Saturday, November 15, 2008

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** BREAST CANCER News **

UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center Scientists Identify Signaling Pathway Driving A Deadly Sub-Type Of Breast Cancer
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/129544.php
An intra cellular pathway not previously linked to breast cancer is driving a sub-type of the disease that is highly lethal and disproportionately over-represented in African American women.The pathway regulates how cells identify and destroy proteins and represents a class of genes called proteasome targeting complexes.

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** CANCER / ONCOLOGY News **

UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center Scientists Identify Signaling Pathway Driving A Deadly Sub-Type Of Breast Cancer
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/129544.php
An intra cellular pathway not previously linked to breast cancer is driving a sub-type of the disease that is highly lethal and disproportionately over-represented in African American women.The pathway regulates how cells identify and destroy proteins and represents a class of genes called proteasome targeting complexes.

Cell Phone/Brain Tumor Connection Remains Inconclusive But They Pose Neurological Health Risks
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/129512.php
There has been much speculation over the last few years about whether cell phones increase the risk of developing a brain tumor. Research has not conclusively answered this question, which has left consumers confused.

$3.8 Million Award From US Department Of Defense To Further Cancer Research
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/129357.php
A $3.8 million Innovator Award, from the Department of Defense, is being granted over five years to an internationally renowned cancer researcher at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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** CERVICAL CANCER / HPV VACCINE News **

Researchers Say Identification Of Women With HPV Types 16, 18 And 45 Could Improve Early Intervention To Stop Cervical Cancer
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/129508.php
As testing for high-risk types of the human papillomavirus (HPV) emerges as the gold standard in cervical cancer prevention, scientists are already researching how to determine even more precisely who is most likely to develop the disease and thus are in need of more immediate intervention.

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** COLORECTAL CANCER News **

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** LUNG CANCER News **

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** LYMPHOMA / LEUKEMIA News **

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** PROSTATE / PROSTATE CANCER News **

Prevalence Of A Tertiary Gleason Grade And Its Impact On Adverse Histopathologic Parameters In A Contemporary Radical Prostatectomy Series
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/129548.php
UroToday.com - Almost 40 years ago, Donald F. Gleason pioneered his well acknowledged grading system of prostate adenocarcinoma. In the ensuing years, the reliability of the Gleason system in predicting the outcomes of patients with prostate cancer (PCa) undergoing surgery, radiation therapy or surveillance has been proven in several single and multi-institutional studies.

Androgen-Regulated And Highly Tumorigenic Human Prostate Cancer Cell Line Established From A Transplantable Primary CWR22 Tumor
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/129537.php
UroToday.com - The molecular mechanisms underlying development of androgen-independent growth of prostate cancer are largely unknown, and no effective therapies for hormone-refractory prostate cancer exist at present.

Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Radical Prostatectomy: Perioperative Outcomes Of 1500 Cases
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/129535.php
UroToday.com - Consistent with a previous series of robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomies (RALP) in over 2,500 patients, reported by Menon, et al., Dr. Vipul Patel presented his group's data on 1,500 RALP patients and confirmed the high-quality outcomes of this procedure.

The Influence Of Statin Medications On Prostate-specific Antigen Levels
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/129534.php
UroToday.com - According to a report by Dr. Robert J. Hamilton and associates that appears in the November 5, 2008 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, statin use lowers PSA levels, and as a result may confound the detection of prostate cancer (CaP) in these patients.

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