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Virus Discovered Using Same Tools As Host Cell
December 17, 2007 — Researchers have discovered that the virus which causes Kaposi's Sarcoma encodes a molecule for controlling gene regulation nearly identical to one found normally in human cells. Both versions of the ... > full story -
Oncology: The Long And Winding Trail To Cancer
December 14, 2007 — Two new mouse studies have provided insight into the role of the death-inducing protein TRAIL and its receptors in tumor development and metastasis. Binding of TRAIL to its receptors induces the ... > full story -
Lymphoma Drug Used To Treat Skin Disorders
December 14, 2007 — Rituximab, a drug used to treat lymphoma, is now becoming used by dermatologists to treat various dangerous skin diseases. Originally developed as the standard therapy in treating aggressive ... > full story -
Survey Points Out Need For Education For Primary Care Physicians On Rarely Seen Cancers
December 10, 2007 — Many primary care physicians may lack the necessary knowledge when it comes to recognizing the signs, symptoms and making proper diagnoses in cases of blood cancers such as leukemia and lymphoma, a ... > full story -
Gentler Chemotherapy Before Stem Cell Transplant Causes Long-Term Remission Of Follicular Lymphoma, Study Suggests
December 10, 2007 — Treating relapsed follicular lymphoma patients with a milder chemotherapy regimen before they receive a blood stem cell transplant from a donor resulted in long-term complete remission for 45 of 47 ... > full story -
Silencing Small But Mighty Cancer Inhibitors
December 10, 2007 — Researchers have uncovered another reason why one of the most commonly activated proteins in cancer is in fact so dangerous. The Myc protein can stop the production of at least 13 microRNAs, small ... > full story -
Scientists Discover New Role For MiRNA In Leukemia
December 10, 2007 — Scientists here have found that mini-molecules called micro-RNA may play a critical role in the progression of chronic myeloid leukemia from its more treatable chronic phase to a life-threatening ... > full story -
PET Scans Useful For Some Cancer Treatment, But How Do Patients Fare?
November 13, 2007 — Positron emission tomography or PET scans can help clinicians diagnose and treat some cancers, but it is not clear yet whether the imaging technology helps people with cancer live longer and ... > full story -
Quantitative PET Imaging Finds Early Determination Of Effectiveness Of Cancer Treatment
October 23, 2007 — With positron emission tomography imaging, seeing is believing: evaluating a patient's response to chemotherapy for non-Hodgkin lymphoma typically involves visual interpretation of scans of cancer ... > full story -
An AIDS-Related Virus Reveals More Ways To Cause Cancer
October 8, 2007 — Researchers have shed new light on how Kaposi's Sarcoma-associated Herpes Virus subverts normal cell machinery to cause cancer. A KSHV protein called latency-associated nuclear antigen (LANA) helps ... > full story
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