Cancer Treatment

Kanzius Cancer Fighting Machine Moves Forward

Cheryl Phillips — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:01:19 -0500

John Kanzius battled leukemia and invented a cancer-fighting machine during his struggle with the disease. He died before his idea for curing cancer could be fully tested. His physician, Dr Steven Curley, has been trying to see if Kansius' dream can become a reality. Kanzius' invention may hold the promise of treating people who are stricken by the disease each year.

Kanzius Cancer Fighting Machine Lives On

Cheryl Phillips — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 22:59:06 -0500

John Kanzius died before his idea for curing cancer could be fully tested. His physician, Dr Steven Curley, is trying to see if Kansius' dream can become a reality. See related story here.

Study provides new perspectives for cancer surgery

harminka — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:47:32 -0500

Instead of the classic scalpel, surgeons can also operate with an electroscalpel. A significant advantage to this technique is that while a cut is being made, blood vessels are closed off and hemorrhaging eliminated. Now another advantage may be added as well: a German-Hungarian research team has developed a mass-spectrometry-based technique by which tissues can be analyzed during a surgical procedure.

New way to targeted cancer treatments

harminka — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:45:08 -0500

UC Irvine researchers have created a new approach that vastly improves the targeting of chemotherapeutic drugs to specific cells and organs.

Diabetes drug may fight lethal cancer

harminka — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:29:57 -0500

Insulin resistance, the hallmark of type 2 diabetes and a condition often associated with obesity, is paradoxically also an apparent contributor to muscle wasting and severe fat loss that accompanies some cancers, according to new research.

Using toad venom in cancer treatment

harminka — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:21:27 -0500

Huachansu, a Chinese medicine that comes from the dried venom secreted by the skin glands of toads, has tolerable toxicity levels, even at doses eight times those normally administered, and may slow disease progression in some cancer patients, say researchers from The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center.

Cancer drug test promises effective clinical trials

harminka — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 09:50:47 -0500

A group of scientists from Hamburg may have taken a big step towards more effective cancer drug development, Europe's largest cancer congress, ECCO 15 – ESMO 34 [1], heard today (Wednesday 23 September). Dr Ilona Schonn, Director of Cell Culture Research at Indivumed GmbH, told the conference that they had developed a preclinical drug test platform that would enable researchers to analyse tumour tissue for individual patient drug responses on the molecular level.

Study Finds Virus XMRV Linked to Prostate Cancer

Denise Clay — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 08:16:33 -0500

A new study just released by the researchers from the University of Utah and Columbia University shows there is a link to the virus XMRV to prostate cancer. The study results were published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences showed that 27% of the human prostate cancer tumors in the study had XMRV.

Rep. Kingston Tells Cancer Patient You're Bankrupt, But Worked Out Well

Michael Santo — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 16:38:51 -0500

Rep. Jack Kingston, R-GA, tells an elderly man that despite bankruptcy, things worked out very well.

Scientists identify new target for cancer cure

harminka — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 12:53:20 -0500

Researchers Dr. Marc Therrien at the Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC) of the Université de Montréal, and Dr. Frank Sicheri, at the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto, have discovered a new target that may be instrumental in the development of new, more effective cancer therapies.

Direget Teams Up With Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute

Armen Hareyan — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 08:10:38 -0500

The teaming up of Direget and the Karmanos Cancer Institute raises hopes for brighter futures for cancer research.

Deadline Near For Disputing Medicare Cuts for Cancer Treatment

Armen Hareyan — Fri, 28 Aug 2009 15:24:32 -0500

Here's a pressing story about how patient's receive cancer treatment might change - and very soon. Medicare is proposing cuts that would affect Americans undergoing cancer treatment and limit their options. The decision for this is happening on Monday, August 31.