Research findings, ‘Actionable indicators for short and long term outcomes in rectal cancer,’ are discussed in a new report. According to recent research published in the European Journal of Cancer, Although patient and tumor characteristics are the most important determinants for outcomes in rectal cancer care, actionable factors [...]
New research, ‘Patient awareness of smoking as a risk factor for bladder cancer,’ is the subject of a report. According to recent research published in the journal International Urology and Nephrology, Data on general population’s and bladder cancer patients’ perception of smoking as a risk factor for bladder cancer [...]
Fresh data on cervical cancer are presented in the report ‘Fertility-sparing laparoscopic radical trachelectomy for young women with early stage cervical cancer.’ Source: General Cancer News Articles Provided by Cancer Compass
New investigation results, ‘Spatial patterns of localized-stage prostate cancer incidence among white and black men in the southeastern United States, 1999-2001,’ are detailed in a study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. According to recent research from the United States, In the United States, prostate cancer incidence [...]
A new study, ‘Reproductive risk factors and endometrial cancer: the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition,’ is now available. Source: General Cancer News Articles Provided by Cancer Compass
Fresh data on esophageal cancer are presented in the report ‘Multiple berry types prevent N- nitrosomethylbenzylamine-induced esophageal cancer in rats.’ The present study compared the ability of different berry types to prevent chemically-induced tumorigenesis in the rat esophagus. We also determined if berries influence the levels of inflammatory cytokines [...]
Research findings, ‘Pelvic radiotherapy and the risk of secondary leukemia and multiple myeloma,’ are discussed in a new report. Although several studies had examined secondary malignancies in patients with specific primary tumor types, to the authors’ knowledge there are very few data examining the long-term sequelae of pelvic [...]
Exelixis, Inc. reported interim data from an ongoing Phase 1b/2 study of XL184 in patients with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Dr. Heather Wakelee from Stanford University School of Medicine in Stanford, CA will present the data in a poster discussion session on Sunday, June 6 at the 2010 [...]
New research, ‘Recent advances in understanding hormonal therapy resistant prostate cancer,’ is the subject of a report. Androgen deprivation therapy has been the major treatment for advanced prostate cancer (PCa) and has shown to prolong life. However, remissions are temporary and patients almost inevitably progress to become castration-resistant [...]
Researchers detail in ‘Role of the Akt/mTOR survival pathway in cisplatin resistance in ovarian cancer cells,’ new data in ovarian cancer. According to a study from the United States, The mechanism of cisplatin resistance in cancer cells is not fully understood. Here, we show that the Akt/mTOR survival pathway [...]