Cancer Research
Patients with early stage, non-small cell lung cancer who are not able to undergo surgery, now have a highly effective treatment option. Physicians say that option, radical stereotactic radiosurgery performed with CyberKnife, leads to a 100 percent overall survival after threeyears in patients with good lung function before treatment. These results were presented today at the annual CHEST meeting in San Diego.
For patients with small tumors characterized as early-stage disease, surgical removal of the affected lobe (lobectomy) is the standard of care. However, surgery is sometimes not an…
Researchers from the University of Gothenburg say they have discovered a new cancer gene related to adenoid cystic carcinoma, a slow-growing but deadly form of cancer. The research group can now show that the gene is found in 100% of these tumors, which means that a genetic test can easily be used to make a correct diagnosis.
The newly discovered cancer gene is what is known as a fusion gene, created when two healthy genes join together as a result of a chromosome change.
“Previously it was thought that fusion genes pretty much only caused leukaemia, but our group can now show that this…
Cancer research needs more basic research likely to have the biggest impact on combating the disease in the next few decades but currently research funds are focused on new drug development, says professor Richard Sullivan of the King's Health Partners Integrated Cancer Centre who spoke London told Europe's largest cancer congress, ECCO 15 – ESMO 34 , in Berlin today.
The World Health Organization predicts that the number of people worldwide living with cancer will rise from about 28 million today to about 75 million in 2030.
Sullivan said that studies aiming to improve surgery, pathology…
Antioxidants cause cancer. Or at least that is the headline you may read in some less reputable sources of science news, reporting this study out this week in Nature. Before you go rushing off to toss out your Teavana supercharged antioxidant green tea and your expensive GNC herbal supplements, let's take a closer look at what the research shows. (Well, to be frank, you can go throw out those supplements, and only keep your tea if you enjoy drinking it.)
Here's the scoop: most of your cells are of a social nature, and generally need to remain in close contact with other cells. When they lose…
Tulsi ( Ocimum sanctum ) has potential as anticancer plant.
The term ethnobotany was first used by Harshberger in 1885 and its scope was much elaborated later by Ford in 1978 and Faulks in 1958 (Trivedi,2002). Studies of medicinal plant based on ancient literature and its investigation in modern light is known as ethnobotany.
It is the first knowledge, which the early man had acquired by sheer necessity, intuition, observation and experimentation (Bedding,1925;Bhattacharya,1988; Apparanathan and Chelladurai,1996 and Jain, 1997).
The branch of medicine dealing with the history,…
The latex bearing plants Euphorbia antiquorum, E. antisyphilitica, E. caducifolia, E. neerifolia, E. nivulia, E. royleana, Calotropis procera, C. gigantea and Cryptostegia grandiflora, Plumeria alba, Nerium indicum and Mimusops elengi were evaluated as potential renewable sources of energy crops for liquid fuels, non-polar constituents and chemicals (Kumar and Kumar, 1984, Bhatia et al., 1984, Kumar, 2004). Plant leaf, stem, bark and also whole plants were analyzed for elemental composition, oil, polyphenol, hydrocarbons, crude protein, -cellulose, lignin and ash. The dry…
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A new paradigm in the way we look at cancer with important implications on how we treat it is about to be published in the British Journal of Cancer by Portuguese, Belgian and American researchers. The group use a mathematical approach to reveal how - by changing the dynamics of interaction between the cancer cells and those of the affected tissue – it is possible to control and even potentially cure the disease.
Even more interesting is the fact that this new approach can be used in any number of pathologies where different cells interact. The work has the potential to revolutionise the way…
Cancer impacts millions of lives for the worse every year. Despite this difficult reality, it appears that we are becoming increasing successful in our efforts to stem the tide of patients who fall victim as time goes on.
According to a recently published report in the journal Cancer Research, cancer mortality rates have been steadily dropping over the last three decades.
“Our efforts against cancer, including prevention, early detection and better treatment, have resulted in profound gains, but thesegains are often unappreciated by the public due to the way the data are usually reported,"…
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Schistosoma haematobium (S. haematobium) is a parasitic flatworm that infects millions of people, mostly in the developing world, and is associated with high incidence of bladder cancer although why is not clear.
Two works by Portuguese researchers just out in The Journal of Experimental Pathology (1) and the International Journal of Parasitology (2) reveal that cells infected in laboratory with S. haematobium, acquire cancer-like characteristics and, when injected into mice develop into tumours. The research identifies as well the host molecules linked to the carcinogenic changes, suggesting…
Vindication! For all of you fake-bake tanners in high school who spent countless hours and money in tanning beds thinking you looked so much better with tan skin, there is an additional layer of medical support to line my "I told you so" folder.
BBC News reports that the International Agency for Research on Cancer says sunbeds and sunlamps are definitely carcinogenic to humans.
IARC, an expert committee that makes recommendations to WHO, "made its decision following a review of research which concluded that the risk of melanoma - the most deadly form of skin cancer - was increased by 75% in…