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  • Gutted by cancer (22 Mar 2010 03:30)

    ... to look out for, screening for colon cancer is a must after a certain age ... standard practice. Screening means looking for a tumour in someone with no symptoms and no ... to check for the tumour marker CEA (carcinoembryonic antigen) has a poor pick-up rate. The ...

  • Low Cancer Risk with Septated Ovarian Tumors (22 Mar 2010 03:37)

    ... ovarian tumors have a low risk of malignancy and can be followed safely with ultrasound, ... with persisting septated ovarian tumors developed ovarian cancer, and that lesion arose in the contralateral ... showed the contralateral lesion to be ovarian adenocarcinoma. The remaining 1,190 patients remained free of ...

  • Gene is linked to lung cancer development in never-smokers (22 Mar 2010 00:32)

    ... Gene is linked to lung cancer development in never-smokers Researchers say that about ... suggests that the gene has an important tumor suppressor-like function and that insufficient function can ... GPC5 transcription level was twofold lower in adenocarcinoma compared to normal lung tissue. "Interestingly, this ...

  • Gene Is Linked to Lung Cancer Development in Never-Smokers: One Third Have Gene Variant (22 Mar 2010 01:33)

    ... who never smoked and who developed lung cancer had the same uncommon variant, or allele, ... suggests that the gene has an important tumor suppressor-like function and that insufficient function can ... GPC5 transcription level was twofold lower in adenocarcinoma compared to normal lung tissue. "Interestingly, this ...

  • CSX workers claim asbestos exposure caused cancer (22 Mar 2010 03:34)

    ... > CSX workers claim asbestos exposure caused cancer A group of railroad workers claim they ... of the lung, progressive lung disease, bronchogenic carcinomas, mesothelioma and gastro-intestinal carcinoma, the suit states. They ...

  • Colon Cancer: Reports summarize colon cancer research from University of Padova (22 Mar 2010 05:00)

    ... According to a study from Padova, Italy, "Tumour instability (MSI) is useful in identifying patients ... classification of MSI-H, MSI-L and MSS colorectal cancers. Two tetranucleotide markers were added to identify ... Netherlands. Keywords: City:Padova, Country:Italy, Biotechnology, Cancer Biomarkers, Carcinoma Biomarkers, Colon Cancer, Colon Carcinoma, Colorectal, Diagnosis, ...

  • Mayo Clinic co-led research finds first gene linked to lung cancer in "never smokers" (22 Mar 2010 06:34)

    ... responsible for a significant number of those cancers. In the March 22 on line issue ... suggests that the gene has an important tumor suppressor-like function and that insufficient function can ... expression level was not found in lung carcinoid tumors," Dr. Yang says. Then the researchers ...

  • Gene is Linked to Lung Cancer Development in Never Smokers (22 Mar 2010 00:20)

    ... may be a critical gene in lung cancer development and genetic variations of this gene ... GPC5 transcription level was twofold lower in adenocarcinoma compared to normal lung tissue. "Interestingly, this ... see if this reduced expression led to tumor development, which it did in laboratory culture. ...

  • Change of Address Changes Prognosis for Brain Cancer Patient (22 Mar 2010 03:31)

    ... For nearly a decade, Paula Oertel's brain tumor was kept at bay by a drug ... were no approved drugs for treating Oertel's cancer, but as a last resort doctors decided ...

  • Bone cells may trigger some blood cancers (22 Mar 2010 04:59)

    ... By Julie Steenhuysen Chicago - Certain blood cancers may be triggered by signals sent from ... may offer a new approach to treating leukaemia, US researchers said on Sunday. "Cancer is ...

  • Narrow band imaging cystoscopy improves the detection of non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (22 Mar 2010 06:34)

    ... imaging (NBI) improves detection of non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer over white-light imaging (WLI) cystoscopy. We conducted ... for (re-) transurethral resection of a bladder tumor (84) or bladder biopsies (19) in the ... NBI were calculated; mean number of urothelial carcinomas (UCs) per patient, detection rates, and false-positive ...

  • Address Change Imperils Brain Cancer Patient (22 Mar 2010 03:33)

    ... in Oshkosh revealed that she had a tumor on the left side of her brain. ... were no approved drugs for treating Oertel's cancer, but as a last resort doctors decided ...

  • Nearby bone cells may trigger some blood cancers (22 Mar 2010 05:46)

    ... Certain blood cancers may be triggered by signals sent from ... may offer a new approach to treating leukemia, US researchers said. "Cancer is generally thought ...

  • Protecting Cancer Patients by Reducing Radiation Doses, Side Effects (22 Mar 2010 05:54)

    ... When physicians began using radiation therapy to treat cancer, there was limited technology available to image a tumor and then target radiation specifically to it while limiting the dose to nearby healthy ...

  • Climbers fight cancer - 1,311 steps at a time (22 Mar 2010 00:10)

    ... Sunday at Seattle's Columbia Tower to fight cancer. Story Published: Mar 21, 2010 at 4:06 ... said her son Caleb was diagnosed with leukemia at 11 months old, and he is ...

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