laboratory ...


Novel anti-cancer drug yields positive response in people with advanced skin, brain cancer

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created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The Hedgehog signaling pathway is involved in a preliminary study and case report describing positive responses to an experimental anticancer drug in a majority of people with advanced or metastatic basal cell skin cancers. ...


MicroRNA in human saliva may help diagnose oral cancer

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created Aug 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers continue to add to the diagnostic alphabet of saliva by identifying the presence of at least 50 microRNAs that could aid in the detection of oral cancer, according to a report in Clinical Cancer Research, a jour ...


Some brain tumors may be mediated by tiny filament on cells

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created Aug 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

UCSF scientists have discovered that a tiny filament extending from cells, until recently regarded as a remnant of evolution, may play a role in the most common malignant brain tumor in children.


Some skin cancer may be mediated by primary cilia activity

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created Aug 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Tiny, solitary spikes that stick out of nearly every cell in the body play a central role in a type of skin cancer, new research has found. The discovery in mice shows that the microscopic structures known as primary cilia ...


Study links virus to some cases of common skin cancer

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created Jul 30, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

A virus discovered last year in a rare form of skin cancer has also been found in people with the second most common form of skin cancer among Americans, according to researchers at the Ohio State University Comprehensive ...


Radioactive skin patch can treat cancer

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created Jun 15, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A new study shows that a radioactive skin patch can safely and successfully treat basal cell carcinoma, one of the most common types of skin cancers, according to researchers at the SNM's 56th Annual Meeting. The skin patch, ...


New study resolves the mysterious origin of Merkel cells

New study resolves the mysterious origin of Merkel cells

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 28, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A new study resolves a 130-year-old mystery over the developmental origin of specialized skin cells involved in touch sensation. The findings will appear in the October 5, 2009 issue of the Journal of Cell Bi ...


Mice with skin condition help scientists understand tumor growth

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created Jul 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cancerous tumors sometimes form at the site of chronic wounds or injury, but the reason why is not entirely clear. Now researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have engineered mice with a persistent ...


Dark side of the sun

Dark side of the sun

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 29, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 3

As a specialist in skin disorders and cancers, Dr. Janellen Smith sees firsthand what too much sun can do. Sunburns and accelerated skin aging are common results, but excessive sun exposure also can be deadly. ...


Researchers discover scent of skin cancer

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created Aug 20, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

According to new research from the Monell Center, odors from skin can be used to identify basal cell carcinoma, the most common form of skin cancer. The findings, presented at the 236th meeting of the American Chemical Society, ...