Category: Cancer

Source: New York Times The New York Times is running an article on a recently-released study on cancer recurrence rates conducted by the Weill Cornell Medical College in New York that showed delays in starting treatment led to higher rates of recurrence when compared to those who began therapy right away. The researchers analyzed the …

Source: CNN A report in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute has shown that – for the first time – rates of both cancer deaths and new cancer diagnoses are falling for men and women in America. The report aggregates data from a number of the country’s top medical organizations to show that the …

Source: Las Vegas Sun The Las Vegas Sun is running an article on the pioneering cancer research of Dr. Nam Hoang Dang, chief of hematological malignancies at the Nevada Cancer Institute. Dr. Dang has developed a compound that he believes can cure certain forms of cancer, including kidney cancer, mesothelioma and T-cell lymphoma. The FDA …

Source: Yahoo! News After the initial shock of a cancer diagnosis, one of the most difficult things for patients to do is to learn how to sift through the vast amount of data that is available about cancer treatment. Advice and support from friends and survivors can be a great benefit to patients, but the …

Source: CD200: A Putative Therapeutic Target in Cancer One of the most exciting developments in cancer research is the increasing knowledge we have of the biological and biochemical processes involved in tumor development. Scientists are still years away from fully mapping the structural components of tumors, but they have successfully identified a number of proteins …

Source: New York Times The New York Times is running an article on one of the most cutting-edge—and most expensive—cancer treatments: proton beam therapy. Hospitals are using particle accelerators, which are machines that accelerate subatomic particles to speeds nearly that of the speed of light, to shoot protons directly into tumors. Proponents of this therapy, …

Source: New York Times The New York Times has published an article on one of the most contentious issues in current cancer research: are there specific stem cells that cause cancer, and if so, can treatments be developed that target these stem cells? The basic hypothesis says there are certain types of cells that are …

Source: Wall Street Journal The Wall Street Journal’s health section is running an article on cancer patients and their families who are developing personalized drug combinations as a means of fighting their cancers. The article profiles the struggles of Neil Hutchinson, a forty-five year-old defense contractor, to save the life of his seven year-old son …

Source: Wall Street Journal The Wall Street Journal has published an article on support groups and other wellness programs for cancer survivors. As more and more people are surviving cancer, there is concern that doctors and other medical professionals are not doing enough to support the psychological health of the survivors. Study after study has …

Source: Yahoo News Dutch researchers have completed the first study looking at the emergence of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms in children with a parent who has been diagnosed with a form of cancer. The study enrolled children between the ages of 11 and 18 and tracked them throughout the course of their parent’s illness. …