Cancer Weekly articles from February 2003

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Researchers identify protein that kills cancer cells.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that a protein called cytidine uridine guanosine binding protein-2 (CUGBP2) can destroy several different types of cancer...

Cancer molecule mystery solved.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Cancer Research U.K. scientists have uncovered a major clue toward solving the enduring mystery of how one of the most important known cancer molecules helps cause the disease. Writing in Nature,...

Novel treatment may improve survival rates in patients with abdominal cancer.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center report that surgery combined with inserting heated chemotherapy drugs directly into the abdomen can improve survival rates in patients with...

Treatments and outcomes differ widely among women of different races.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Important disparities in breast cancer diagnosis, treatment, and survival among American women of various racial and ethnic backgrounds are documented in a new study by researchers at the Fred...

Novel heparin-binding domain might direct therapeutic delivery.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Truncated versions of a binding-domain found on vascular endothelial growth factor could be used as vectors for therapy delivery. "Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) has an exon 7-encoded...

Human cancers made to express angiostatin block tumor growth.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Angiostatin is an inhibitor of angiogenesis, and consequently, tumorigenesis. Researchers in China have blocked gastric cancer tumorigenesis in animal models...

Reactive oxygen species play role in pathway of vincristine-induced apoptosis.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from Netherlands, "Vincristine (VCR), a microtubule interfering anticancer agent, plays a key role in the treatment of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (ALL). The...

Bone marrow transplant not appropriate for all patients.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- For adult patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML), an evidence-based approach to optimize treatment is proposed based on risk stratification. Findings indicate that treatment directed by baseline...

Decoy oligonucleotides favor tumor cells over normal tissues.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- U.S. government researchers say a decoy oligonucleotide would target tumor cells while leaving normal cells unharmed. According to recent research from the National Cancer Institute, "enhancer DNA...

Former WebMD executive producer joins NewsRx.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A former WebMD executive producer and medical editor has joined Atlanta-based NewsRx, along with three board-certified editors. Dominique Walton Brooks, MD, with WebMD until 2001, will serve as...

Elimination of biopsies possible with real time diagnosis by scanning microscopy.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Real time, near-infrared confocal laser scanning microscopy may provide a way to diagnose basal cell carcinoma in vivo and might potentially eliminate the need for invasive diagnostic biopsies in the...

Levels of SHBG, sex-steroid hormones correlate with volume in African Americans.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from the United States, "previous epidemiologic investigations of the associations of sex-steroid hormones and benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) have focused on...

Inhibitor of XIAP could be used in treating transitional cell cancer.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antisense therapy to the caspase-specific inhibitor XIAP (X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis) has demonstrated the potential for treating transitional cell cancers. According to recent research from...

Reasons found for differing quality of recovery following various treatments.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers in England investigated "the molecular stress responses related to the quality of recovery of normal tissue after various treatments for bladder cancer: hyperthermia, ionizing radiation,...

Tumor supressor gene DBCCR1 linked to upregulation of ASML3a.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from the United States, "the function of the tumor suppressor gene DBCCR1 (deleted in bladder cancer chromosome region 1) is unknown despite data supporting an important role for...

PCR-based assays may aid medullary thyroid cancer treatment.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A pair of novel blood tests could improve treatment for medullary thyroid cancer, researchers in Germany say. "Despite an extensive surgical approach only 50% of the patients with medullary thyroid...

Researchers discover novel function of gene often associated with cancer.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In an unusual disease known as Bloom syndrome, patients exhibit an extremely high incidence of cancers in many tissues. In fact, some experts consider Bloom syndrome to be among the most cancer-prone...

Fine-needle aspiration a cost-effective, accurate tool in diagnosis.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from the United States, "Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) is a reliable, safe, and cost-effective procedure with a well-established role in the diagnosis of various solid tissue...

Survivors at risk for endocrine, cardiovascular diseases.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Long-term survivors of childhood brain tumors (CBTs) have increased risk of developing multiple serious medical problems later in life. Findings in a recent study indicate that children who survive...

Aggressive treatment supported for Class 1, 2 patients with controlled primary.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "To determine whether properly selected patients with multiple brain metastases benefit from aggressive treatment of their intracranial disease, we reviewed 52 patients having stereotactic radiosurgery...

Whole-body F-18-FDG PET can differentiate between metastatic and primary lesions.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "The aim of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic value of whole-body F-18-FDG PET imaging in the differentiation of metastatic brain tumor from primary brain tumor and in the localization of the...

Doxorubicin/docetaxel sequence may be active first-line treatment of metastasis.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers in Spain recently conducted a study "to evaluate the efficacy and toxicity profile for sequential administration of doxorubicin and docetaxel as first-line chemotherapy in metastatic breast...

Drinking increases risk.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Every drink a woman takes increases her chances of developing breast cancer. But researchers have cleared away the confusion over whether it's the cigarette she smokes along with the drink that leads...

HLA-A3-restricted epitopes show potential for treatment and prevention.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from the United States, "Mammaglobin-A is highly overexpressed in breast cancer cell lines and primary breast tumors. This pattern of expression is restricted to mammary epithelium...

Independent component analysis may help identify lesion morphology.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A report from the United States describes "an application of independent component analysis (ICA) for the detection and characterization of breast lesions in dynamic contrast enhanced MRI." "The...

Isolated limb perfusion with melphalan may be successful in femoral metastasis.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Complications of bone destruction occur in 10-29% of breast cancer patients with skeletal metastasis. Palliative treatment consists of systemic chemotherapy, hormonal treatment, radiotherapy, and/or...

Karyotypic aberrations related to disease-free survival.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from Scotland, "breast cancer has a high incidence and associated mortality rate, yet little is known of the sequence of genetic events that underlie the clinical course." This...

Long-term use of continuous, combined hormone replacement therapy increases risk.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) has increased in the United States over the past 2 decades in response to reports of longterm health benefits. A relationship between HRT and breast cancer risk has...

Mitotic activity index independent prognostic factor for relapse free survival.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from Netherlands, "at the St. Gallen meeting of 2001 it was agreed to select high risk patients for adjuvant systemic therapy by: lymph node status, tumor size, age,...

Oral contraceptives may increase risk in BRCA1 but not BRCA2 mutation carriers.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from Canada, "oral contraceptive use has been associated with an increase in the risk of breast cancer in young women. We examined whether this association is seen in women at high...

Preoperative assessment MR imaging unnecessary when mammography, sonography used.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from Germany, "the purposes of our study were to compare the diagnostic value of whole breast sonography and MR imaging as adjunctive techniques to mammography and to...

Recurrence treated by brachytherapy following lumpectomy can preserve the breast.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a recent report, researchers in Austria conducted a study "to perform and assess the effectiveness of local excision of recurrent tumor followed by postoperative pulse dose rate (PDR) brachytherapy....

Enzyme expression linked to angiogenesis in intestinal polyps.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists in Japan have identified cells that express cyclooxygenase-2 in intestinal polyps. According to recent research from Japan, "cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2), the inducible COX isozyme, plays a...

Glomeruloid microvascular proliferations suggest nature of cancer aggression.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Glomeruloid microvascular proliferations could be useful biomarkers for survival in patients with cancers. "We evaluated the presence of glomeruloid microvascular proliferations (GMPs) in 723...

Angiogenesis and tumor growth thrive in fibrinogen-deficient mice.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Lack of fibrinogen may stifle cancer metastasis, but its deficiency does not alter the course of angiogenesis and tumor growth, a new study suggests. "Previous studies of tumor cell-associated...

Dual-specificity phosphatases studied as targets for antineoplastic agents.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from the United States, "Dual-specificity protein phosphatases are a subclass of protein tyrosine phosphatases that are uniquely able to hydrolyze the phosphate ester bond on both a...

Researcher investigates cell proliferation control.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "The ability of intercellular communication and the basement membrane to revert the phenotypic behavior of malignant cells suggests that such cells can be tuned to behave more benignly," researchers in...

Tumor regression mechanisms by IL-13 receptor-targeted cancer therapy clarified.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "IL-13 cytotoxin, composed of IL-13 and a truncated form of Pseudomonas exotoxin, targets IL-13R-overexpressing tumor cell lines in vitro and in vivo. To reveal the molecular mechanism of IL-13...

Promising cancer-fighting candidates emerge from tropical ocean "mud".
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Although the oceans cover 70% of the planet's surface, much of their biomedical potential has gone largely unexplored. Until now. A group of researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at...

Search for cancer cures turns to deep ocean.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Scientists plunging to deep corners of the ocean are finding rare sponges that they hope, against astronomical odds, could lead them to a cure for cancer or other diseases. Researchers at Harbor...

Rapid spectrophotometric method developed to measure glutathione S-transferase.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from France, "glutathione S-transferases (GST) are a family of polymorphic enzymes responsible for the metabolism of a broad range of xenobiotics including carcinogens and...

Too much oxygen on the bench? New study suggests so.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Research conducted at Ohio State University suggests that cell biologists may be exposing the cell cultures they study to too much oxygen. This finding could have broad implications for cellular...

Cervical keratinocyte gene changes linked to human papillomavirus 16.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers have a new set of genes that associate with the integration of human papillomavirus 16 in cervical cancer cells. According to recent research from England, "episomal integration is a...

Spiral-shaped ectocervical brush is as good as biopsy punch in diagnosis.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers in the United States conducted a study "to compare a new spiral shaped tissue sampling brush with a standard cervical punch biopsy. "Before large loop excision of the transformation...

Higher unexpected morbidity found following radiotherapy.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers in Denmark conducted a study "to provide longitudinal data on urologic morbidity after radiotherapy and brachytherapy for cervical carcinoma. "Five year longitudinal urologic morbidity...

N-butyl cyanoacrylate used successfully to fix catheter tip in arterial infusion.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "The purpose of our study was to evaluate the usefulness of adding n-butyl cyanoacrylate to microcoils to fix the catheter tip in percutaneous implantation of a port-catheter system for hepatic arterial...

Gram-negative bacteremia causes most mortality in neutropenic patients.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Infection-related mortality affects the overall survival rates of children who are receiving treatment for cancer. The leading cause of mortality is bacteremia and sepsis related to it in febrile...

Cytotoxic solution used for rectal washout can be extended to the whole colon.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from Belgium, "rectal irrigation with a cytotoxic agent does not kill viable intraluminal cancer cells proximal to the primary tumour. To prevent implantation of these...

Iron overload gene tied to increased risk.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine have found that people with gene mutations associated with abnormally high iron levels are 40% more likely than others...

Magnetic endoscope imaging is a new technique for localizing colonic lesions.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from England, "The precise localization of advanced colorectal lesions preoperatively directs the appropriate surgical management. The use of internal landmarks at colonoscopy can...

Angiogenic factors mark invasive potential of advanced colorectal malignancy.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- by Sonia Nichols, senior medical writer - Of all the angiogenic factors that have been identified, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) may be the strongest prognostic indicator in patients with...

Dietary folate may play a favorable role in carcinogenesis.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from Italy, "Folate may be inversely related to colorectal cancer risk, possibly in combination with low methionine and high alcohol consumption. We considered, therefore, the...

Many types of GI complications resulting from flexible sigmoidoscopy.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Flexible sigmoidoscopy (FS) is recommended for mass screening for colorectal cancer (CRC), yet little is known about the risk of adverse events when FS is used in general clinical practice. We aimed...

Peritoneal carcinomatosis cases have generally poor prognosis.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from Singapore, "aggressive therapeutic regimens have been advocated for the treatment of peritoneal carcinomatosis from colorectal cancer. It is essential to understand...

Fine-needle aspiration is valuable in diagnosing primary of soft-tissue lesions.( )(Brief Article)
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from Japan, researchers "retrospectively reviewed fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) specimens of 301 soft-tissue lesions of the extremities and trunk. Final diagnoses...

Sucessful head and neck radiation therapy for unresectable recurrence.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from the United States, "desmoplastic neurotropic melanoma (DNM) is an uncommon cutaneous melanoma variant with pronounced neurotropism. In contrast to ordinary melanomas,...

Spectroscopy method for quantification of lysophosphatidylcholine.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from Germany, "lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC) has been suggested to play a functional role in various diseases; including atherosclerosis, diabetes, and cancer, mediated by LPC...

The p53 gene augments cytochrome P450 gene-directed bystander effects.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a new report, cytochrome P450 enhances chemotherapy when it is augmented by the p53 gene. "Cytochrome P450 gene-directed enzyme prodrug therapy substantially augments intratumoral...

E-cadherin expression correlated most with endometrioid carcinoma form.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a recent report, researchers in the United States compared "the frequency and pattern of E-cadherin expression in endometrioid, papillary serous, and clear cell carcinomas of the endometrium. ...

Other information helps identify thoracic, retroperitoneal spindle-cell lesions.(Brief Article)
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from the United States, "Thoracic and retroperitoneal spindle-cell lesions represent a diagnostic challenge in the evaluation of fine-needle aspiration (FNA) specimens. The...

Alteration in paranuclear E-cadherin molecule may be early change in progression.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from the United States, "Decreased E-cadherin expression permits dissociation and widespread dissemination of gastric adenocarcinoma cells. "We studied the relationship...

Helicobacter pylori CagA protein may alter host transcription, cytoskeleton.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from Japan, "infection with Helicobacter pylori possessing the cag pathogenicity island (PAI) is associated with severe gastritis and gastric cancer. CagA protein, one of...

Calcium gluconate highly sensitive, specific for localization.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from England, "preoperative localization is important for successful surgical treatment of gastrinomas. However, a satisfactory method that achieves this has not been defined, and...

Loss of prostaglandin E-2 receptor subtype correlates with invasion.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Lack of a prostaglandin E-2 receptor subtype associates with a more invasive phenotype in immortalized skin cells. "Prostaglandin E-2 (PGE(2)) receptor subtype EP2, which is coupled to cAMP...

Chelator induces growth inhibition pathways in cancer cell lines.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The chelator DFE restricts oncogenesis in the face of hypoxia, researchers report. "Hypoxia is a key phenomenon in tumor behavior, selecting for resistance to apoptosis, conferring resistance to...

Proteins restrict ECB-dependent transcription to M/G1 phase of the cell cycle.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from the United States, "Two homeodomain proteins, Yox1 and Yhp1, act as repressors at early cell cycle boxes (ECBs) to restrict their activity to the M/G1 phase of the cell...

3-T MR spectroscopy separates recurrent tumors from previous radiation effects.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers in the United States conducted a study "to determine if 3-T magnetic resonance (MR) spectroscopy allows accurate distinction of recurrent tumor from radiation effects in patients with...

Distant tumors can share a common clonal origin.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers from Germany performed "a clonal analysis of gliomatosis cerebri (GC), a rare disease characterized by diffuse, extensively infiltrating glial tumors of the central nervous system. "Two...

Real-time PCR assay enables human herpesvirus 8 DNA quantitation in biological fluids.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Accurate laboratory tests for the diagnosis of active human herpesvirus 8 (HHV-8) infection are becoming essential to study the pathogenesis of HHV-8-associated tumors," such as Kaposi's sarcoma, "and...

Ritonavir has anticancer effects.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Ritonavir is an HIV protease inhibitor used in the therapy of HIV infection. Ritonavir has also been shown to inhibit the chymotrypsin-like activity of isolated 20S proteasomes," according to recent...

Sentinel node biopsy can upstage the clinically N0 neck in head and neck cancer.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a recent report, researchers in Scotland conducted a study "to investigate the possible role of sentinel node biopsy (SNB) alone to upstage the clinically N0 neck in patients with oral and...

Function, QOL decreases following radioprotective treatment with misoprostol.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to research from the United States, "the oral complications associated with radiotherapy to the head and neck are a significant dose-limiting factor. The goals of this study were to determine...

Pimonidazole a prediction tool for treatment selection, outcomes.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- The hypoxia marker pimonidazole can give doctors an indication of treatment selection and outcomes in patients with head and neck cancer. According to recent research from the Netherlands, "Hypoxia...

Human polyomavirus JCV linked to colon cancer.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Polyomavirus infections could promote colon cancer, researchers in the United States argue. "Infection of the gastrointestinal tract by the human polyomavirus, JCV, which has been frequently...

Palladium radiotherapy may provide better long-term visual function.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a recent study, researchers in the United States described "11 years of experience with Pd(103) ophthalmic plaque brachytherapy for intraocular melanoma. "Since 1990, 152 patients have been...

Increased incidence of parathyroid adenomas in adults following exposure.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In a recent study, researchers in Sweden conducted a study "to determine whether or not exposure to ionizing radiation as an adult increases the risk of developing parathyroid adenomas. A cohort of...

Multifocal lesions are clonal in origin as determined by microsatellite analysis.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "The reported incidence of satellite tumor lesions in renal cell carcinoma (7-25%) suggests that there is a risk of local recurrence after nephron sparing surgery. It remains largely unknown whether...

Laparoscopic abdominoperineal resection of the rectum is advantageous.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from England, "laparoscopic techniques for bowel resection have not enjoyed widespread popularity. Of concern is that long-term follow-up data of cancer specific outcomes...

Male sexual dysfunction found in some cases following rectal cancer surgery.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from Singapore, "bladder and sexual dysfunction, secondary to pelvic nerve injury, are recognized complications of rectal resection. This study investigated the frequency of these...

Left gastric artery approach works best in embolization for chemotherapy.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to recent research from Japan, "the purpose of our study was to evaluate whether the hepatic artery or the left gastric artery is the better route of approach for selective embolization of the...

Prognostic variables for cases with additional cirrhosis at hepatic resection.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- According to a study from Taiwan, the researchers investigated "the clinicopathological factors influencing long-term outcome of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) with liver cirrhosis in patients...

Benzyl isothiocyanate inhibits polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon tumorigenesis.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- "Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) are an important group of carcinogens that are likely to be involved as one of the causes of lung cancer in smokers and occupationally exposed individuals. ...

Half of British workforce worried by workplace smoking.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- More than 12 million British workers are concerned about the risks of developing lung cancer due to passive smoking at work, estimates a new survey. The report, commissioned by Cancer Research U.K.,...

Insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-3 associates with cancer survival.
February 4, 2003... 2003 FEB 4 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Researchers at a major cancer center in Houston, Texas say insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 correlates with survival in non-small cell lung cancer. "The activities of insulin-like...