Cancer is not just one disease, but a large group of almost one hundred diseases. Its two main characteristics are uncontrolled growth of the cells in the human body and the ability of these cells to migrate from the original site and spread to distant sites. If the spread is not controlled, cancer can result in death.
Trial of new treatment for advanced melanoma shows rapid shrinking of tumors – Researchers have made significant advances in the treatment of metastatic malignant melanoma ? one of the most difficult cancers to treat successfully once it has started to spread.
Prostate cancer test age lowered to 40 — men should first undergo a simple physical examination and blood test at or beyond the age of 40. – The age at which men are recommended to first have a test to help identify prostate cancer has been reduced from 50 to 40 years of age.
Nationwide study examines youth access to indoor tanning – Many indoor tanning businesses require parental consent for teenagers to use their facilities, but most would allow young tanners more than the government-recommended amount of exposure during the first week, revealed by researchers.
deCODE Discovers Four New Risk Factors for Prostate Cancer – deCODE genetics (Nasdaq:DCGN) announced that a team of its scientists and academic colleagues from Finland, Spain, the Netherlands and the United States have published the discovery of four novel single-letter variations in the sequence of the human genome (SNPs) conferring increased risk of prostate cancer.
New blood tests promise simple, cost-effective diagnosis of gastrointestinal cancers – Promising results from a new blood test that can aid in the early identification of patients with colon cancer will be presented at Europe’s largest cancer congress, in Berlin today.
JNCI news brief: STD confirmed to be associated with increased risk of prostate cancer – Researchers confirmed previous findings that the sexual transmitted infection known as Trichomonas vaginalis is associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer in a study published online September 9 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Obesity, alcohol consumption and smoking increase the risk of second breast cancer – Obesity, alcohol use and smoking significantly increase the risk of second breast cancer among breast cancer survivors, revealed by researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
Researchers find first evidence of virus in malignant prostate cells in prostate cancer — XMRV retrovirus is associated with more aggressive tumors of prostate gland. – XMRV (Xenotropic murine leukemia virus-related virus) — a type of virus known to cause leukemia and sarcomas in animals has been found for the first time in malignant human prostate cancer cells.
Scottsdale Healthcare-TGen clinical trial results signal advances against skin cancer — Study data appears in New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM). – A potential new investigational therapy for advanced and metastatic basal cell skin cancer is revealed by researchers.
Cancer patients who are separated when diagnosed have worse survival rates – Among unmarried cancer patients, those who are separated at the time of diagnosis do not live as long as widowed, divorced, and never married patients, revealed by researchers.
JNCI news brief: High serum insulin levels and risk of prostate cancer – Elevated insulin levels in the normal range appear to be associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer, revealed by researchers in a new study published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
How diarrheal bacteria cause some colon cancers revealed in mouse studies – Johns Hopkins scientists say they have figured out how bacteria that cause diarrhea may also be the culprit in some colon cancers. The common Bacteroides fragilis (ETBF) dupe immune system cells into permitting runaway colon tissue inflammation, a precursor for malignant growth.
