MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'cancer cell'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:21:56 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=5008411&cid=t_146810_113_f&fid=39278&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblogsite.mdbuyline.com%2F%3Fp%3D295 Electrically-enhanced chemotherapy has produced exciting clinical results.  The technology offers the promise of a safer, quicker therapy with lower costs from fewer agents and treatment sessions.  The NovoTTF system was recently FDA approved in the U.S. for patients suffering from end-stage glioblastoma and has been in use in Europe for several years.  Further studies are also underway for skin, breast, and early-stage brain tumors, three of the deadliest and most costly cancers to treat.  Chemotherapy has been in use as a treatment for cancer since the early 20th century.  Since then, it has grown to a $42 billion world market.  Electrically-enhanced chemotherapy uses a pulsed electrical field to increase the cell membrane’s permeability.  This allows the anticancer drug molecul... MD Buyline blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=5008411 Tue, 05 Jul 2011 14:03:42 +0100 5008411 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4921424&cid=t_146810_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fcell-phones-and-brain-cancer-evidence-of-a-link-is-limited%2F2011.06.10 If the recent announcement by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) that cell phones may cause brain cancer has you worried, you might want to wait a bit before trashing your mobile phone and going back to a land line. Last week, the IARC convened experts from around the world to assess what, if any, cancer threat cell phones pose to the 5 billion or so people who use them. After reviewing hundreds of studies, the IARC panel concluded that cell phone use may be connected to two types of brain cancer, glioma and acoustic neuroma. That sounds mighty scary. But the IARC said the evidence for this conclusion was “limited.” Most studies have shown no connection between cell phone use and brain cancer. In the relatively small number of studies that have observed a connectio... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4921424 Fri, 10 Jun 2011 12:00:11 +0100 4921424 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3071433&cid=t_146810_136_f&fid=37846&url=http%3A%2F%2Fhealthinfoispower.wordpress.com%2F2009%2F12%2F08%2Fmagp2-gene-expression-signature-a-potential-ovarian-cancer-personalized-treatment-target%2F A multi-institutional study has identified a potential personalized treatment target for the most common form of ovarian cancer. In the December 8 issue of Cancer Cell, the research team describes finding that a gene called MAGP2 – not previously associated with any type of cancer – was overexpressed in papillary serous ovarian tumors of patients [...] (Source: Libby's H*O*P*E*) Libby's H*O*P*E* blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3071433 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 03:17:59 +0100 3071433 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3056725&cid=t_146810_111_f&fid=36048&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAHeartyLife%2F%7E3%2FA8JhK8WcaEQ%2F Despite warnings to the contrary, the increasing use of cell phones has not resulted in an increase in brain cancer (glioma and meningioma), show the results of a study looking at 60,000 people diagnosed with brain cancer over a 30-year period, from 1974 to 2003. The people were all aged between 20 and 79 years. Researchers in Denmark found that the incidence, the number of brain cancer cases diagnosed, was the same at the end of the study as it was at the beginning, went down, or increased before the large-spread availability of cell phones. Cell phones have been blamed for brain cancer in previous research, but with a very small increase. The National Cancer Institute has a page on cell phones and brain cancer, where there are explanations about why the fear exists and what types of radi... A Hearty Life blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3056725 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:08:35 +0100 3056725 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1683804&cid=t_146810_107_f&fid=36585&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FHighlightHEALTH%2F%7E3%2F356343834%2F This article was published on Highlight HEALTH. Other Articles You May LikeFunding of Childhood Cancer, NF Research in JeopardyCancer PreventionIncreased Coffee Consumption Associated with Lower Risk of Liver CancerExactly What are Stem Cells?The Upside of High Food Prices (Source: Highlight HEALTH) Highlight HEALTH blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1683804 Wed, 06 Aug 2008 04:25:32 +0100 1683804 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=1664354&cid=t_146810_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2F349618567%2F Here’s a familiar one for parents of autistic kids: Doctors and Patients, Now At Odds, the July 29th New York Times’s trumpets. Jim and I  do have our arsenal of just really terrible, not happening, not helpful, stories with pediatricians, child psychiatrists, neurologists, an immunologist, the psychologist who was on the team that diagnosed Charlie, and the ENT who told not-quite-2-year-old Charlie “adios.” Then there’s been the pediatric neurologist we drive almost two hours a couple times a year to see. He listens, he observes, he and Jim and I have a conversation (he inevitably mentions his own kids), he fiddles and gets distracted and asks questions and we get distracted; he makes a passing comment that’s just enough outside the box so we know that... Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1664354 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 16:56:17 +0100 1664354 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=865797&cid=t_146810_136_f&fid=36171&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.feedburner.com%2F%7Er%2FMyeloma-cse%2F%7E3%2F155455809%2Ffgfr3-why-should-myeloma-patient-care.html FGFR3 stands for Fibroblast Growth Factor receptor 3. In a recent study by the lead author Sumin Kang, a Postdoctral Fellow at Emory Winship Cancer Institute , have found a potential target for new drug development for multiple myeloma and other cancers like human bladder and cervical malignancies where abnormal FGFR3 is implicated in their causation pathways. The press release is here and the published article in PubMed search engine is here . The senior author Dr. Jing Chen is an assistant professor of Hematology and Oncology at Emory Winship and also a Georgia Cancer Coalition Distinguished Cancer Scholar. Learn about the steps involved in development of a new drug here at this forum on Alzheimer research forum website.Watch this video on prospects of new drug development in Multiple M... Multiple Myeloma blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=865797 Wed, 12 Sep 2007 09:28:00 +0100 865797 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=735091&cid=t_146810_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F07%2F15%2Fsunday-seven-seven-top-cancer-myths%2F Filed under: All Cancers, Environment, Diets, Exercise, Smoking, Sunday SevenWho knows which pieces of cancer information floating around out there are actually true? I don't. Do cell phones cause cancer? Some say yes, some say no, I say I'm confused! Luckily, I happened upon this Discovery Health article that highlights a variety of myths and then offers the lowdown on each one. Here are seven of them:Myth #1. There is currently a cure for cancer, but the medical industry won't tell the public about it because they make too much money treating cancer patients.Chalk this up to urban legend. And consider this: doctors, laboratory scientists, and their families and friends die of cancer at the same rate as everyone else in the United States. How about this: medical breakthroughs happen all t... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=735091 Sun, 15 Jul 2007 04:00:00 +0100 735091 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=558432&cid=t_146810_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F04%2F21%2Fcisplatin-works-for-triple-nagative-breast-cancer%2F Filed under: Breast Cancer, Drug, Chemotherapy, Research, Daily newsIt's called triple-negative breast cancer and it manifests itself in the lack of expression of two cell surface proteins -- estrogen and progesterone receptors -- and also the protein HER2. It's a disease that does not typically respond to treatment with standard chemotherapy drugs and therefore, diagnosis can come with a poor prognosis. But a new study out of Massachusetts General Hospital Cancer Center in Boston indicates this type of disease is sensitive to the drug cisplatin. The study, appearing online in the April 19 Journal of Clinical Investigation and in the journal's May print issue, shows that triple-negative breast cancer expresses larger amounts of two proteins, delta-Np63 and TAp73. Delta-Np63 binds to TAp73 ... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=558432 Sat, 21 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0100 558432 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=554442&cid=t_146810_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F04%2F19%2Fmarijuana-halts-lung-cancer-growth-by-half%2F Filed under: Drug, Lung Cancer, Research, Daily newsMore and more media reports are mentioning the potential merits of marijuana. The most recent headlines say the active ingredient in the drug cuts tumor growth in common lung cancers in half and greatly reduces the ability of the cancer to spread.Researchers at Harvard University tested marijuana's main ingredient, delta-tetrahydrocannabinol or THC, in both lab and mouse studies and say their experiments are the first to show THC inhibits the growth of cancer.Researchers are not certain why THC inhibits tumor growth, but it could be that the substance activates molecules that arrest the cell cycle. THC may also interfere with angiogenesis and vascularization, which promotes cancer growth.There is a long way to go in the study of THC. Yet ... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=554442 Thu, 19 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0100 554442 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=545213&cid=t_146810_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F04%2F15%2Fcertain-genes-make-for-easier-lung-cancer-chemo%2F Filed under: Drug, Chemotherapy, Lung Cancer, Research, Daily newsA new study shows certain genes may make some lung cancer patients more sensitive to chemotherapy. This is a good thing -- increased sensitivity in this case means lower doses of drug therapy work as good or better than higher doses.Researchers looked at more than 21,000 genes in cells common to non-small-cell lung cancer, the most common type of the disease. Of these genes, 87 came up with heightened sensitivity to the chemotherapy drug Taxol. To be exact, the genes were 1,000 times more sensitive when exposed to the drug for 48 hours.Chemotherapy is a very blunt instrument, says one researcher. Locating genes that make chemotherapy drugs more potent at lower doses is a critical step toward tailoring treatment and minimizin... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=545213 Sun, 15 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0100 545213 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=543560&cid=t_146810_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F04%2F14%2Fstress-helps-cancer-resist-treatment%2F Filed under: Breast Cancer, Prostate Cancer, Research, Stress Reduction, Daily newsWay to go Wake Forest University scientists -- for adding to the body of evidence connecting stress to illness and for reporting before anyone else that the stress hormone epinephrine causes changes in prostate and breast cancer cells that may make them resistant to death.Emotional stress contributes not only to the development of cancer, says lead researcher George Kulik, D.V.M., Ph.D, but it also reduces the effectiveness of cancer treatments.Previous research shows levels of epinephrine, produced by the adrenal glands, are sharply increased during stressful situations and can stay elevated during long-term stress and depression.During this study, published in the on-line Journal of Biological Chemistry, K... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=543560 Sat, 14 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0100 543560 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=518723&cid=t_146810_87_f&fid=34865&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thecancerblog.com%2F2007%2F04%2F03%2Fthought-for-the-day-stopping-cancer-in-its-tracks%2F Filed under: All Cancers, Research, Daily news, Thought for the DayIt might not be possible at this time to eradicate cancer altogether. But we may be able to stop cancer cells in their tracks through a process called senescence. In senescence, cells don't divide. And when cells don't divide, they don't grow. In such a scenario then, cancer cells wouldn't divide and therefore couldn't grow.Think about this:According to lab tests on mice, triggering senescence in certain cells hampers the growth of some tumors.Researchers at the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston are the ones behind the scenes on this project -- the study appears online in EMBO Reports, a publication of the European Molecular Biology Organization -- and all eyes are on the p53 gene.The p53 gene lives... The Cancer Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=518723 Tue, 03 Apr 2007 04:00:00 +0100 518723