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Protein from pregnancy hormone may prevent breast cancer
Powel Brown, M.D., Ph.D. is professor of medicine and cancer prevention and clinical cancer prevention department chairman at the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center and an editorial... PHILADELPHIA - Researchers have found that hormones produced during pregnancy induce a protein that directly inhibits the growth of breast cancer.
Breast Cancer Risk Is Not So Easy to Figure Out
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force's controversial new breast cancer screening recommendations are specifically for women who are at "normal" risk of breast cancer.
Crosstalk between critical cell-signaling pathways holds clues to tumor invasion and metastasis
Two signaling pathways essential to normal human development - the Wnt/Wingless and epidermal growth factor receptor pathways - interact in ways that can promote tumor cell invasion and metastasis, researchers from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report in the Nov.
Second solid cancers after radiotherapy for breast cancer in SEER cancer registries
E-mail: berringtona@mail.nih.gov Received 16 September 2009; Revised 16 October 2009; Accepted 19 October 2009; Published online 24 November 2009.
Immunophenotype and molecular characterisation of adenocarcinoma of the small intestine
Abstract Background: Despite having a dramatically larger surface area than the large intestine, the small intestine is an infrequent site for the development of adenocarcinoma.
Nov 23, 2009 - ARIAD Pharmaceuticals, Inc. today announced that the Company and collaborating investigators from five major oncology research centers in the United States will present data from a Phase 1 clinical trial of ARIAD's investigational, multi-targeted kinase inhibitor and pan-BCR-ABL inhibitor, AP24534 , at the 51st Annual Meeting of the ...
Breast 'awareness' trumps self-exams, docs say
Although major cancer-awareness groups such as the American Cancer Society and Susan G. Komen for the Cure disagree with the new guidance on mammograms, continuing to recommend routine mammograms for women 40 and up, guidance on self-exams has been trending toward the task force's suggestions.
Fox Valley doctors, patients blast breast mammogram guidelines
Guidelines released Monday by the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force saying mammograms before age 50 and breast self-exams are unnecessary is bunk, says breast cancer survivor Suzanne Payne, 61, Appleton.
HHMI Announces 4-Year Grant For Innovative Biomedical Training
Main Category: Biology / Biochemistry Also Included In: Medical Students / Training Article Date: 19 Nov 2009 The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has committed four years' worth of funding for an innovative biomedical training program between Rice University and the University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center.
Exelixis Reports Encouraging Phase 1 Data for the PI3K Inhibitor...
Nov 17, 2009 - Exelixis, Inc. today reported interim data from an ongoing phase 1 dose-escalation trial of XL147 in combination with paclitaxel and carboplatin in patients with advanced solid tumors.
Nov. 13, 2009 By CINDY GEORGE Hispanics accounted for more than half of the 95 swine flu-related deaths in Texas in the first six months of the H1N1 pandemic, an analysis by the state health department found.
M. D. Anderson Offers Guidance On Choosing Tobacco Cessation Products
Whether you smoke three cigarettes or three packs of cigarettes a day, kicking the habit is difficult.
Mouth Is Indicator of Overall Health, Says Dental School Professor
One day in medical clinics, the big picture of a patient's state of health may be found in little pictures from the mouth, says Li Mao, MD, a new professor at the University of Maryland Dental School.
Shaping nano-/micro-particles for enhanced vascular interaction in laminar flows
Non-spherical nano-/micro-particles can drift laterally in a linear laminar flow under the concurrent effect of hydrodynamic and inertial forces.
Pain: A lasting problem for breast cancer survivors
There are several reasons that survivors experience pain: nerve damage or injury from surgery or radiation.
Cells into sales for medical research
From left, David Lee, president of Nano3D Biosciences; Glauco Souza, chief technology officer and a co-inventor; and Dr.
M. D. Anderson Chief Nursing Officer Named AAN Fellow
The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center's top nursing executive has been recognized with nursing's highest honor.
Society Of Interventional Radiology Hosts Oncology Therapies Webinar, Offers Resources
Registration is now open for the Society of Interventional Radiology's "Image-guided Interventional Oncology Therapies" Webinar, which will provide the latest updates on percutaneous and transcatheter treatment of liver tumors, kidney tumor ablation and lung tumor ablation.
Proteasome inhibitors activate autophagy as a cytoprotective response in human prostate cancer cells
Correspondence: Dr DJ McConkey, Departments of Urology and Cancer Biology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Box 173, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030, USA.
Green Tea Shows Promise as Chemoprevention Agent for Oral Cancer
Green tea extract has shown promise as cancer prevention agent for oral cancer in patients with a pre-malignant condition known as oral leukoplakia, according to researchers at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.
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