Clinical Oncology Week articles from May 2009

Clinical Oncology Week archives from May 2009

BUSM study finds photographs of UV exposure can impact sunburns in preteens.
May 4, 2009... Researchers from Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM) have found that among preteens, the use of photographs to measure ultraviolet (UV) exposure, could motivate them to improve sun protection practices and limit number of sunburns....

Survey identifies factors associated with early detection of melanoma in older men.
May 4, 2009... Older men whose melanoma is detected by a physician are more likely to have thinner and therefore more treatable tumors at diagnosis, according to results of a survey published in the April issue of Archives of Dermatology, one of the...

Regulation of cell proliferation by the OGF-OGFr axis is dependent on nuclear localization signals.
May 4, 2009... This release is available in Chinese (see also Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine). Researchers at The Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania have discovered that the efficacy of the Opioid...

Certain states more aggressive with anti-smoking policies.
May 4, 2009... A new study published in the journal Contemporary Economic Policy assesses the impact of state attributes on the likelihood that a state adopts policies to limit youth access to tobacco. Across nine different measures of youth access...

Alpha-fetoprotein can affect the development of rat colons?
May 4, 2009... Mammalian alpha-fetoprotein (AFP) is a single-chain glycoprotein and altered serum AFP levels have been observed concurrent with aberrant growth manifestations in some congenital defects and cancer. The gut development during late gestation and...

Women 10 times more likely to do breast self-exams correctly with intervention, KP study finds.(Report)
May 11, 2009... A brief intervention program - consisting of one counseling session and two follow-up phone calls - boosted by tenfold the number of women correctly performing breast self- exams. These are the findings of a Kaiser Permanente Center for Health...

Helping hand of hybrid surgery benefits colorectal patients.
May 11, 2009... Despite rapid strides in minimally invasive surgical techniques -- most notably, laparoscopy -- traditional open surgery remains the most common surgical option across the United States for people with diseases of the rectum and colon (see also...

Research from University of Texas yields new findings on cancer vaccines.
May 11, 2009... "Different vaccination strategies against the NY-ESO-1 antigen have been employed in an attempt to induce antitumor immune responses. Antigen-specific effector T-cell responses have been reported in a subset of vaccinated patients; however,...

Research on cancer vaccines reported by scientists at University of North Carolina.
May 11, 2009... According to recent research from the United States, "Data on human papillomavirus (HPV) prevalence in vulvar and vaginal cancers are limited. These data are important to predict the potential future effect of prophylactic HPV vaccines." ...

Scientists at Osaka University report research in cancer vaccines.(Report)
May 11, 2009... According to recent research published in the Journal of Urology, "Tumor associated macrophages can regulate the growth of various cancers positively or negatively. Intravesical bacillus Calmette-Guerin instillation is now gold standard...

SUMO protein guides chromatin remodeler to suppress genes.
May 11, 2009... In an in vitro study, led by Grace Gill, PhD, Tufts University School of Medicine, researchers discovered how a protein called SUMO (Small Ubiquitin-related Modifier) guides an enzyme complex that alters the structure of chromatin to regulate...

Majority of ordering physicians lack knowledge of radiation exposure risks from CT.
May 18, 2009... Ordering physicians have limited knowledge of CT-related radiation exposure and its associated risks, according to a study performed at the Carilion Clinic in Roanoke, VA (see also American Roentgen Ray Society). "More than 100 surveys were...

Exercise programs may improve symptoms in non-small cell lung cancer patients.
May 18, 2009... Exercise is known to have a positive effect on maintaining a healthy lifestyle, and a study in the May issue of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology has shown that exercise also plays an important role in both primary and secondary prevention of...

Type of lung cancer screening used to detect disease may impact 5-year survival rates.(Clinical report)
May 18, 2009... Dr. Hisao Asamura and his team of researchers at The National Cancer Center Hospital in Tokyo, Japan examined the records of 2,281 patients who underwent lung cancer resection surgery between 2000 and 2006. The study was published in the May...

A Special Mother's Day Message: Author Matthew Cossolotto, Former Aide to Congressman Leon Panetta and House Speaker Jim Wright, Fulfills Promise to His Dying Mother, Dedicates New Book to Her Memory.
May 18, 2009... Several years ago, author and guest speaker Matthew Cossolotto made a promise to his mother - who was dying of lung cancer at the time - that he would finish writing a book he had frequently discussed with her, get it published, and dedicate it...

SpectraScience CEO Jim Hitchin Featured in Interview With the Wall Street Transcript.
May 18, 2009... SpectraScience, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SCIE), a San Diego-based medical device company, announced that The Wall Street Transcript has published an in-depth interview with Chief Executive Officer Jim Hitchin. The interview, in its entirety,...

Hospital volume inconsistent predictor of quality care.
May 18, 2009... A new review finds hospital volume to be a useful, albeit imperfect, predictor of short term mortality. While studies, when combined, show a quantifiable and statistically significant inverse association between case volume and mortality, the...

MRI: Effective tool for determining pathologic stage of prostate cancer.
May 18, 2009... In patients with prostate cancer undergoing prostatectomy, MR imaging plays an important role in determining if the cancer is restricted to the prostate gland or if it has spread beyond the capsule, according to a study performed at the...

Ultrasound can help low-risk patients avoid invasive thyroid biopsy.
May 18, 2009... The prevalence of benign thyroid nodules is high and there are certain ultrasound features, suggesting malignancy, that can help radiologists determine whether or not a biopsy is needed, according to a study performed at the University of...

Researchers find snippet of RNA that helps make individuals remarkably alike.
May 18, 2009... "No two people are alike." Yet when we consider the thousands of genes with frequent differences in genetic composition among different people, it is remarkable how much alike we are (see also Northwestern University). Uniformity, or...