Resistance to chemotherapy remains a major barrier to the successful treatment of cancer. To understand mechanisms underlying docetaxel resistance in breast cancer, we use an insertional mutagenesis strategy to identify proteins whose overexpression confers resistance, scientists writing in the journal Cancer Research report.
A new class of agents found in soy may prevent or even treat cancer, U.S. scientists suggest. Study leader Dr. Julie Saba of California's Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute said the agents -- natural lipid molecules called sphingadienes -- may be responsible for the soy plant's reputation for helping to protect against colon cancer.
Conventional treatments have never offered much help to patients with brain cancer. So doctors at the University of California-San Francisco are trying an entirely new approach, enlisting the patient's own immune system to attack the tumor.
Just because the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has lengthened the period of time most women can wait between cervical cancer screenings doesn't mean they should feel free to see their gynecologist less frequently, too, local doctors warned.
According to a study from the United States, Paclitaxel is used in the treatment of most gynecologic malignancies. It is solubilized in Cremophor EL, a polyoxyethylated castor oil agent responsible for the high rate of paclitaxel-associated hypersensitivity reactions.
A combination of imaging tests conducted six to eight weeks after patients complete chemoradiotherapy for head and neck cancer may help identify patients who will respond to treatment and those who will require surgical follow-up, according to a report in the November issue of Archives of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
Today, Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA) released its annual National Report Card on Lung Cancer, an overall assessment of efforts to reduce lung cancer's mortality.
According to recent research from the United States, The increasing incidence of hepatocellular carcinoma in the United States is only partially accounted for by hepatitis C virus (HCV) infections. The prevalence of hepatocellular carcinoma in patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) is not known; guidelines from the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases do not recommend surveillance imaging.
An implanted vaccine eliminated melanoma tumors in mice, offering hope of improved treatment for people with skin cancer, U.S. researchers said.
HistoRx announced that the Company's proprietary AQUA technology, an automated image analysis platform based on tissue-based quantitative immunofluorescence, was noted in a recent National Comprehensive Cancer Network (NCCN) Task Force Report on hormone receptor testing in breast cancer as one of the ... promising new strategies being developed for the measurement of ER and PgR in breast cancer tissue.
