from the American Cancer Society:
Children with Cancer Risk Fragile Bones
"Physicians caring for children with cancer should be on the lookout for signs of bone fragility caused by disease and treatment, according to a new report...the review reveals that the combination of sedentary behaviors caused by the chronic illness and inhibition of bone growth and mineralization as side effects of treatments put these children at real risk for bone problems during their lifetime"
Friday, February 23, 2007
from BBC News:
Drug 'cuts long-term cancer risk'
"Tamoxifen reduces the risk of breast cancer long after women stop taking the drug, research suggests."
from MD Anderson:
Gene Expression Test Reveals ER and HER-2 Status of Breast Tumors
"Two critical characteristics of breast cancer that are important to treatment can be identified by measuring gene expression in the tumor, a research team led by scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center reports in Lancet Oncology online."
from CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians:
Preserving Primary Care: the Front Line in the War Against Cancer
"A recent report by the Commonwealth Fund meticulously documents that the US health care system delivers disturbingly low quality at a very high price.1 Many individuals struggle with obtaining adequate access to care. For both the general public and the cancer patient, lack of access impacts care delivery at every point along the spectrum—from prevention through treatment and end of life. Increasingly, spotlights are being focused on the root causes of this health care crisis, and new paradigms are emerging to address quality gaps. These include a focus on measuring and paying for quality as opposed to volume of care."
Drug 'cuts long-term cancer risk'
"Tamoxifen reduces the risk of breast cancer long after women stop taking the drug, research suggests."
from MD Anderson:
Gene Expression Test Reveals ER and HER-2 Status of Breast Tumors
"Two critical characteristics of breast cancer that are important to treatment can be identified by measuring gene expression in the tumor, a research team led by scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center reports in Lancet Oncology online."
from CA: A Cancer Journal for Clinicians:
Preserving Primary Care: the Front Line in the War Against Cancer
"A recent report by the Commonwealth Fund meticulously documents that the US health care system delivers disturbingly low quality at a very high price.1 Many individuals struggle with obtaining adequate access to care. For both the general public and the cancer patient, lack of access impacts care delivery at every point along the spectrum—from prevention through treatment and end of life. Increasingly, spotlights are being focused on the root causes of this health care crisis, and new paradigms are emerging to address quality gaps. These include a focus on measuring and paying for quality as opposed to volume of care."
Thursday, February 22, 2007
from SickKids Hospital (an affiliate of the University of Toronto):
SickKids researchers find prenatal multivitamins reduces risk of childhood cancers
"Researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) have found that taking prenatal multivitamins fortified with folic acid can reduce the risk of three common childhood cancers: leukemia, brain tumours and neuroblastoma. This research was published online on February 21, 2007, in the journal Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics."
from the American Cancer Society:
Cancer Patients Can More Easily Navigate Health Care System Thanks to the American Cancer Society and AstraZeneca
"With major support from AstraZeneca, the American Cancer Society will accelerate development of at least 50 new Patient Navigator Program sites over the next five years in communities throughout the United States."
from the University of California in San Diego:
Study Shows Liver an Excellent Target for Cancer Gene Therapy Using Viral Vectors
"A featured paper in the February 14 issue of Nature Cancer Gene Therapy demonstrates that cancer cells in the liver are excellent targets for gene therapy using adenoviral vectors, based upon a fundamental new understanding of the differences between cancerous and normal liver cells. The findings signal a new way to treat cancers that have spread to the liver, such as metastatic cancers of the colon and breast."
from Sister Study:
The Sister Study
This is a study seeking participants of the environmental and genetic risk factors for Breast Cancer.
"The Sister Study is the only long-term study of women aged 35 to 74 whose sister had breast cancer. It is a national study to learn how environment and genes affect the chances of getting breast cancer. In the next 3 years, 50,000 women whose sister had breast cancer, and who do not have breast cancer themselves will be asked to join the study."
SickKids researchers find prenatal multivitamins reduces risk of childhood cancers
"Researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) have found that taking prenatal multivitamins fortified with folic acid can reduce the risk of three common childhood cancers: leukemia, brain tumours and neuroblastoma. This research was published online on February 21, 2007, in the journal Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics."
from the American Cancer Society:
Cancer Patients Can More Easily Navigate Health Care System Thanks to the American Cancer Society and AstraZeneca
"With major support from AstraZeneca, the American Cancer Society will accelerate development of at least 50 new Patient Navigator Program sites over the next five years in communities throughout the United States."
from the University of California in San Diego:
Study Shows Liver an Excellent Target for Cancer Gene Therapy Using Viral Vectors
"A featured paper in the February 14 issue of Nature Cancer Gene Therapy demonstrates that cancer cells in the liver are excellent targets for gene therapy using adenoviral vectors, based upon a fundamental new understanding of the differences between cancerous and normal liver cells. The findings signal a new way to treat cancers that have spread to the liver, such as metastatic cancers of the colon and breast."
from Sister Study:
The Sister Study
This is a study seeking participants of the environmental and genetic risk factors for Breast Cancer.
"The Sister Study is the only long-term study of women aged 35 to 74 whose sister had breast cancer. It is a national study to learn how environment and genes affect the chances of getting breast cancer. In the next 3 years, 50,000 women whose sister had breast cancer, and who do not have breast cancer themselves will be asked to join the study."
Monday, February 12, 2007
CANCER News
from ABC News:
DCA: Cancer Breakthrough or Urban Legend?
OPINION by LEN LICHTENFELD, M.D.
This is a great article about the recent upsurge in cancer news about DCA.
from the American Cancer Society:
Early Switch to an Aromatase Inhibitor Increases Survival
"For breast cancer patients taking tamoxifen, switching to an aromatase inhibitor within three years significantly improves survival rates, according to a new study. Published in the March 15, 2007 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study reveals that the clear survival benefit was also achieved without an increased risk of death from other causes – a significant risk associated with tamoxifen."
from ABC News:
DCA: Cancer Breakthrough or Urban Legend?
OPINION by LEN LICHTENFELD, M.D.
This is a great article about the recent upsurge in cancer news about DCA.
from the American Cancer Society:
Early Switch to an Aromatase Inhibitor Increases Survival
"For breast cancer patients taking tamoxifen, switching to an aromatase inhibitor within three years significantly improves survival rates, according to a new study. Published in the March 15, 2007 issue of CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study reveals that the clear survival benefit was also achieved without an increased risk of death from other causes – a significant risk associated with tamoxifen."
Wednesday, February 07, 2007
CANCER in the News
from the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society:
UCLA Researchers Discover Genes Linked to Lymphoma, Research Opens Way for New Targeted Drugs
"Researchers at The University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) have identified genes that when inactivated help cause B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). These genetic defects may also be involved in promoting the formation of other cancers since they can inactivate normal tumor-suppressing gene activities in a range of cell types."
from Onoclogy Podcasting:
New Drugs for Kidney Cancer
Video podcast on new treatments for renal cell cancer.
from the National Cancer Institute:
Cancer Stem Cells Found in Pancreatic Tumors
"Researchers have detected cancer stem cells in tumors from patients with pancreatic cancer. Experiments in mice suggest that these cancer stem cells may help explain the aggressive growth and spread of pancreatic tumors seen in patients, the researchers report in the February 1 Cancer Research.
Cancer stem cells have been identified in blood, brain, and breast cancers, and more recently in ovarian and colon cancers. The new findings provide further support for the stem cell hypothesis, the theory that some tumors contain small populations of self-renewing cells that give rise to all of the cells in the tumor."
Mammography Rates Decline in Women 40 and Older
"Mammography rates in women aged 40 and over have declined from 76.4 percent in 2000 to 74.6 percent in 2005, a statistically significant decrease."
from the American Cancer Society:
Cancer Still a Heavy Burden for African Americans
"The United States has made strides recently in improving the outlook for people with cancer. Deaths from the disease have dropped for two years in a row. But a new American Cancer Society report shows that progress has been slower among African Americans than people of other races in this country.
Death rates from cancer have been declining among both African American men and women, according to Cancer Facts & Figures for African Americans 2007-2008. "
Dr. Len's Cancer Blog:
DCA: Cancer Breakthrough Or Urban Legend?
"... an article appeared in the January 2007 issue of Cancer Cell, written by a researcher at the University of Alberta in Canada.
I do not know the researcher, but the institution is one that is a recognized, established University.
The basic gist of the research report is that cancer cells rely on certain energy pathways that are different from normal cells, similar to the situation that occurs in what we medically call lactic acidosis...
So before you start going out and adding DCA to your drinking water to prevent cancer, a degree of caution would be very prudent at this point...
I am acutely aware that there are cancer patients out there who are fighting every day for their survival, and are hoping that there is one last chance to get a treatment that may prolong or save their lives...
For some of you out there to inappropriately make them feel that DCA is the answer to their prayers based on this single early stage report in a medical research journal is, in my opinion, not acceptable at best and despicable at worst."
from the American Institute of Cancer Research:
Don’t Just Sit There: The Desk Decathlon
"Follow the instructions as you read along, and by the time you get to the end of this article, you’ll have completed a head-to-toe workout without leaving your desk.
These exercises emphasize flexibility and muscle tone. It may not be the kind of heart-pumping activity shown to improve cardiovascular health, burn calories and reduce cancer risk, but it’s a great way to take a mid-day break and keep up your energy. "
from CURE Magazine:
2007 Cancer Resource Guide
"CURE, in association with the American Cancer Society, brings you the 2007 Cancer Resource Guide—the most crucial cancer information that will guide you through each step of the journey."
from the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society:
UCLA Researchers Discover Genes Linked to Lymphoma, Research Opens Way for New Targeted Drugs
"Researchers at The University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) have identified genes that when inactivated help cause B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL). These genetic defects may also be involved in promoting the formation of other cancers since they can inactivate normal tumor-suppressing gene activities in a range of cell types."
from Onoclogy Podcasting:
New Drugs for Kidney Cancer
Video podcast on new treatments for renal cell cancer.
from the National Cancer Institute:
Cancer Stem Cells Found in Pancreatic Tumors
"Researchers have detected cancer stem cells in tumors from patients with pancreatic cancer. Experiments in mice suggest that these cancer stem cells may help explain the aggressive growth and spread of pancreatic tumors seen in patients, the researchers report in the February 1 Cancer Research.
Cancer stem cells have been identified in blood, brain, and breast cancers, and more recently in ovarian and colon cancers. The new findings provide further support for the stem cell hypothesis, the theory that some tumors contain small populations of self-renewing cells that give rise to all of the cells in the tumor."
Mammography Rates Decline in Women 40 and Older
"Mammography rates in women aged 40 and over have declined from 76.4 percent in 2000 to 74.6 percent in 2005, a statistically significant decrease."
from the American Cancer Society:
Cancer Still a Heavy Burden for African Americans
"The United States has made strides recently in improving the outlook for people with cancer. Deaths from the disease have dropped for two years in a row. But a new American Cancer Society report shows that progress has been slower among African Americans than people of other races in this country.
Death rates from cancer have been declining among both African American men and women, according to Cancer Facts & Figures for African Americans 2007-2008. "
Dr. Len's Cancer Blog:
DCA: Cancer Breakthrough Or Urban Legend?
"... an article appeared in the January 2007 issue of Cancer Cell, written by a researcher at the University of Alberta in Canada.
I do not know the researcher, but the institution is one that is a recognized, established University.
The basic gist of the research report is that cancer cells rely on certain energy pathways that are different from normal cells, similar to the situation that occurs in what we medically call lactic acidosis...
So before you start going out and adding DCA to your drinking water to prevent cancer, a degree of caution would be very prudent at this point...
I am acutely aware that there are cancer patients out there who are fighting every day for their survival, and are hoping that there is one last chance to get a treatment that may prolong or save their lives...
For some of you out there to inappropriately make them feel that DCA is the answer to their prayers based on this single early stage report in a medical research journal is, in my opinion, not acceptable at best and despicable at worst."
from the American Institute of Cancer Research:
Don’t Just Sit There: The Desk Decathlon
"Follow the instructions as you read along, and by the time you get to the end of this article, you’ll have completed a head-to-toe workout without leaving your desk.
These exercises emphasize flexibility and muscle tone. It may not be the kind of heart-pumping activity shown to improve cardiovascular health, burn calories and reduce cancer risk, but it’s a great way to take a mid-day break and keep up your energy. "
from CURE Magazine:
2007 Cancer Resource Guide
"CURE, in association with the American Cancer Society, brings you the 2007 Cancer Resource Guide—the most crucial cancer information that will guide you through each step of the journey."
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