Sunday, September 28, 2008

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** BREAST CANCER News **

No news for this category today.

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** CANCER / ONCOLOGY News **

A Promising Anti-Cancer Compound
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/123230.php
New approaches in cancer therapy that facilitate selective targeting of cancers have been emerging in recent years. Apoptin represents a new anti-cancer tool in such new approaches with great potentials.

How Does Ellagic Acid Exert An Anti-Cancer Effect On Pancreatic Cancer Cells?
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/123223.php
Ellagic acid was previousely shown to have anticarcinogenic, antioxidant and antifibrosis properties. The anticarcinogenic effect of ellagic acid was shown in several types of cancers including skin, esophageal, and colon cancers.

Potential Biologic Markers Of Cholangiocarcinoma
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/123214.php
Dr. Hong-Yang Wang and his colleagues confirmed that reduced or absent expressions of E-cadherin and P120 were shown to be associated with the tumor histological grade. And their expression significantly associated with tumor pTNM stage, intrahepatic metastasis and patients' survival.

Is CA19-9 A Good Marker Of Pancreatic Cancer?
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/123213.php
The prognosis of pancreatic cancer is extremely poor and early diagnosis is difficult. At the time of diagnosis, local vascular involvement, nodal and distant metastases are frequently present.

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** CERVICAL CANCER / HPV VACCINE News **

Sanofi Pasteur MSD's HPV Vaccine Gardasil(R) Wins Prix Galien Award
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/123261.php
The two HPV vaccines currently licensed for use in the UK were jointly awarded the coveted Prix Galien Medal for Innovation at a ceremony held on Wednesday evening in the Palace of Westminster, House of Commons.

Cancer Risk Affected By Social Class
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/123209.php
Cervical and lung cancer are more common in poor people while rates of breast cancer and melanoma are higher in the wealthy. A detailed analysis of the incidence of these four different kinds of cancer, carried out on more than 300,000 English cancer patients and published in the open access journal <i>BMC Cancer,</i> describes the effects of socioeconomic group, region and age.

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** COLORECTAL CANCER News **

What Is The Relationship Between Serum Folate/Vitamin B12 And MTHFR C677T Genotype?
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/123227.php
Transcriptional silencing of tumor suppressor genes by hypermethylation of CpG islands located in the promoter region is very common in human colorectal cancer. Dietary folate/vitamin B12 intake and MTHFR C677T genotype was suggested to protect against colorectal cancer.

How Does Ellagic Acid Exert An Anti-Cancer Effect On Pancreatic Cancer Cells?
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/123223.php
Ellagic acid was previousely shown to have anticarcinogenic, antioxidant and antifibrosis properties. The anticarcinogenic effect of ellagic acid was shown in several types of cancers including skin, esophageal, and colon cancers.

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** LUNG CANCER News **

Cancer Risk Affected By Social Class
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/123209.php
Cervical and lung cancer are more common in poor people while rates of breast cancer and melanoma are higher in the wealthy. A detailed analysis of the incidence of these four different kinds of cancer, carried out on more than 300,000 English cancer patients and published in the open access journal <i>BMC Cancer,</i> describes the effects of socioeconomic group, region and age.

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** LYMPHOMA / LEUKEMIA News **

No news for this category today.

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** PROSTATE / PROSTATE CANCER News **

Testicular Metastases: A Poor Prognostic Factor In Patients With Advanced Prostate Cancer
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/123323.php
UroToday.com - In a study by Patel et al. (1) metastases accounted for 3.6 percent of testicular tumors. Carcinomas of the prostate and lung most commonly metastasize to the testis, with the former accounting for one third and the latter for one fifth of the cases in the literature.

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