Ann Killary (from the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) and colleagues have described a new gene called DEAR1 that is genetically altered by mutation and deletion in breast tumors, and that may provide a new breast cancer prognostic marker.Each year, more than one million women discover that they have breast cancer. Although [...]
Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed malignancy in women. Consequently, women should become actively involved in routine breast screening. This protocol includes monthly self-examinations, a yearly examination by a healthcare professional, and an annual mammogram beginning at age 40. Women with strong family histories of breast or gynecologic cancer, a personal history of cancer, [...]
A study in the April 15 issue of the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine suggests that sleep problems lead to increased pain and fatigue in cancer patients. The results indicate that interventions aimed at trouble sleeping would be expected to improve both pain and fatigue in this patient population.
Results show that more than half the [...]
Higher-than-normal levels of insulin place postmenopausal women at increased risk of breast cancer, according to researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University. Their findings suggest that interventions that target insulin and its signaling pathways may decrease breast cancer risk in these women.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in the [...]
UroToday.com – Upper tract tumors (UTT) after primary bladder cancer are difficult to detect and are relatively rare. Historically, the literature has quoted a 2-7% chance of developing secondary UTT after primary bladder cancer. Despite the adoption of many different surveillance protocols, patients routinely present with symptoms.
Since much of the literature on UTT after primary [...]
British scientists who developed an advanced three dimensional (3-D) model of human breast cancer in the test tube, have won a prestigious prize for replacing animal experiments in medical research. The award was made at an event at the House of Lords sponsored by former Minister for Science & Innovation Lord Sainsbury and hosted by [...]
Researchers at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center have identified a new marker for breast cancer metastasis called TMEM, for Tumor Microenvironment of Metastasis. As reported in the March 24 online edition of the journal Clinical Cancer Research, density of TMEM was associated with the development of distant organ metastasis via the bloodstream — the most [...]
National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers have identified a gene that suppresses tumor growth in melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer. The finding is reported in the journal Nature Genetics as part of a systematic genetic analysis of a group of enzymes implicated in skin cancer and many other types of cancer.
The NIH analysis [...]
A Cancer Genomics Browser developed by researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, provides a new way to visualize and analyze data from studies aimed at improving cancer treatment by unraveling the complex genetic roots of the disease.
The browser consists of a suite of web-based tools designed to help researchers find patterns in the [...]
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