Skin Appendage Tumors Seem on the Rise in U.S.

Cancer of sweat glands most common, but cases of eyelid cancer also up, study finds Source: General Cancer News Articles Provided by Cancer Compass

New Study Indicates Significant Improvement In Progression-Free Survival For Patients With Advanced Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors

Groundbreaking studies will be presented at the ESMO 12th World Congress on Gastrointestinal Cancer next week in Barcelona, Spain, including exciting new data on treatment for neuroendocrine tumors. Source: General Cancer News Articles Provided by Cancer Compass

A New Cancer Vaccine Starves Tumors Of Blood

A DNA-vaccine that restricts the supply of blood to tumours has been developed by scientists at the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet. The vaccine slows the growth of breast cancer tumours in mice. Source: General Cancer News Articles Provided by Cancer Compass

Cancer Therapy Goes Viral: Progress Is Made Tackling Tumors with Viruses

The adapted virus that immunized hundreds of millions of people against smallpox has now been enlisted in the war on cancer. Vaccinia poxvirus joins a herpesvirus and a host of other pathogens on a growing list of engineered viruses entering late-stage human testing against cancer. [More]

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NCI Statement: International Study Shows No Increased Risk of Brain Tumors from Cell Phone Use

Interphone, an international collaboration, and the largest study of its kind to date, reported that overall, cell phone users have no increased risk of two of the most common forms of brain cancer — glioma and meningioma. Source: NCI News Releases

News Note: Perifosine Effective in Treatment of Neuroblastoma Tumors in Mice

Perifosine, an oral anticancer agent and potent inhibitor of a protein known as AKT, may be effective in the treatment of neuroblastoma, one of the most common and deadly forms of childhood cancer. Source: NCI News Releases

Walnuts Slow Prostate Tumors In Mice

Walnut consumption slows the growth of prostate cancer in mice and has beneficial effects on multiple genes related to the control of tumor growth and metabolism, UC Davis and the U.S. Department of Agriculture Western Regional Research Center in Albany, Calif. have found. Source: General Cancer News Articles Provided by Cancer [...]

Study Shows Targeted Radiation Therapy May Help Control Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer Tumors

WebMD has reported upon the results of a new study demonstrating that an experimental type of highly focused radiation therapy called stereotactic body radiation therapy (SBRT) effectively controlled more than 87% of early- stage inoperable non-small-cell lung tumors for up to three years. Source: General Cancer News Articles Provided by Cancer [...]

High Weight Associated With Risk Of Colorectal Tumors Without Microsatellite Instability

The increased risk of colorectal cancer associated with obesity may be largely restricted to tumors that have no or low microsatellite instability (MSI), a common condition in most colorectal cancers, according to a new study published online March 5 in theJournal of the National Cancer Institute. Source: General Cancer News [...]

Study Of Stubborn Breast Cancers: Group Seeks To Turn Genomic Medicine To Resistant Tumors

Life Technologies said Friday it is applying its gene sequencing prowess to a challenging project: detecting genetic information about breast cancers that show no sign of obvious mutations linked with the disease. Source: General Cancer News Articles Provided by Cancer Compass