How are EGFR (Epidermal Growth Factor Receptors) Connected To Cancer?
EGFR (Epidermal Growth Factor Receptors) are involved in the development and progression of many types of cancer and bowel cancer (colon carcinoma) in particular. So-called anti-EGFR antibodies are used in the treatment of bowel cancer patients, to inhibit EGFR....
An Anti-Malaria Drug Used In Cancer Treatment
After her brain cancer became resistant to chemotherapy and then to targeted treatments, 26-year-old Lisa Rosendahl's doctors gave her only a few months to live. Now a paper published January 17 in the journal eLife describes a new drug combination that has stabilized...
Do Breast Cancer Survivors Need To Limit Grilled, Smoked or BBQ’d Meats?
Findings published in JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute indicate that higher consumption of grilled, barbecued, and smoked meat may increase the mortality risk among breast cancer survivors. In the study, entitled "Grilled, Barbecued, and Smoked Meat...
Could Shift Work Increase Risk Of Cancer For Men?
Men who have worked night shifts for more than 20 years, or who work night shifts without daytime napping, or sleep for more than ten hours per night on average may have an increased risk of cancer, according to a study published in Annals of Medicine. The study, led...
Breast Cancer Symptoms Can Be More Than Lumps
Around one in six women (17 percent) diagnosed with breast cancer goes to her doctor with a symptom other than a lump -- the most commonly reported breast cancer symptom, according to new research presented at the 2016 National Cancer Research Institute (NCRI) cancer...
Is Prostate Cancer and High Blood Cholesterol Connected?
Now a team led by researchers at the Duke Cancer Institute have identified a cellular process that cancer cells hijack to hoard cholesterol and fuel their growth. Identifying this process could inform the development of better ways to control cholesterol accumulation...
The Difference Between Standard (X-Ray) Radiation Treatment And Proton Therapy
There is a significant difference between standard (x-ray) radiation treatment and proton therapy. If given in sufficient doses, x-ray radiation techniques will control many cancers. But, because of the physician's inability to adequately conform the irradiation...
The Protein Complex That Protects Telomeres — The Ends Of Our Chromosomes
Scientists at The Wistar Institute have unveiled part of the protein complex that protects telomeres -- the ends of our chromosomes. The study, published online in Nature Communications, explains how a group of genetic mutations associated with this protein complex...
There are 2 types of cancer vaccines: Prevention vaccines and Treatment vaccines
Vaccines, also called vaccinations, are medicines that help the body fight disease. They help train the immune system to recognize and destroy harmful substances. There are 2 types of cancer vaccines: Prevention vaccines Treatment vaccines Cancer prevention vaccines...
A nanoscale product of human cells plays an important role in intercellular communication
A nanoscale product of human cells that was once considered junk is now known to play an important role in intercellular communication and in many disease processes, including cancer metastasis. Researchers at Penn State have developed nanoprobes to rapidly isolate...
Team identifies drugs that halt skin cancer metastasis in lab tests
There's a reason why melanoma, the most serious type of skin cancer, is so aggressive. You just need to watch the cells in action. Researchers at the University of Iowa did just that, documenting in real time and in 3-D how melanoma cells form tumors. The cells waste...
How cancer cells develop resistance
Study identifies how cancer cells may develop resistance to FGFR inhibitors A mechanism by which cancer cells develop resistance to a class of drugs called fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) inhibitors has now been uncovered by investigators. The researchers...
Early cancer detection, some new technologies on the horizon
Urine-based biomarkers for early cancer screening test A new study has introduced a new technique that validates urine-based biomarkers for early detection of cancer. The research team expects that this may be potentially useful in clinical settings to test urinary...
Physcial Activity – Cancer Prevention and Post Treatment
Increased Physical Activity Associated with Lower Risk of 13 Types of Cancer A new study of the relationship between physical activity and cancer has shown that greater levels of leisure-time physical activity were associated with a lower risk of developing 13...
Integrative Oncology – Complementary Therapies
What is Integrative Oncology? Integrative Oncology combines conventional oncology with evidenced-based complementary therapies. The main goal of Integrative Oncology is to reduce side effects of oncological treatments and to improve patient's quality of life. In...
Integrative Oncology – The Healing Path
This week, we take a look at Integrative Oncology Types of Complementary Therapies People living with cancer may consider using complementary therapy in addition to standard treatments. Many people do this to reduce the side effects of cancer treatment and improve...
Cancer Care – Maintenance Therapy and Radical Remmission
Understanding Maintenance Therapy Maintenance therapy is the treatment of cancer with medication, typically following an initial round of treatment. Maintenance treatment may include chemotherapy, hormone therapy, or targeted therapy. Maintenance therapy is used for...
After Cancer, remission, recovery, and long term care.
In this week's series of posts, we focus on life after cancer treatment, including recovery, maintenance and remission. Cancer survivors: Care for your body after treatment After your cancer treatment, as a cancer survivor you're eager to return to good health. But...