Copyright 2009 Medical News Today Latest Lymphology/Lymphedema News From Medical News Today. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/sections/lymphology/ admin@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Admin) editors@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Editors) en-us Tue, 03 Nov 2009 03:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169586.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/169586.php Familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (FHL) is an inherited, fatal, immune disorder characterized by uncontrolled activation of immune cells known as lymphocytes and macrophages. Disease-causing mutations have been identified in several genes that generate proteins involved in lymphocyte-mediated cell death, including syntaxin-11. Immune System / Vaccines Wed, 07 Oct 2009 04:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/166439.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/166439.php Researchers at the University of Toronto, St. Michael's Hospital and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre have discovered a previously unidentified form of circulation within the human eye which may provide important new insights into glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness. For over a century, the eye has been considered to lack lymphatics, a circulation responsible for pumping fluid and waste out of tissues. Eye Health / Blindness Tue, 06 Oct 2009 06:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/166368.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/166368.php A recent study maps the pathway that leads from infection with Hepatitis B and C virus (HBV and HCV) to chronic hepatitis and liver cancer and proposes a new therapeutic strategy for treating liver diseases with chronic inflammation. The research, published by Cell Press in the October issue of the journal Cancer Cell, describes a signaling pathway that can be beneficial during liver regeneration, but can lead to chronic hepatitis and severe liver damage when chronically activated. Liver Disease / Hepatitis Fri, 02 Oct 2009 05:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/166026.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/166026.php Infecting mosquitoes with a bacterial parasite could help prevent the spread of lymphatic filariasis, one of the major neglected tropical diseases of the developing world, according to research published in the journal Science. Lymphatic filariasis affects more than 120 million people worldwide - over 40 million of these are seriously incapacitated and disfigured by the disease. Tropical Diseases Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/165527.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/165527.php B-Cell Lymphoma Protected by SPAK Silencing A group led by Dr. Michael Teitell at UCLA has demonstrated that misregulation of the protein SPAK may contribute to B-cell lymphoma development. Their report can be found in the October 2009 issue of the American Journal of Pathology. B-cell lymphomas are the most frequent human immune system cancers. Lymphoma / Leukemia / Myeloma Mon, 28 Sep 2009 01:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/165400.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/165400.php Regenerative medicine researchers at the University of Pittsburgh received two grants totaling more than $5 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to explore new methods for cultivating replacement cells from existing tissues and organs. A $2. Stem Cell Research Thu, 24 Sep 2009 06:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/165125.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/165125.php Researchers have shown for the first time that patterns of ultrasound signals can be used to identify whether or not cancer has started to spread in melanoma patients, and to what extent. The discovery enables doctors to decide on how much surgery, if any, is required and to predict the patient's probable survival. Melanoma / Skin Cancer Wed, 23 Sep 2009 03:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/164853.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/164853.php Oncology experts from leading cancer organizations from around the country, including the John Theurer Cancer Center, MD Anderson Cancer Center, the Mayo Clinic, Dana Farber Cancer Institute and the National Cancer Institute, will discuss trends in patient care, novel therapies through clinical trials and emerging concepts in the management of hematological malignancies. Lymphoma / Leukemia / Myeloma Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/164812.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/164812.php An investigative drug deprived non-Hodgkin lymphoma cells of their ability to survive too long and multiply too fast, according to an early study published recently in the journal Experimental Hematology. To function normally, the cells that make up bodily tissues must "decide" when to divide and multiply (proliferate) and when to die. Lymphoma / Leukemia / Myeloma Thu, 17 Sep 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/164161.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/164161.php People living in the Seveso area of Italy, which was exposed to dioxin after an industrial accident in 1976, have experienced an increased risk of developing cancer. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Environmental Health found an increased risk of breast cancer in women from the most exposed zone and an excess of lymphatic and hematopoietic tissue neoplasms in all but the least exposed zone. Breast Cancer Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/162232.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/162232.php Researchers led by Dr. Soheil Dadras at the Stanford University Medical Center have developed a novel methodology to extract microRNAs from cancer tissues. The related report by Ma et al, "Profiling and discovery of novel miRNAs from formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded melanoma and nodal specimens," appears in the September 2009 issue of the Journal of Molecular Diagnostics. Melanoma / Skin Cancer Tue, 25 Aug 2009 05:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/161775.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/161775.php Training methods for surgeons who perform breast cancer sentinel lymph node resection were found to be effective in almost 97% of surgeons assessed, according to a new study published online August 24 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Breast Cancer Mon, 17 Aug 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/160794.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/160794.php The following summarizes news coverage of recent breast cancer-related studies.~ Treatment of microscopic tumors: Women with breast cancer who develop microscopic tumors or isolated cancer cells in the lymph nodes have a much higher risk of recurrence and might benefit from more aggressive therapy than is typically prescribed, according to a Breast Cancer Fri, 12 Jun 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/153498.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/153498.php Physicians treating breast cancer first look to lymph nodes in a patient's armpit to see whether cancer is spreading elsewhere in the body - but they may not be evaluating the nodes in the most effective way. Initial research suggested that enlargement and abnormalities of axillary sentinel lymph nodes - located in the armpit area near the breast - were predictive of cancer. Breast Cancer Wed, 27 May 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/151607.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/151607.php Daniel Hauser, 13, who has Hodgkin's lymphoma, and ran away with his mother after she refused chemotherapy treatment, is to be allowed treatment, his parents said. Daniel's mother, Colleen Hauser, said she had wanted him to be treated with natural remedies for religious reasons. Hodgkin's Lymphoma or Hodgkin's Disease is a cancerous (malignant) growth of cells in the lymph system. Daniel had been ordered to be placed in foster care. Lymphology/Lymphedema Sat, 23 May 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/151109.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/151109.php A new study published online in Nature Immunology ahead of the June 2009 print issue has found that homologous immunoglobulin (lg) alleles pair up in the nucleus at stages that coincide with V(D)J recombination of the heavy and light chain (Igh and Igk) loci. Researchers led by Jane A. Skok Ph.D. Lymphoma / Leukemia / Myeloma Thu, 30 Apr 2009 05:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/148272.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/148272.php New biotechnologies that allow scientists to quickly and accurately distinguish species based on a simple DNA analysis are being creatively deployed for the first time in the war against a major global disease. The University of Ghana, supported by the Philadelphia-based JRS Biodiversity Foundation, is pioneering the use of DNA "barcodes" to map menacing mosquito species in West Africa that spread lymphatic filariasis (LF), commonly known as elephantiasis. Lymphology/Lymphedema Tue, 28 Apr 2009 05:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/147871.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/147871.php Our bodies' tissues need continuous irrigation and drainage. Blood vessels feeding the tissues bring in the fluids, and drainage occurs via the lymphatic system. While much is known about how blood vessels are built, the same was not true for lymph vessels. Now though, Norrmén et al. have identified two of the lead engineers that direct drainage construction in the mouse embryo. The engineers are the transcription factors, Foxc2 and NFATc1. Lymphology/Lymphedema Tue, 28 Apr 2009 04:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/147852.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/147852.php This week marked the first ever national BLS Lymphoedema Awareness Week with over 30 events taking place across the country to help raise awareness of the condition. As part of this campaign an announcement was made at a special reception held at the International Lymphoedema Conference at Ascot this week. Lymphology/Lymphedema Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/147406.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/147406.php In older breast cancer survivors, the number of lymph nodes removed during surgery and the presence of cancer in the lymph nodes were the two factors most directly linked to the development of lymphedema, swelling of the arm and hand, according to a study from the Medical College of Wisconsin's Center for Patient Care and Outcomes Research in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Lymphology/Lymphedema Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/146347.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/146347.php A major limitation of endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) examination is its limited capacity to determine the exact nature of a lesion. The differential diagnosis between benign and malignant lymph nodes and focal pancreatic masses based on the EUS appearance is difficult and frequently requires EUS-guided fine needle aspiration (EUS-FNA) for confirmation of malignancy. Cancer / Oncology Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/145992.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/145992.php The leader of the Liberal Democrat party, Nick Clegg MP, has given his support to the British Lymphology Society as they hold their first ever national awareness campaign for the condition, Lymphoedema. Lymphoedema currently affects more than 100,000 people in the UK and Ireland and often it is poorly diagnosed, with some sufferers being told that nothing can be done to help. Lymphology/Lymphedema Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/145960.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/145960.php A new consultation on plans to strengthen lymphoedema services in Wales was launched by Health Minister Edwina Hart. Lymphoedema is a chronic swelling due to lymphatic system failure. It can affect people of all ages and can occur in a limb, limbs, in the head and neck, trunk or genital area. Whilst not life threatening, lymphoedema affects individuals physically, psychologically and socially. Lymphology/Lymphedema Thu, 09 Apr 2009 04:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/145726.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/145726.php Researchers at North Carolina State University are looking to soy as a way to make traditional canine cancer therapy more effective, less stressful for the dog and less costly for the owners. Dr. Steven Suter, assistant professor of oncology, and NC State colleagues studied genistein - a molecule found in soy that has been shown to be toxic to a wide variety of cancer cells in humans - to determine whether it would also inhibit the growth of canine lymphoma cells. Veterinary Tue, 07 Apr 2009 04:00:00 PST http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/145371.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/145371.php The side effects of an experimental "gene-silencing" treatment that is currently being investigated for a variety of diseases are even more wide-ranging than previously discovered, according to a study by a University of Kentucky researcher. Following up on groundbreaking research published last year in the journal Nature, Dr. Genetics