Fibronectin 1 and CXCL9 candidate biomarkers for breast cancer screening
Gene expression profiling has identified fibronectin 1 and chemokine ligand 9 as candidate biomarkers for breast cancer screening, French researchers report. (Source: MedWire News - Oncology)...
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More Smokers Than Non-Smokers Accept HPV Vaccination For Their Daughters
A parent's existing health habits or behaviors, like cigarette smoking, may influence the likelihood that they will have their daughters vaccinated against HPV... (Source: Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today)...
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The Clinical Course Of Subepithelial Lesions
Although several studies pertaining to the natural history of subepithelial tumors have been published, they have been limited by small sample size and relatively short follow-up. The natural history of subepithelial lesions has not been clearly elucidated, and the appropriate management strategy for small subepithelial tumors is still controversial... (Source: Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today)...
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Few Women Take Tamoxifen To Prevent Breast Cancer
Researchers with the National Cancer Institute (NCI) have found that the prevalence of tamoxifen use for the prevention of breast cancer among women without a personal history of breast cancer is very low. Tamoxifen can reduce the risk of developing breast cancer in women who are at increased risk for developing the disease... (Source: Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today)...
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Radiation Oncologists Push For Safety Standards
The New York Times: "The leading professional organization dedicated to radiation oncology has called for enhanced safety measures in administering medical radiation, including the establishment of the nation's first central database for the reporting of errors involving linear accelerators - machines that generate radiation - and CT scanners... (Source: Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today)...
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Radiotherapy For Breast Cancer: A Lower Overall Dose Given In Fewer, Larger Doses Can Result In Better Quality Of Life
An article published Online First in The Lancet Oncology reports that radiotherapy for breast cancer patients given as a lower overall dose in fewer higher doses (hypofractionated) compared with the international standard treatment, does not seem to increase adverse symptoms. Also, according to the self-reported experience of patients, it does not result in worse body image... (Source: Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today)...
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‘one to one’ support
The Prostate Cancer Charity comments on government announcement to provide ‘one to one’ support for cancer patients (Source: The Prostate Cancer Charity)...
POSTED 02/07/2010 at 06:00 PM --
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Estrogen receptor-mediated transcription in three dimensions
Our understanding of Estrogen Receptor (ER)-mediated transcription in breast cancer cells has evolved significantly in recent years, due to advances in genomic technologies. Genome-wide mapping experiments revealed thousands of ER binding events, but linking them to the target genes has been an ongoing struggle. A recent paper [1] describes a new technique, called ChIA-PET that can directly address these questions. ChIA-PET is an unbiased approach for simultaneously identifying all genome-wide binding events of a transcription factor and at the same time those involved in long-range chromatin loops. (Source: Breast Cancer Research)...
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Obama Administration Boosts NIH Funding in FY 2011 Budget Proposal
On February 1, 2010, the Obama Administration released its proposed budget for fiscal year 2011, including a boost of $1 billion for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This budget implements the President’s pledge to impose an overall freeze in domestic discretionary, eliminating or cutting certain programs to permit increases for others.
In its press release announcing its budget proposal, the Department of Health and Human Services HHS) said that the $1 billion increase in NIH funding, to a total of $32.2 billion, will support innovative basic and clinical research projects. According to HHS, “This effort will be guided by NIH’s five areas of exceptional research opportunities: supporting genomics and other high throughput technologies; translating bas......
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National Institutes of Health Announces Identification of Subtypes of Glioblastoma Multiforme
In a January 19, 2010, press release, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced the publication of a study by The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) Research Network identifying four distinct molecular subtypes of glioblasoma multiforme (GBM). These findings were heralded as pointing the way toward more personalized approaches to treatment of GBM patients. The research team for TCGA is a collaborative effort funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI).
The NIH release stated, “Although the findings do not affect current clinical practice, the researchers said the results may lead to more personalized approaches to treating groups of GBM patients based on their genomic alterations. The study, published Jan. 19, 2010 i......
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State To Test Water, Soil In The Acreage
(Source: Clinical Trials And Noteworthy Treatments For Brain Tumors)...
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ArQule Announces Initiation Of Clinical Programs With ARQ 197 In Germ Cell Tumors And Colorectal Cancer
ArQule, Inc... (Source: Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today)...
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Reports Describe Recent Advances In Ovarian Cancer
The aim of this study was to explore patients and health professional's perceptions of follow- up service provision following treatment for ovarian cancer. In the United Kingdom, where this study took place, ovarian cancer is the most common gynaecological cancer in women, investigators in Manchester, the United Kingdom report. (Source: Cancercompass News: Gynecological Cancer)...
POSTED 02/06/2010 at 06:00 PM --
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Yale University: Cultural Values Influence Perception Of Vaccine's Risk
New research conducted by the Cultural Cognition Project at Yale Law School concludes that people's cultural values influence how risky they perceive the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine to be and thus, their views on whether or not the vaccine to prevent the disease should be mandatory for elementary school girls. (Source: Cancercompass News: Gynecological Cancer)...
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Experts Stress Need For Colon Cancer Tests
About half of Americans who should be screened for colon cancer aren't tested for the disease, which kills about 50,000 each year and is largely survivable if detected early. An expert panel convened by the National Institutes of Health drew attention yesterday to the shortcomings in the nation's effort to lower colorectal-cancer deaths and recommended improvements. (Source: Cancercompass News: Colorectal Cancer)...
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What Happens If Nothing Happens to Health Care?
02/07/2010 (Source: Kidney Cancer Association)...
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Genetic biomarker identified for aggressive prostate cancer
The loss of a single nucleotide polymorphism located in the gene encoding the disabled homolog 2 interacting protein in prostate cancer cells may be responsible for cancer progression to other organs, show study findings. (Source: MedWire News - Prostate Cancer)...
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A Promising Therapeutic Approach for Treatment of Posterior Uveitis: Recombinant T Cell Receptor Ligand Protects Lewis Rats from Acute and Recurrent Experimental Autoimmune Uveitis
Ophthalmic Res 2010;44:2433 (DOI:10.1159/000281815) (Source: Karger Publishers)...
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Stewart-Treves Syndrome: Questionable Response to Weekly Paclitaxel
Chemotherapy 2010;56:6668 (DOI:10.1159/000282285) (Source: Chemotherapy)...
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Interstitial Pneumonitis after Treatment with Bevacizumab and Pegylated Liposomal Doxorubicin in a Patient with Metastatic Breast Cancer
Chemotherapy 2010;56:6970 (DOI:10.1159/000282286) (Source: Chemotherapy)...
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