Cancer Research

When It Comes To Cancer Survival, Quality Still Matters

While America moves toward an egalitarian approach to medical care, another study has found that the quality of cares matters in things like advanced head and neck cancers. The paper in Cancer says that patients who were treated at hospitals that saw a hi ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 1 2013 - 9:42pm

Aspirin Linked To Lower Melanoma Risk

A new study found that women who take aspirin have a reduced risk of developing melanoma. The longer they take it, the lower the risk, suggesting that aspirin's anti-inflammatory effects may help protect against this type of skin cancer. In the Women ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 11 2013 - 10:48am

One-Step Nose Repair After Skin Cancer

Mohs surgery, developed in 1938 by Dr. Frederic E. Mohs, is the most effective technique for removing basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. It is a fairly common outpatient procedure.  But in a sensitive area, like in a patient with deep skin ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 12 2013 - 1:09pm

Genetic 'Spelling Mistakes' Increase The Risk Of Common Cancers

More than 80 genetic 'spelling mistakes' can increase the risk of breast, prostate and ovarian cancer, according to a large, international research study. The researchers say they also have a relatively clear picture of the total number of genet ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 13 2013 - 6:30am

Researchers Discover Brain Cancer Treatment Using Adult Stem Cells

An experiment using microvesicles generated from mesenchymal bone marrow cells to treat cancer, neurological researchers at Henry Ford Hospital have discovered a novel approach for treatment of tumor. Specifically, the research team found that introducing ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 1 2013 - 10:18am

Gene Variations Predict Chemotherapy Side Effects

Seemingly benign differences in genetic code  can predispose people to chemotherapy-induced peripheral neuropathy, a condition that is hard to predict and often debilitating enough to cause cancer patients to stop their treatment early, a Mayo Clinic stud ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 9 2013 - 11:05am

Chemo Brain? Why Breast Cancer Patients Report Cognitive Issues

Some breast cancer patients report difficulties with memory, concentration and other cognitive functions following cancer treatment. Determining whether that is psychosomatic or a sign of underlying changes in brain function has been a focus among scienti ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 20 2013 - 11:00am

Punctuated Cancer Evolution? Periodic Bursts Of Genetic Mutations Implicated

The common perception is that cancer develops because of gradual mutations over time, finally overwhelming the ability of a cell to control growth.  A look at genomes in prostate cancer found instead that genetic mutations occur in abrupt, periodic bursts ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 25 2013 - 1:09pm

World's Finest For Science: Physicists, Biologists Team Up To Determine How Cancer Spreads

Cancer cells that can break out of a tumor and invade other organs are more aggressive and nimble than nonmalignant cells. Such cells exert greater force on their environment and can more easily maneuver small spaces, researchers write, due to a systemati ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 28 2013 - 2:17pm

Finally, Immunotherapy for Cancer Comes to Life

The clear star of this year's American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) meeting in Chicago was  the antibody approach to Programmed Death (PD-1) for solid tumors. Responses are greater than 50% and likely to be sustained.  The initial target indica ...

Blog Post - Bobby Knight - Jun 18 2013 - 8:59am