Cancer Research

Soy Foods Protect Against Colon Cancer

Lifelong exposure to soy genistein, a bioactive component in soy foods, protects against colon cancer by repressing a signal that leads to accelerated growth of cells, polyps, and eventually malignant tumors, according to a new paper. Chronic exposure to t ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 5 2013 - 6:00pm

Herbal Remedy For Arthritis Causes Upper Urinary Tract Cancers

Genomic sequencing has shown a mutational signature of upper urinary tract cancers caused by aristolochic acid, a plant compound contained in herbal remedies for arthritis, gout and inflammation. ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 7 2013 - 9:47pm

Overuse Of MRI Leading To Unnecessary Breast Removal

Heavy use of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may be leading to unnecessary breast removal in older women with breast cancer, according to a new study. The research team tracked the use of breast MRI and surgical care of 72,461 female Medicare beneficiarie ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 21 2013 - 5:10pm

NEET Proteins Implicated In Breast Cancer Proliferation

Reducing the expression of a pair of proteins known as NEETs, NAF-1 and mitoNEET, significantly reduced cancer cell proliferation and breast cancer tumor size, according to a new paper. NEET proteins transport iron molecules or iron sulfur clusters inside ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 20 2013 - 10:17am

Younger Breast Cancer Patients Overestimate Benefit Of Contralateral Prophylactic Mastectomy

Young women with breast cancer often overestimate the odds that cancer will occur in their other, healthy breast, and decide to have the healthy breast surgically removed- a procedure known as a contralateral prophylactic mastectomy, the removal of a nona ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 17 2013 - 6:56am

IDH1 Protein Is A Marker For Early Diagnosis Of Lung Cancer

A protein called isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH1) is present at high levels in lung cancers and can be detected in the blood, making it a noninvasive diagnostic marker for lung cancers, according to a new study. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer d ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 18 2013 - 7:30am

Biomarker For Smoker's Lung Cancer Identified

Mayo Clinic researchers have shown that a specific protein pair may be a successful prognostic biomarker for identifying smoking-related lung cancers. The protein — ASCL1 — is associated with increased expression of the RET oncogene, a particular cancer-c ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 21 2013 - 8:13am

Proton Therapy Is Cost-Effective For Pediatric Brain Tumors

Proton therapy, an external beam radiotherapy in which protons deliver precision radiation doses to a tumor and therefore help spare healthy organs and tissues, is a cost-effective alternative to standard photon radiation therapy in treating medulloblasto ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 23 2013 - 10:05am

Colorectal Cancer Screening Works

Screening for colorectal cancer (CRC) in European countries is highly effective in reducing mortality from the disease. Some of the resources currently being devoted to breast and prostate screening programmes, where the evidence of effectiveness is much ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 29 2013 - 12:30pm

Hispanic Paradox: Better Cancer Prognosis Though Less Education, Income And Access To Health Care

While heart disease still edges out cancer among all Americans, cancer is the number one killer among Hispanics in Texas. Yet their prognosis remains superior to Caucasians, a Hispanic paradox that debunks the notion that income and education are key fact ...

Article - News Staff - Oct 1 2013 - 9:42am