February 8, 2010
PHILADELPHIA – Researchers with the National Cancer Institute (NCI) have found that the prevalence of tamoxifen use for the prevention of...
February 8, 2010
PHILADELPHIA – A parent’s existing health habits or behaviors, like cigarette smoking, may influence the likelihood that they will have...
February 8, 2010
• Increased sugar intake may stimulate tumor growth through effects of insulin.• Pancreatic cancer rates increased nearly twofold over...
February 4, 2010
Affecting one in two men and one in three women, cancer remains a leading cause of death around the world. This year, in the nation’s capital,...
January 19, 2010
The Pancreatic Cancer Action Network and the American Association for Cancer Research have awarded Zeshaan A. Rasheed, M.D., Ph.D., the 2010...
January 13, 2010
CORONADO, Calif. — The American Association for Cancer Research and the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC)...
January 12, 2010
• ALK gene rearrangements occur in about 3 to 5 percent of cases.• Lung cancer is recognized as different diseases at a molecular...
January 12, 2010
• Green tea reduced the risk of lung cancer in smokers.• Benefit was also seen in non-smokers.
CORONADO, Calif. — Drinking green...
January 12, 2010
• ASA404 effective and well tolerated, regardless of histology.• Possible use for targeted therapy for this patient group.
CORONADO,...
January 12, 2010
• Researchers divided tumors into three types of growth patterns.• Independent predictive value for survival found in these patients.•...
January 12, 2010
• Gefitinib treatment ineffective as first-line therapy.• Limited treatment options are available in this patient group.• Disease...
January 12, 2010
• 93-gene signature developed that correlates with EGFR mutation.• Testing also being conducted in head and neck, colorectal and breast...
January 12, 2010
• Smokers tolerated higher doses of erlotinib.• Erlotinib is used as a second-line therapy.• Side effects included rash and diarrhea.
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January 12, 2010
• Chemoresistance to first-line therapy affects about 6,500 patients a year.• Only two first-line chemotherapies are currently standard...
January 7, 2010
• Survival represents a victory, but also a challenge.• Survivors more likely to have diabetes, high cholesterol, high blood...
January 6, 2010
CORONADO, Calif. — Promising results from Phase II clinical trials and important biological advances in diagnosis and prognosis will be...
January 5, 2010
• Anti-aromatase phytochemicals detected in pomegranates.• Urolithin B inhibited estrogen production and reduced cancer spread.•...
January 5, 2010
• Cancer increased 30 percent less in patients on the NSAID treatment.• This effect was seen in patients with severe disease.
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January 4, 2010
The American Association for Cancer Research welcomes George C. Prendergast, Ph.D., as the new editor-in-chief of Cancer Research, the oldest journal...