News tagged with journal cancer
Marijuana use linked to increased risk of testicular cancer
Feb 09, 2009 |
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Frequent and/or long-term marijuana use may significantly increase a man's risk of developing the most aggressive type of testicular cancer, according to a study by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. The ...
Drug combination may be effective against deadly melanoma, pilot study shows
Mar 06, 2009 |
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By targeting and disabling a protein frequently found in melanoma tumors, doctors may be able to make the cancer more vulnerable to chemotherapy, according to early results of a clinical study conducted by researchers in ...
Maslinic acid provides a natural defense against colon cancer
Jan 08, 2009 |
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Researchers from the University of Granada and the University of Barcelona have shown that treatment with maslinic acid, a triterpenoid compound isolated from olive-skin pomace, results in a significant inhibition of cell ...
Physician trust, early screening reduces disparities for prostate cancer
Jul 29, 2009 |
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Men who have a regular, ongoing relationship with a health care provider are more likely to receive prostate cancer screening and less likely to be diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer, regardless of their race, according ...
New studies point to strategies for reducing painful breast cancer drug side effects
Sep 28, 2009 |
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Aromatase inhibitors, the same drugs that have buoyed long-term survival rates among breast cancer patients, also carry side effects including joint pain so severe that many patients discontinue these lifesaving medicines. ...
Inflammation directly linked to colon cancer
Feb 02, 2009 |
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While chronic inflammation is widely believed to be a predisposing factor for colon cancer, the exact mechanisms linking these conditions have remained elusive. Scientists at the Melbourne Branch of the international Ludwig ...
DNA's repair system studied in hopes of better cancer treatments
Jul 02, 2009 |
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For a human cell, this is a scary world. Each of the 60 trillion or so cells in the average person's body is damaged tens of thousands, perhaps a million, times a day, scientists say.
Why bladder cancer is deadlier for some
Jan 08, 2009 |
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Bladder cancer is much more likely to be deadly for women and African-Americans, but the reasons long believed to explain the phenomenon account for only part of the differences for such patients compared to their white and ...
Rare skin tumor responds better to treatment than melanoma
Feb 02, 2009 |
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University of Michigan Health System researchers have published new data to help answer two dreaded questions: "Is it cancer?" and "What type of treatment should I have?"
Regular physical activity linked to better quality of life in early-stage lung cancer survivors
Feb 03, 2009 |
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Survivors of early-stage lung cancer who take part in regular physical activity have a better quality of life, according to a study in the February issue of the journal Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, available ...
Genetic testing may be valuable in treating colorectal cancer
Jul 27, 2009 |
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For the 29,000 patients in the United States with metastatic colorectal cancer, chemotherapy with irinotecan is a standard treatment that has been shown to improve survival. But for more than one in 10 of these patients, ...
Many Breast Cancer Patients May Not Be Receiving Recommended Test
Oct 14, 2009 |
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A new report finds widespread variations and frequent errors in HER2 testing -- a procedure recommended for all patients with invasive breast cancer.
Physical therapists play integral role in prevention, risk reduction, and treatment of lymphedema
Oct 15, 2009 |
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As breast cancer awareness month is observed during October, the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) is hoping to shine a spotlight on lymphedema, a chronic, debilitating and often irreversible side effect of cancer ...
