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| Hospital Clínic conducts the first kidney extraction through the vagina in Europe |
| This is the first time this intervention has been conducted in Europe, and the second in the world. Thanks to the work of the expert group of Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, the extirpation of a kidney ‒affected by a malignant tumour‒ through the vagina has been achieved. This fact sets a milestone in the framework of minimally invasive surgery. The operation, presented this morning in a press conference, uses several cutting edge technology instruments of advanced surgery. |
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| Ingredient Found In Green Tea Significantly Inhibits Breast. Cancer Growth In Female Mice. |
| Green tea is high in the antioxidant EGCG (epigallocatechin-3- gallate) which helps prevent the body’s cells from becoming damaged and prematurely aged. Studies have suggested that the combination of green tea and EGCG may also be beneficial by providing protection against certain types of cancers, including breast cancer. A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Mississippi researchers now finds that consuming EGCG significantly inhibits breast tumor growth in female mice. These results bring us one step closer to better understanding the disease and potentially new and naturally occurring therapies. |
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| DRUG STOPS TUMOURS REBUILDING LIFELINES |
| Improved radiotherapy for cancer patients could be around the corner. Researchers have identified a key piece in the puzzle of how tumours protect themselves from radiation, revealing how cancers could be made more vulnerable to treatment. |
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| ACRYLAMIDE CROPS UP IN MORE FOODS |
| Acrylamide, a cancer-causing substance that led to scares when it was found in fried potatoes and other popular foods, is also found in olives, prune juice and teething biscuits, the U.S. food safety regulator says. |
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| ORAL SEX LINKED TO MOUTH CANCER |
| Oral sex has been linked to a tiny risk of mouth cancer, an international team of scientists say. |
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| PUFFER FISH TOXIN DULLS THE PAIN |
| Puffer fish toxin, a substance more toxic than cyanide, is being tested to see if it can act as a painkiller. |
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| CANCER DIAGNOSED IN 70 MILLION-YEAR-OLD |
| The first discovery of a brain tumour in a dinosaur has revealed that they are indistinguishable from human tumours, suggesting the global disease has barely changed over 70 million years. |
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| GREEN TEA’S CANCER-FIGHTING ALLURE BECOMES MORE POTENT |
| Green tea's ability to fight cancer is even more potent and varied than scientists suspected, say researchers who have discovered that chemicals in green tea shut down one of the key molecules that tobacco relies upon to cause cancer. It's a find that could help explain why people who drink green tea are less likely to develop cancer. |
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| CAN MASTURBATING KEEP THE DOCTOR AWAY? |
| IT WILL make you go blind. It will make your palms grow hairy. Thankfully, such myths about masturbation are largely a thing of the past. But the latest research has even better news for young men: frequent self-pleasuring could protect against the most common kind of cancer. |
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| FRIED FOOD CAN MUTATE YOUR GENES, STUDY FINDS |
| Acrylamides, cancer-causing agents recently found in some fried and baked foods, can damage the DNA by causing a spectrum of mutations, researchers have reported. |
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| GENE THAT HALTS OVARIAN CANCER DISCOVERED |
| A gene that stops the development of ovarian cancer and which could pave the way for the development of new drugs against the deadly disease has been discovered. |
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| CADMIUM STUDIES SUGGEST NEW PATHWAY TO HUMAN CANCER |
| Researchers at the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences today reported that cadmium – a naturally occurring metal which shows up in food, water and cigarette smoke – disturbs a DNA repair system that is important in preventing cancer. |
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| TRANSPLANTED ORGANS POSE CANCER RISK |
| Cancer-causing cells can be transferred from one person to another in donated organs, an international team of scientists have found. |
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| ASPIRIN PREVENTS POLYPS IN COLON CANCER PATIENTS |
| A single tablet of aspirin a day may be one of the best ways to prevent colorectal polyps from recurring in patients who have already had colon cancer, a new study has shown. |
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| DIARRHOEA BACTERIA MAY PROTECT AGAINST COLON CANCER |
| Call it Montezuma's Revenge, traveler's trot or just a real pain, diarrhoea may do at least one good deed: protecting people against colon cancer, researchers report. |
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| BLOOD TEST FOR LUNG CANCER MAY BE POSSIBLE |
| A blood test that can detect one of the forms of lung cancer before it takes hold may become possible following new Russian research. |
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| SCIENTISTS DISCOVER HOW TO GROW CELLS THAT SUPPRESS IMMUNE RESPONSES |
| Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have discovered how to grow a little-understood type of human immune cell. The cells, known as T-regulatory cells type 1 (Tr1), are thought to turn off unnecessary immune reactions and to block the action of immune cells that otherwise would attack the body and cause dangerous inflammation. The findings are reported in the Jan. 23 issue of the journal Nature. |
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| RESEARCHERS BEGIN TO UNLOCK GENETIC MYSTERIES OF DOWN SYNDROME |
| One of the most common genetic abnormalities is Down syndrome, which occurs when a person inherits three copies of chromosome 21 instead of the normal complement of two. Although the association has long been known, no one understands how the extra genetic material produces the syndrome, which is the most common genetic cause of mental retardation. |
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| FISH FAT KILLS CANCER CELLS |
| Fatty acids from fish oils and fatty fish can destroy the power station - the mitochondria- in certain types of cancer cells, making the cells commit suicide.These are the conclusions in a new thesis that Hilde Heimli at the Institute for Nutrition Research at the University of Oslo, in Norway, presented in October 2002. The study was supported by the Norwegian Cancer Society. |
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| HOW DOES YOUR CANCER GROW? |
| Australian researchers have determined the three dimensional structure of an important protein detected on cancer cells, paving the way for the development of new drugs to treat cancer. |
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| TECHNIQUE TO INDUCE CANCER CELLS TO 'COMMIT SUICIDE' DEVELOPED BY HEBREW UNIVERSITY SCIENTISTS |
| A new technique for tricking cancer cells into "committing suicide" and thus preventing their spread has been developed by researchers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Their work is described in the September issue of Nature Biotechnology, which was published this week in its Internet version. |
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| DIETARY CHANGE MAY PREVENT THE MOST SERIOUS FORM OF PROSTATE CANCER |
| A fat-laden diet and high calcium consumption are both well-known suspected risk factors for prostate cancer. However, new findings from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center suggest that fat and calcium themselves may not cause prostate cancer, as previously thought, but instead may fuel its progression from localized to advanced disease. |
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| NEW RESEARCH SUGGESTS A POTENTIALLY DAMAGING EFFECT OF EXTREMELY LOW FREQUENCY ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS |
| The effect of extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields (ELF-EMF), such as those emitted around high-voltage transmission lines on human health, is controversial. Some studies suggest an association between exposure to ELF-EMF and incidence of leukaemia, although little direct evidence exists that exposure causes damage to biological molecules. |
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| DRUG WRECKS THE POWER PLANTS OF CANCER CELLS |
| Researchers have identified a compound that selectively kills tumor cells by destroying their metabolic power plants. The researchers believe that the compound, code-named F16, could serve as a model for a targeted chemotherapy with low toxicity. |
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| BLADDER-SPARING PROCEDURE FOUND EFFECTIVE FOR TREATING INVASIVE BLADDER CANCER |
| For patients with the most serious form of bladder cancer, the standard of care has been to completely remove the bladder and adjacent organs. Now scientists at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have shown that therapeutic strategies aimed at sparing the bladder have long-term cure rates just as good as does bladder removal. The findings, which appear in the July issue of Urology, could offer a better quality of life for many patients. |
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| SNAIL VENOM HERALDS NEW ERA OF PAIN TREATMENT |
| Australian scientists have taken out a full patent on a novel compound from a toxic marine snail that could be a godsend to sufferers of chronic pain. |
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| BREAKTHROUGH IN CREATING BIO-ARTIFICIAL ORGANS AT HEBREW UNIVERSITY-HADASSAH DENTAL SCHOOL |
| Today people often must wait for months when they need an organ transplant. In the future, they may be able to simply give a tissue sample and then wait a week or two as the sample is used to custom-build the necessary organ, thanks to research conducted by Hebrew University Ph.D. candidate Gadi Pelled, DMD. He received the prestigious Kaye Award this year for his work. |
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| NEW STUDY FINDS VASECTOMY DOES NOT INCREASE PROSTATE CANCER RISK |
| Contrary to some earlier studies, a new study funded in part by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) found that men who undergo vasectomies are no more likely to develop prostate cancer than are men who do not. |
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| 'TROJAN HORSE' TECHNOLOGY DESTROYS BLOOD SUPPLY TO CANCER TUMORS IN MICE |
| Researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston and The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas have demonstrated in mice that a new drug formed by linking a vascular endothelial growth factor to a toxin will target and destroy the blood vessels supplying a malignant tumor. |
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| BLACK RASPBERRIES A POTENTIALLY POWERFUL AGENT IN FIGHT AGAINST COLON CANCER |
| There is a potentially powerful biological weapon for health -- a mix of compounds suspected of thwarting colon cancer -- hiding deep inside the juicy sweetness of a black raspberry. And if it can be harnessed, it could play a major role in preventing the second leading cause of cancer deaths in the United States. |
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| ITALIAN CHEFS KNEW IT ALL ALONG: COOKING PLUMP RED TOMATOES BOOSTS DISEASE-FIGHTING, NUTRITIONAL POWER, CORNELL RESEARCHERS SAY |
| Cooking tomatoes -- such as in spaghetti sauce -- makes the fruit heart-healthier and boosts its cancer-fighting ability. All this, despite a loss of vitamin C during the cooking process, say Cornell food scientists. The reason: cooking substantially raises the levels of beneficial compounds called phytochemicals. |
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| INTERMITTENT SUN A PROBLEM FOR SKIN CANCER |
| Sitting behind your desk all week and then spending your weekends out in the sun is more likely to give you skin cancer than getting the same amount of sun spread out over the week.
This is the message behind a series of public lectures that summarise the last 100 years of research into the causes of cancer, being held over the next month at the University of Sydney. |
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| NEW MEDICAL SYSTEM FOR COLON CANCER SCREENING |
| With funding from the Office of Naval Research (ONR) and other agencies, Professor Arie Kaufman, Chair and Leading Professor at the State University of New York (SUNY) Stony Brook Computer Science Department, has developed an innovative procedure called Virtual Colonoscopy. It is an accurate, cost-effective, fast, non-invasive, patient-comfortable procedure for screening of colon polyps, the precursor of cancer. In contrast, conventional colonoscopy is invasive with a risk of puncturing the colon and requires that the patient be sedated. |
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| TANNING LAMPS MAY INCREASE RISKS OF SKIN CANCERS |
| Users of tanning lamps may have an increased incidence of skin cancers and younger users may be at greatest risk, report Dartmouth Medical School (DMS) researchers. |
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| VITAMIN C PREVENTS CANCER BY BLOCKING HYDROGEN PEROXIDE, BUT APPLE CHEMICAL WORKS EVEN BETTER, CORNELL AND KOREAN SCIENTISTS REPORT |
| Writing in the medical journal, The Lancet , scientists from Cornell University and Seoul National University offer a more precise explanation for vitamin C's anti-cancer activity. And they suggest that a natural chemical from apples works even better than vitamin C. |
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| IS THIS THE CELL THAT COULD REVOLUTIONISE MEDICINE? |
| IT MIGHT turn out to be the most important cell ever discovered. It's a stem cell found in adults that can turn into every single tissue in the body.
Until now, only stem cells from early embryos were thought to be able to do this. If the finding is confirmed, it will mean cells from your own body could one day be turned into all sorts of perfectly matched replacement tissues and even organs. |
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| NEW METHOD FOR ANTICANCER DRUG DISCOVERY DEVELOPED |
| Researchers have developed a new strategy to identify potential anticancer compounds. The system makes it possible to screen for compounds that can selectively kill cells that carry specific mutations often found in cancer cells, such as those in cell cycle checkpoint proteins. The findings appear in the Jan. 16 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. |
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| REQUIRED ACTIVATION 'CASCADE' IDENTIFIED FOR P53 TUMOR-SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN |
| The innocuously named protein p53 is among the most vital of molecules for regulating cell growth in the human body, and it represents one of the body's leading defenses against the uncontrolled growth of cancers as a result. Damaged variants of the tumor-suppressor p53 protein have been found in more than half of human cancers. |
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| RESEARCHERS DISTINGUISH NEW TYPE OF LEUKEMIA |
| Researchers who have studied the activity of thousands of genes in a drug-resistant form of childhood leukemia are now proposing that the disease be called mixed-lineage leukemia (MLL) because it is a distinct disease, and not a subtype of the more prevalent acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL). |
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| ULCER BUG INCREASES RISK OF STOMACH CANCER |
| Evidence is mounting that the ulcer bacterium, H. pylori, increases the risk of the world's second most deadly malignancy, stomach cancer. |
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| NEW LIVER CANCER TREATMENT; THE CURRENT PICTURE |
| In June, 2000, the Adelaidean reported on promising trials of a new technique to treat patients suffering from cancers of the liver. The researchers have now presented the preliminary results of those trials to the Annual Scientific Meeting of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons (South Australia). |
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| BLACK RASPBERRIES SHOW MULTIPLE DEFENSES IN THWARTING CANCER |
| A cup of black raspberries a day may help keep esophageal cancer at bay.
Researchers found evidence in rats that black raspberries may both prevent the onset of esophageal cancer as well as inhibit precancerous growth already underway. |
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| YALE RESEARCHERS DEVELOP NEW MOLECULE THAT ERADICATES CANCER BY DESTROYING TUMOR BLOOD VESSELS |
| Researchers at Yale have developed a new molecule they call "icon" that targets blood vessels in tumors for destruction by the immune system without harming vessels in normal tissues. |
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| ANIMAL-BASED NUTRIENTS LINKED WITH HIGHER RISK OF STOMACH AND ESOPHAGEAL CANCERS |
| Yale School of Medicine researchers have found that a diet high in cholesterol, animal protein and vitamin B12 is linked to risk of a specific type of cancer of the stomach and esophagus that has been increasing rapidly. |
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| FRESH EVIDENCE POINTS TO MARINE BACTERIA AS SOURCE OF ANTI-CANCER DRUG |
| Researchers at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD), have produced evidence that bacteria living inside a small marine animal may be the source of a new drug compound being developed to fight cancer. |
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| HUMAN GENE IMPLICATED IN MELANOMA |
| Research in mice has drawn a direct link between a human gene and the risk of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer.
A team led by Professor Marcos Malumbres from the National Centre of Investigative Oncology in Spain found that genetically engineered mice with a mutation in the gene, known as Cdk4, were more likely to develop melanomas when exposed to cancer-causing agents. |
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| BLOOD TEST FOR ALL CANCERS |
| A simple blood test which may allow the early detection of all forms of cancer has been developed by an Australian research team.
Similar to a cholesterol test, the 'C-Test' will be evaluated in a clinical trial in New South Wales, Victoria and the Australian Capital Territory over the next 12 months. It is based on scientific work by the John Curtin School of Medical Research at the Australian National University. |
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| STUDY FINDS OLDER PATIENTS BENEFIT AS MUCH FROM CHEMOTHERAPY AFTER SURGERY FOR COLON CANCER AS YOUNGER PATIENTS |
| Older patients diagnosed with mid-stage colon cancer benefit as much from chemotherapy after surgery as younger patients with the disease, according to a study led by the North Central Cancer Treatment Group, a clinical trials cooperative group based at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. |
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| UT SOUTHWESTERN DOCTORS USE RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION TO DESTROY KIDNEY TUMORS WITHOUT SURGERY |
| When David Rist, 62, was diagnosed with cancerous kidney tumors, he and his wife put plans for their lakeside retirement home on hold. But thanks to a new nonsurgical technique offered at UT Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Rist and his wife are again barreling ahead with plans for a dream house designed for gardening, boating and grandchildren. |
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| LOSS OF NEW CELL GROWTH GENE LINKED TO CERTAIN HUMAN CANCERS |
| Researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) have found that the loss of a recently discovered gene involved in cell growth may play an important role in the progression of some human cancers. The gene, called Cables, was discovered by the MGH team last year, and the latest results are published in the October 1 issue of Cancer Research. |
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| COLUMBIA PRESBYTERIAN RESEARCHERS SHOW PROSTATE CANCER DRUG SIGNIFICANTLY ARRESTS TUMOR GROWTH WITH MINIMAL SIDE EFFECTS |
| The results of a clinical study of the effects of Exisulind, a new drug that has been shown to slow tumor growth in men with advanced prostate cancer, are being published in the September issue of The Journal of Urology. The study is the first of its kind to show a significant effect of a new class of drugs that may stabilize progressive, recurrent disease in patients with advanced prostate cancer. |
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| PROTEIN-LIKE MOLECULES COULD FORM MEDICAL DEVICES, ELECTRONICS |
| A new kind of artificial protein-like molecule created at Ohio State University could one day lead to new drugs, new medical treatments - and even faster computer chips. |
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| UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER SPEARHEADS GIANT LEAP FORWARD IN MEDICINE |
| Researchers at the University of Ulster have uncovered a vital weapon in the fight against killer conditions like cancer and heart disease – frog venom. |
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| NO INCREASED RISK OF BRAIN CANCER FROM ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS |
| Exposure to electromagnetic fields does not increase the risk of developing a brain tumour, finds a study of electricity industry workers, reported in Occupational and Environmental Medicine. |
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| STUDY PROVIDES NEW EVIDENCE THAT CHEMICAL IN TOMATO SAUCE MAY HELP FIGHT PROSTATE CANCER, PARTICULARLY IN BLACK MEN |
| A new study involving African-American men - who as a group have the highest incidence of prostate cancer in the world - provides further evidence that lycopene, a chemical found in abundance in tomato sauce, may help prevent or slow the development of the disease. The clinical study was reported 29/08 at the 222nd national meeting of the American Chemical Society, the world’s largest scientific society. |
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| CIGS AND BOOZE A BAD COMBINATION |
| The interactive effects of smoking and drinking are not good news for smokers.
People who drink and smoke have to drink more booze to feel drunk than non-smoking drinkers – placing them at greater risk of damage to their brains, livers and hearts, a new study suggests. |
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| UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD TRANSPLANT: EFFECTIVE NEW LEUKEMIA TREATMENT FOR ADULTS. NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL STUDY SHOWS 26% OF PATIENTS SURVIVE DEADLY DISORDERS |
| In the first published study of its kind, researchers at the Ireland Cancer Center at University Hospitals of Cleveland and Case Western Reserve University have demonstrated the successful use of umbilical cord blood in the treatment of adults suffering from life-threatening forms of leukemia or aplastic anemia. |
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| SECRETS OF CANCER CELLS IMMORTALITY HAVE BEEN FOUND |
| The capability of a cancer cell to divide endlessly makes it practically immortal. British researchers identified a protein molecule which appr. 10 per cent of all malignant cells use to reach the state of immortality. Blocking this molecule, it’ll become possible to stop further division of cancer cells. |
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| THE FIRST SUCCESS IN A FIGHT WITH LEUKEMIA: CANCEROUS CELLS COMMIT SUICIDE |
| Researchers from the California University’s Cancer Centre of San Diego (UCSD) have discovered a method of misleading leukemia cells, forcing them to commit suicide with the help of a gene which initiates cancer development.
Using gene therapy in combination with two remedies, researchers managed to remove the Bcr-Abl molecule, deadly to a cancerous cell, from its initial and permanent position it occupies in a cell cytoplasm into the nuclei. As a result of such a leakage out of cytoplasm, an order for self-destruction is coming to the cell development program and a cancerous cell commits suicide, splitting to an unhazardous dead cellular mass which is then dissolved and processed by other blood cells...
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| A PROBE FOR BREAST CANCER IDENTIFICATION ALLOWS TO IMMEDIATELY DETECT MALIGNANT TUMORS |
| Woman’s nervous stress and the necessity to endure a lengthy period of breast cancer biopsy results anticipation and overcome the uncertainty, related to it, can be relieved due to application of a newly-designed and minimally aggressive diagnostic instrument which is capable to define a malignant tumor presence or confirm the existence of an innocent tumor.
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| HERPES-8 VIRUS IS A REASON OF KAPOSI'S SARCOMA DEVELOPMENT |
| Majority people usually don't think of a sexual way of spreading various infections: people only know about such infection vehicles as AIDS and venereal diseases. Meanwhile, according to a survey conducted at the University of Washington and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, human herpes-8 virus (HHV-8) initiating Kaposi's sarcoma could be transmitted during sexual acts. |
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| RESEARCHERS ARE DEVELOPING AN ALTERNATIVE CANCER-TREATING METHOD |
| Researchers of the John Hobkins Oncology Center has discovered a genetic code which is likely to contain information on how different people with a cerebrum cancer react on chemotherapy. The discovery was published on November 9, 2000, and was based on a survey on 47 voluntary patients suffering from glioma (cerebrum swelling) who were undergoing a standard course of chemotherapy, being treated with a standard medicine - carmustine. |
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