Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have identified a small intracellular protein that helps cells commit suicide. The finding could lead to drugs for combating cancer and other diseases characterized by overproduction of cells. Read More…
Researchers Announce Medical Breakthrough With Simple, Inexpensive Blood Test For Colon Cancer December 17, 2009
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Medical researchers with EDP Biotech Corporation (EDP) have captured national attention with their revolutionary new technology for a simple blood test to detect early-stage colon cancer.
Following the success of its pre-clinical trials for the ColoMarker(TM) assay, EDP has filed a patent on the biomarker, CA11-19, and all aspects of its use. Via an inexpensive blood test, ColoMarker(TM) will detect colon cancer in its earliest, most curable stages. Read More…
CT scans, cancer risk linked Machines will kill up to 15,000 yearly December 15, 2009
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Widespread overuse of CT scans and variations in radiation doses caused by different machines and different operators are subjecting patients to high radiation doses that will lead to tens of thousands of new cases of cancer and as many as 15,000 deaths for each year that the scanners are used, researchers are reporting Tuesday.
Several recent studies have suggested that patients have been unnecessarily exposed to radiation from CT scans, but two new studies reported in the Archives of Internal Medicine are the first to quantify the extent of exposure and the risks.
Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco found that the same imaging procedure performed at different institutions — or even on different machines at the same hospital — can yield a 13-fold difference in radiation dose, potentially exposing some patients to inordinately high risk. Read More…
Minimally Invasive Treatments Help Cancer Patients Extend life and Improve Quality of Life December 11, 2009
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Normally, cells grow and divide to form new cells as the body needs them. When cells grow old, they die and new cells take their place. Sometimes this orderly process goes awry–that is, new cells form when the body does not need them, and old cells do not die when they should. These extra cells can form a mass of tissue, or tumor. Cancerous tumors are abnormal and divide without control or order.
The lung is the most common site for primary cancer worldwide, and smoking tobacco is the leading risk factor. The lung is also a common site of metastases for various malignancies. Metastases occur when a single tumor cell or clump of cells gain access to the blood stream or lymphatic system, travel to a new organ such as the lung, begin to multiply, and then regrow their vascular structure to obtain food.
Interventional radiologists can deliver treatments for lung cancer directly to the cancer without significant side effects or damage to nearby normal tissue. There are two main methods by which interventional radiologists can treat cancer. The first is to use the vascular system to deliver chemotherapy medicine directly to the cancer’s vascular supply. This limits damage and toxicity to the rest of the body while delivering the highest dose of the chemotherapy to the cancer. The second method interventional radiologists use to treat cancer is to “cook” or “freeze” the cancer by sticking a small, energy-delivering needle directly into the cancer that heats or freezes the cancer without significant damage to nearby normal tissue. Since these techniques are delivered at the cancer specifically, patients have fewer overall side effects making this especially useful in patients with other significant medical problems. According to the National Cancer Institute, “targeted cancer therapies will give doctors a better way to tailor cancer treatment.” Read More…
Mushroom extract ‘fights cancer’ December 7, 2009
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“A mushroom popular in Chinese cooking can help shrink tumours and beat cancer”, according to the Daily Express. The newspaper says that tests on the maitake mushroom have shown that it can shrink tumours by 75%.
The research behind this news is a lab study in which extracted human bladder cancer cells were exposed to a combination of a cancer treatment drug called interferon alpha and a mushroom extract called PDF. After 72 hours, combined treatment with PDF and interferon had a greater effect than either drug used in isolation. The researchers say that PDF possibly enhances the activity of the interferon alpha, and that clinical trials in humans are warranted.
It will take more research to establish whether the PDF mushroom extract can enhance the effects of interferon treatment for bladder cancer. Until then, it is far too soon to suggest that this mushroom can cure cancer. It should also be noted that the study was only in extracted cells and not in ‘tumours’, as the Express has suggested. Read More…
THE ALLERGIC HEDONIST December 3, 2009
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At 22, Anna Fleischer is talented and ambitious, fully engaged in creative pursuits. She sings, writes music, plays piano and guitar, and she loves salsa dancing. The California native is focused on a future in interior architecture and urban planning as she finishes her senior year in interior design at the University of Missouri. In her spare time, she paints murals on Vans slip-on shoes, a successful sideline she started at age 15 while a high school student in Valencia, Calif. Read More…
Curry ingredient found to have cancer treating potentials October 29, 2009
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A new research has revealed that a molecule in curry has the capability to kill esophageal cancer cells. This suggests that this molecule might be developed as an anti-cancer treatment.
Scientists at the Cork Cancer Research Center in Ireland have treated esophageal cancer cells with curcumin. Circumin is a chemical found in the spice turmeric, which gives curries the distinctive yellow color. They found the molecule started to kill cancer cells within 24 hours. Read More…
China is in the lead for a new cancer alternative treatment October 14, 2009
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Wake up Western medicine: China’s onto you. Since the arrival of the world’s first government-approved gene therapy for cancer drug in 2003, China has been propelled to the front of the pack in the race for a new cancer alternative treatment.
Gene therapy is a technique that uses genes to treat disease. In cancer patients, normal or genetically altered genes are injected into a tumor to replace the bad cancerous cells found there. The drug Gendicine is the world’s first approved gene therapy drug. It has had positive results treating more than 43 solid types of tumors in cases of lung cancer, pancreatic cancer, breast cancer, liver cancer, ovarian cancer, prostate cancer and many more. Read More…
How Certain Vegetables Combat Cancer May 10, 2009
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While it has been known for some time that eating cruciferous vegetables, such as broccoli, cauliflower, and cabbage, can help prevent breast cancer, the mechanism by which the active substances in these vegetables inhibit cell proliferation was unknown — until now. Read More…
Potentially A New Way To Kill Cancer Cells May 10, 2009
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Catalytic Therapy Shows Promise as Cancer Treatment April 13, 2009
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Extracts of common herbs were introduced into cancer cell cultures followed by ascorbic acid (Vitamin C) and copper sulfate (CuSO4). The result was the death of most of the cancer cells. This fascinating article discusses this new research:
The same unstable molecules that may cause cells to turn cancerous can be harnessed to treat cancer, and researchers are finding that natural herbal pigments are an effective catalyst to produce these cancer-killing molecules, according to a study in Evidence Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine. Read More….
