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Tuesday, 12 March 2002
SCIENTISTS PAVE THE WAY FOR LUNG CANCER BLOOD TEST
A molecule involved in tumour development is found in high concentrations in the blood of lung cancer patients, and could act as an early indicator of the disease, according to research published in the British Journal of Cancer today. Testing for the molecule - called pleiotrophin - might also be useful for monitoring the success of treatment, since its levels seemed to be highest in patients with advanced cancer and lowest in those who had responded well to chemotherapy.
Tuesday, 5 March 2002
HOW A PLANT'S ANTI-FUNGAL DEFENCE MAY PROTECT AGAINST CANCER
A natural product which fights the fungus that can destroy grapes, mulberries, peanuts and beansprouts may help prevent cancer, according to a study published in the British Journal of Cancer today. Researchers found that the molecule - called resveratrol - is converted in the body to a known anti-cancer agent that can selectively target and destroy cancer cells.
Tuesday, 12 February 2002
MISCARRIAGE DOES NOT INCREASE WOMEN'S BREAST CANCER RISK
Having a miscarriage does not increase a woman's risk of breast cancer at any age, according to one of the largest ever studies on the link between reproductive factors and the disease, published in the British Journal of Cancer today. But the research, which involved nearly 100,000 French women, confirms what scientists had suspected - that women who have children late or start their periods early are at increased risk.
Tuesday, 22 January 2002
PICKING OUT HARDCORE OF CANCERS MAY BRING NEW TREATMENT OPTIONS
Researchers have identified a hardcore of drug-resistant lung cancers, paving the way for new ways of treating the disease, a report in the British Journal of Cancer volume 86, no 2, reveals today. Imperial Cancer Research Fund scientists in Oxford found that ten per cent of lung tumours - and perhaps of other cancers - are likely to be immune to treatments targeted at a tumour's blood supply.
Tuesday, 8 January 2002
CHEMOTHERAPY OFFERS NEW HOPE FOR WOMEN WITH OVARIAN CANCER
A new type of intensive chemotherapy is proving 'highly effective' in treating women desperately ill with ovarian cancer, according to a new study published in the British Journal of Cancer today. Dutch researchers found that the treatment - which involves drugs already used for breast and prostate cancer - was successful in 80 per cent of patients whose first-line chemotherapy had failed.
