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Switch That Turns on the Spread of Cancer Discovered
February 14, 2010 — Researchers describe the discovery of a specific protein called disabled-2 (Dab2) that switches on the process that releases cancer cells from the original tumor and allows the cells to spread and ... > full story -
Magnetic Nanoparticles Show Promise for Combating Human Cancer
February 1, 2010 — Scientists at Georgia Tech and the Ovarian Cancer Institute have further developed a potential new treatment against cancer that uses magnetic nanoparticles to attach to cancer cells, removing them ... > full story -
Targeting Cancer Stem Cells in the Lab
January 31, 2010 — Understanding of the particular cancer cells within a tumour that drive its growth could now advance more rapidly, thanks to new research. Scientisist now show how a crucial class of cancer cell, ... > full story -
Symptoms Have Little Value for Early Detection of Ovarian Cancer
January 28, 2010 — Use of symptoms to trigger a medical evaluation for ovarian cancer does not appear to detect early-stage ovarian cancer earlier and would likely result in diagnosis in only 1 out of 100 women in the ... > full story -
Disarming Specialized Stem Cells Might Combat Deadly Ovarian Cancer
January 27, 2010 — Eliminating cancer stem cells within a tumor could hold the key to successful treatments for ovarian cancer, which has been notoriously difficult to detect and treat, according to new ... > full story -
Ultrasound Plus Proteomic Blood Analyses May Help Physicians Diagnose Early-Stage Ovarian Cancer
January 21, 2010 — Noninvasive contrast-enhanced ultrasound imaging, combined with proteomic analyses of blood samples may help physicians identify early-stage ovarian cancer and save the lives of many women, according ... > full story -
Assessing Lead Time of Selected Ovarian Cancer Biomarkers
December 30, 2009 — Concentrations of the biomarkers CA125, human epididymis protein 4, and mesothelin began to rise three years before clinical diagnosis of ovarian cancer, according to a new study. However, the ... > full story -
Link Between Infertility, Low Egg Reserve, and Breast/ovarian Cancer Gene (BRCA1) Suggested
December 18, 2009 — Scientists have concluded that mutations in the BRCA1 gene, which have been linked with early onset breast cancer, are also associated with some infertility ... > full story -
More Blood Vessels in Hormone-Resistant Prostate Tumors
December 15, 2009 — Patients with advanced prostate cancer are often treated with hormones, but when the tumors start growing again they have more and different blood vessels, reveals research from Sweden. This ... > full story -
Possible Ovarian Cancer Treatment Target Identified
December 8, 2009 — A multi-institutional study has identified a potential personalized treatment target for the most common form of ovarian cancer. The research team discovered that a gene called MAGP2 -- not ... > full story
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