Copyright 2012 Medical News TodayLatest Health News and Medical News posted throughout the day, every day.http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/sections/cancer-oncology/admin@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Admin)editors@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Editors)en-us Sat, 11 Feb 2012 10:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241518.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241518.phpAccording to a study published in Science Translational Medicine, part of the Science family of journals, chemotherapy drugs are more effective when combined with cycles of short, severe fasting. Furthermore, fasting on its own was shown to be effective at treating most of the cancers tested in animals, including human cancer cells...Cancer / Oncology Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241427.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241427.phpObserving that certain cancer cells may exhibit greater flexibility than normal cells, some scientists believe that this capability promotes rapid tumor growth. Now computer simulations developed by Boston University Biomedical Engineering Assistant Professor Muhammad Zaman and collaborators at the University of Texas at Austin appear to support this view...Cancer / Oncology Sat, 11 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241432.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241432.phpMany patients with advanced cancer suffer from cachexia, a condition also called body-wasting or wasting syndrome, which causes significant weight loss, extreme fatigue and reduces quality of life...Cancer / Oncology Fri, 10 Feb 2012 14:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241530.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241530.php A recent study published by the The Lancet Oncology indicates that children of women who received chemotherapy during their pregnancy suffer no adverse effects, developing as well as children in the general population. The study was led by Dr Frédéric Amant, Multidisciplinary Breast Cancer Center, Leuven Cancer Institute, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium...Pregnancy / Obstetrics Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241444.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241444.phpA drug approved for the treatment of cancer appears to quickly reverse the symptoms of Alzheimer's in mice, according to a new study from the US published in the journal Science on Thursday. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved bexarotene as a treatment for cutaneous T cell lymphoma, a type of skin cancer, in 2000...Alzheimer's / Dementia Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241402.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241402.phpIt's been more than 50 years since James Watson and Francis Crick showed that DNA is a double helix of two strands that complement each other. But how does a short piece of DNA find its match, out of the millions of 'letters' in even a small genome? New work by researchers at the University of California, Davis, handling and observing single molecules of DNA, shows how it's done...Genetics Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241411.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241411.phpThe American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) has developed a guideline on the radiotherapeutic and surgical management for newly diagnosed brain metastases. It has been published in Practical Radiation Oncology (PRO), ASTRO's official clinical practice journal...Cancer / Oncology Fri, 10 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241454.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241454.phpFasting was as effective as chemotherapy in delaying growth of specific tumors in mice and boosted the effectiveness of chemotherapy on melanoma, glioma, and breast cancer cells...Cancer / Oncology Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241353.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241353.phpReviving a theory first proposed in the late 1800s that the development of organs in the normal embryo and the development of cancers are related, scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have studied organ development in mice to unravel how breast cancers, and perhaps other cancers, develop in people...Breast Cancer Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241385.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241385.phpDNA sequences from tumor cells can be used to direct the immune system to attack cancer, according to scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The research, in mice, appears online in Nature. The immune system relies on an intricate network of alarm bells, targets and safety brakes to determine when and what to attack...Cancer / Oncology Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241321.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241321.phpResearchers at Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center's VCU Massey Cancer Center and Harold F...Cancer / Oncology Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241280.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241280.phpA University of Minnesota-led research team has proposed a mechanism for the control of whether embryonic stem cells continue to proliferate and stay stem cells, or differentiate into adult cells like brain, liver or skin. The work has implications in two areas. In cancer treatment, it is desirable to inhibit cell proliferation...Stem Cell Research Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241288.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241288.phpThe future of disease diagnosis may lie in a "breathalyzer"-like technology currently under development at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. New research published online in February in the peer-reviewed journal Metabolism demonstrates a simple but sensitive method that can distinguish normal and disease-state glucose metabolism by a quick assay of blood or exhaled air...Medical Devices / Diagnostics Wed, 08 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241306.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241306.phpOne way to tackle a tumor is to take aim at the metabolic reactions that fuel their growth. But a report in the February Cell Metabolism, a Cell Press Publication, shows that one metabolism-targeted cancer therapy will not fit all. That means that metabolic profiling will be essential for defining each cancer and choosing the best treatment accordingly, the researchers say...Cancer / Oncology Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241269.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241269.phpThe body's control mechanisms for delivering zinc to cells could be key to improving treatment for some types of aggressive breast cancer. New research by Cardiff University and King's College London has identified the switch which releases zinc into cells, with important implications for a number of diseases. Zinc has long been known to play a vital part in human health...Breast Cancer Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241273.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241273.phpA recent discovery by Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) scientists enables the prediction of patient sensitivity to proposed drug therapies for glioblastoma - the most common and most aggressive malignant brain tumor in humans...Cancer / Oncology Tue, 07 Feb 2012 02:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241261.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241261.phpIMMUNOLOGY: How a stomach-colonizing bacterium protects against asthma The bacterium Helicobacter pylori can be found colonizing the stomach lining of almost half the world's population. Although persistent infection with Helicobacter pylori increases an individual's risk of developing stomach cancer, it also decreases their risk of developing asthma...Cancer / Oncology Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241224.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241224.phpDNA sequencing to detect genetic mutations can aid in the diagnosis and selection of treatment for cancer. Current methods of testing DNA samples, Sanger sequencing and pyrosequencing, occasionally produce complex results that can be difficult or impossible to interpret...IT / Internet / E-mail Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241256.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241256.phpTreatment with three relatively new "targeted" cancer drugs has been linked to a slightly elevated chance of fatal side effects, according to a new analysis led by scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. They added that the risk remains low, but should be taken into account by physicians and patients. The incidence of fatal complications was 1...Cancer / Oncology Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241174.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241174.phpThe internet is awash with stories of how silver can be used to treat cancer. Now, lab tests have shown that it is as effective as the leading chemotherapy drug - and may have fewer side-effects...Breast Cancer Mon, 06 Feb 2012 01:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241199.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241199.phpTocagen Inc. has announced the publication of data showing the company's investigational treatment for high grade glioma eradicates brain tumors and provides a dramatic survival benefit in mouse models of glioblastoma...Cancer / Oncology Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241172.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241172.phpScientists working with Professor Bernd Kaina of the Institute of Toxicology at the Medical Center of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz have demonstrated for the first time that certain cells circulating in human blood - so-called monocytes - are extremely sensitive to reactive oxygen species (ROS)...Immune System / Vaccines Mon, 06 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241203.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241203.phpJim Black is fighting the meanest, most aggressive, most common kind of brain tumor in the United States: recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (GBM). In the United States, each year, approximately 10,000 patients are affected by GBM. Now, a novel investigational device - available only at clinical trial sites - is offering new hope to these patients...Cancer / Oncology Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241134.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241134.phpNational Institutes of Health researchers and their colleagues have identified how resveratrol, a naturally occurring chemical found in red wine and other plant products, may confer its health benefits. The authors present evidence that resveratrol does not directly activate sirtuin 1, a protein associated with aging...Diabetes Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:00:00 PSThttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241157.phphttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/241157.phpAfter 100 days in hospital and undergoing a complicated 6-organ transplant, 9-year-old Alannah Shevenell, from Maine, leaves Boston Children's Hospital today and goes home. Alannah has been treated for a rare form of cancer; an inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor continued to grow after all possible treatments failed, and was compromising her internal organs. A team of surgeons, led by Dr...Transplants / Organ Donations