Clinical Oncology Week articles from February 2009

Clinical Oncology Week archives from February 2009

UC Davis study links smoking with most male cancer deaths.(Report)
February 2, 2009... The association between tobacco smoke and cancer deaths u beyond lung cancer deaths u has been strengthened by a recent study from a UC Davis researcher, suggesting that increased tobacco control efforts could save more lives than previously...

Absence of CLP protein can be indicative of oral cancer.
February 2, 2009... Human calmodulin-like protein (CLP) is found in many cell types including breast, thyroid, prostate, kidney, and skin. The protein can regulate many cell activities and has a highly specific expression. Gaining an understanding about the...

What is the risk factor for gastric cancer in a Costa Rican?
February 2, 2009... Costa Rica, one of the countries with the highest age-adjusted incidence and mortality rates for gastric cancer (GC), has regions with contrasting gastric cancer incidence rate (GCIR). Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) is a Gram-negative...

Studies from Medical College of Georgia, Medical College have provided new information about cancer vaccines.
February 2, 2009... In this recently published study, investigators in the United States conducted a study "To determine men's attitudes toward receiving the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine. Five hundred seventy-one men read a 1-page informational sheet about...

Treatment with the Zevalin(R) Therapeutic Regimen as Sole Therapy Produces 83 Percent Complete Response Rate in Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue (MALT) Orbital Lymphoma.
February 2, 2009... Cell Therapeutics, Inc. (CTI) (Nasdaq and MTA: CTIC) announced results of a study published by Esmaeli, et al. online on January 15, 2009 in the Annals of Oncology demonstrating that rituximab followed by single agent Zevalin (ibritumomab...

Interpretation time for screening digital mammograms: Is it efficient?
February 2, 2009... Digital mammograms take longer to interpret than film-screen mammograms, according to a study performed at The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Texas (see also American Roentgen Ray Society). The study included...

Dartmouth researchers identify potential cancer target.
February 2, 2009... Dartmouth Medical School researchers have found two proteins that work in concert to ensure proper chromosome segregation during cell division. Their study is in the January 2009 issue of the journal Nature Cell Biology (see also Dartmouth...

Research on cancer gene therapy described by scientists at Virginia Commonwealth University.(Report)
February 9, 2009... New research, 'Sp-1 and c-Myc mediate lysophosphatidic acid-induced expression of vascular endothelial growth factor in ovarian cancer cells via a hypoxia-inducible factor-1-independent mechanism,' is the subject of a report. "Lysophosphatidic...

Research on cancer gene therapy reported by C. Lanzi et al.
February 9, 2009... A new study, 'Targeting RET for thyroid cancer therapy,' is now available. According to a study from Milan, Italy, "The limited efficacy of conventional treatments in progressive thyroid carcinomas indicates the need for new therapeutic...

Research results from University of Wisconsin, Medical Science Center update understanding of cancer gene therapy.(Report)
February 9, 2009... A report, 'Targeted knockdown of Notch1 inhibits invasion of human prostate cancer cells concomitant with inhibition of matrix metalloproteinase-9 and urokinase plasminogen activator,' is newly published data in Clinical Cancer Research....

Researchers from Medical University of South Carolina describe findings in cancer gene therapy.
February 9, 2009... Investigators publish new data in the report '10-formyltetrahydrofolate dehydrogenase-induced c-Jun-NH2-kinase pathways diverge at the c-Jun-NH2-kinase substrate level in cells with different p53 status.' According to recent research published...

Researchers from Vanderbilt University, Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center detail findings in cancer gene therapy.(Report)
February 9, 2009... Fresh data on cancer gene therapy are presented in the report 'Synergy between phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase/Akt pathway and Bcl-xL in the control of apoptosis in adenocarcinoma cells of the lung.' According to recent research published in the...

Regular physical activity linked to better quality of life in early-stage lung cancer survivors.
February 16, 2009... Survivors of early-stage lung cancer who take part in regular physical activity have a better quality of life, according to a study in the February issue of the journal Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, available online now....

Research to provide information of long-term effects of childhood cancer treatment to parents.
February 16, 2009... Researchers from the neuropsychology department and pediatric hematology/oncology department at Rhode Island Hospital and its Hasbro Children's Hospital have published the results of their findings on parents' needs for information about the...

New insights into growth factor's role in brain development.(Report)
February 16, 2009... New research sheds light on a neural growth factor called proBDNF, finding that it is present and potentially active during the perinatal period when the brain's circuitry and memory-encoding regions are being refined. Led by Weill Cornell...

Study shows that primary care doctors miss opportunities to recommend colon cancer screening.(Report)
February 16, 2009... While it is known that patients with few primary care doctor's office visits are less likely to receive colorectal cancer screening, new research indicates that even patients who see their physicians regularly also do not receive screening (see...

Rare skin tumor responds better to treatment than melanoma.
February 16, 2009... University of Michigan Health System researchers have published new data to help answer two dreaded questions: "Is it cancer?" and "What type of treatment should I have?" Cancer is the primary concern when abnormal skin lesions are...

Skin color studies on tadpoles lead to cancer advance.
February 16, 2009... The humble tadpole could provide the key to developing effective anti-skin cancer drugs, thanks to a groundbreaking discovery by researchers at the University of East Anglia (UEA) (see also University of East Anglia). The scientists have...

Scientists at Scripps Research identify a mutation that causes inflammatory bowel disease.
February 23, 2009... A team of scientists at The Scripps Research Institute has linked a mouse mutation to an increased susceptibility for developing inflammatory bowel disease -- represented in humans as Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, which together are...

NCKU President Honored With Lifetime Achievement Award.
February 23, 2009... The President of National Cheng Kung University, Dr. Michael Ming-Chiao Lai, was presented with the 2009 Lifetime Achievement Award by the Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America (SCBA) in recognition of his exceptional achievements on...

Evidence Lacking in Multivitamin Study of Women's Risk of Cancer, Heart Disease or Death, Says Natural Products Association.
February 23, 2009... A new study published claiming that multivitamin use by postmenopausal women does little to improve their risk of mortality fails to take into account important dietary factors or accurately grasp how dietary supplements and health claims are...

Data on cancer gene therapy published by researchers at Birmingham University, Department of Radiation Oncology.
February 23, 2009... Data detailed in 'Therapy of head and neck squamous cell carcinoma with replicative adenovirus expressing tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-2 and chemoradiation' have been presented. According to recent research published in the journal...

Data on cancer gene therapy reported by researchers at Peking Union Medical College.(Report)
February 23, 2009... Fresh data on cancer gene therapy are presented in the report 'Combined silencing of K-ras and Akt2 oncogenes achieves synergistic effects in inhibiting pancreatic cancer cell growth in vitro and in vivo.' "Cancer is a complex disease involving...

Study finds race and ethnicity affect use of hospice services among patients with advanced cancer.
February 23, 2009... Race and ethnicity appear to have an effect on whether a patient with terminal cancer uses hospice care services, according to a study led by researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC). Published in the January 2009 issue of...

On the origin of subspecies.
February 23, 2009... Scientists have sequenced over seventy strains of yeast, the greatest number of genomes for any species (see also Norwich BioScience Institutes). "Analysing so many strains has helped us to bring the small branches of Darwin's 'Tree of...