Public release date: 7-Jun-2011 Advanced hepatitis C patients with chronic liver disease may benefit from drinking coffee during treatment, according to a new study in Gastroenterology, the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute. Patients who received peginterferon… Read More ›
National Cancer Institute
Several FDA-approved anti-cancer drugs induce stem cell tumors, perhaps thwarting therapy
Drosophila intestines provide ‘ready-made stem cell microenvironments’ that are ‘difficult-to-impossible’ to create in petri dishes, offering an unconventional screen that allows researchers to test drugs in vivo. Credit: University of Massachusetts Amherst Using a new approach to systematically… Read More ›
Vitamin E and Selenium Contributing to Cancer? Major Study Flaws Revealed, if not Collusion
A gentle break down of the poor methodology of those extrapolating data from the SELECT cancer trial. A text book case of poor study construction, as well as Experimenter Bias in the interpretation of the data.
High long-term survival of most common pediatric brain tumor, less when radiation was used
– Those who did not use radiation for low grade gliomas, the most common pediatric brain tumor, finds that almost 90 percent are alive 20 years later and that few die from the tumor as adults – children who received… Read More ›
Magnitude of overdiagnosis in cancer indicates need for strategies to address the problem
Public release date: 22-Apr-2010 -60% of prostate cancers detected with prostate-specific antigen (PSA) tests could represent overdiagnosis -50% of lung cancer detected they estimate could represent overdiagnosis -25% of breast cancers detected on mammograms represented overdiagnosis – They argue that… Read More ›
Broccoli component limits breast cancer stem cells, U-M study finds
Public release date: 3-May-2010 – Current chemotherapies do not work against cancer stem cells, which is why cancer recurs and spreads – Researchers found sulforaphane targeted and killed the cancer stem cells and prevented new tumors from growing.
Meat, especially if it’s well done, may increase risk of bladder cancer
Public release date: 19-Apr-2010 – “It’s well known that meat cooked at high temperatures generates heterocyclic amines (HCAs) that can cause cancer,”
Vitamin K May Protect Against Developing Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Say Mayo Clinic Researchers
Public release date: 19-Apr-2010 – the researchers report that the risk of developing Non-Hodgkin lymphoma was approximately 45 percent lower for participants who had vitamin K intakes in the top quartile of intake in the study
NLST data highlight probability of lung cancer overdiagnosis / overdiagnosis rate for bronchioloalveolar lung cancer was 78.9 percent
Contact: Shawn Farley PR@acr.org 703-648-8936 American College of Radiology NLST data highlight probability of lung cancer overdiagnosis with low-dose CT screening Philadelphia, PA—Data from the National Lung Cancer Screening Trial (NLST)—conducted by the American College of Radiology Imaging Network and… Read More ›
LSUHSC research finds combo of plant nutrients killed 100% of sample breast cancer cells
Contact: Leslie Capo lcapo@lsuhsc.edu 504-568-4806 Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center New Orleans, LA – A study led by Madhwa Raj, PhD, Research Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology at LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans and its Stanley S. Scott… Read More ›
Compound derived from vegetables shields rodents from lethal radiation doses
Contact: Karen Mallet km463@georgetown.edu Georgetown University Medical Center WASHINGTON — Georgetown University Medical Center researchers say a compound derived from cruciferous vegetable such as cabbage, cauliflower and broccoli protected rats and mice from lethal doses of radiation. Their study, published… Read More ›
Hormone disruptors are regenerating themselves in darkness / casting doubt on environmental risk assessments
Hormone disruptors rise from the dead Broken-down pollutants reform in the dark, casting doubt on environmental risk assessments. Mark Peplow 26 September 2013 The vast amounts of steroids that are fed to cattle in some countries end up in farm… Read More ›
New theory uncovers cancer’s deep evolutionary roots / Cancer is realated to embryo development
Contact: Skip Derra skip.derra@asu.edu 480-965-4823 Arizona State University Tracing cancer back to the dawn of multicellularity could explain its mysterious properties and transform therapy TEMPE, Ariz. — A new way to look at cancer — by tracing its deep… Read More ›
Reducing unnecessary and high-dose pediatric CT scans could cut associated cancers by 62 percent
Contact: Phyllis Brown phyllis.brown@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu 916-734-9023 University of California – Davis Health System (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — A study examining trends in X-ray computed tomography (CT) use in children in the United States has found that reducing unnecessary scans and lowering the… Read More ›
Omega-3 fatty acids more effective at inhibiting growth of triple-negative breast cancer
Contact: Diana Quattrone diana.quattrone@fccc.edu 215-728-7784 Fox Chase Cancer Center WASHINGTON, DC (April 9, 2013)—Researchers from Fox Chase Cancer Center have found that omega-3 fatty acids and their metabolite products slow or stop the proliferation, or growth in the number of… Read More ›
Omega-3 fatty acids more effective at inhibiting growth of triple-negative breast cancer
Contact: Diana Quattrone diana.quattrone@fccc.edu 215-728-7784 Fox Chase Cancer Center WASHINGTON, DC (April 9, 2013)—Researchers from Fox Chase Cancer Center have found that omega-3 fatty acids and their metabolite products slow or stop the proliferation, or growth in the… Read More ›
