Press review (January 7, 2012) – Revue de presse (7 janvier 2012)

Cancer death rates continue to drop

Small but continued drops in cancer incidence and deaths in the United States in recent years are charted in a new report.

By Amanda Gardner. In USA Today

http://yourlife.usatoday.com/health/medical/cancer/story/2012-01-05/Cancer-death-rates-continue-to-drop/52387824/1

Photoacoustic device identifies cancer before tumors form

Early detection of skin cancer may soon be possible, thanks to researchers who compare their approach to looking for a black 18-wheeler in an eight-lane highway of white cars.

Par Elizabeth Armstrong Moore. In CNet.com

http://news.cnet.com/8301-27083_3-57353451-247/photoacoustic-device-identifies-cancer-before-tumors-form/

'Radioactive Paint' Could Cure Skin Cancer Tumours In Two Hours, Claim Scientists

Italian scientists have discovered a new, non-surgical skin cancer treatment using radioactive 'paint' which could save up to 3,000 lives a year - and can be done in as little as two hours.

By Kyrsty Hazell. In Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2012/01/06/cream-could-cure-skin-cancer-in-two-hours_n_1189136.html?ref=uk

Scientists identify lung cancer stem cells and new drug targets

Singapore scientists, headed by Dr. Bing Lim, Associate Director of Cancer Stem Cell Biology at the Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS), a research institute under the umbrella of the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), and Dr Elaine Lim, medical oncologist affiliated with Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) and National Cancer Centre Singapore (NCCS), have, for the first time, identified a gene responsible for lung cancer. The finding, reported in the advanced online issue of Cell on 5 January 2012, is a huge step towards finding a cure for the disease.

In Medical XPress

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-scientists-lung-cancer-stem-cells.html

'Amazing' Prostate Cancer Marker: Paper Now Retracted

A cloud has descended over research into a biomarker for prostate cancer — early prostate cancer antigen-2 (EPCA-2) — which was described as "amazing" and appeared to overcome some of the shortcomings of prostate-specific antigen.

By Nick Mulcahy. In Medscape

http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/756435

Cutaneous Melanoma Risk Higher Among Cancer Survivors

A study published in the December issue of the Archives of Dermatology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals reveals that, cancer survivors have a higher chance of developing cutaneous melanoma (CM), one of the most aggressive forms of skin cancer. Individuals with previously diagnosed melanoma are at the highest risk.

By Grace Rattue. In Medical News Today

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/239922.php

Bacteria from Bay of Fundy shows potential fighting cancer

Researchers looking for ways to help protect farmed fish from infection are now optimistically eyeing strains of bacteria from the Bay of Fundy as potential cancer-fighters in humans.

By Shawn Berryl. In New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal

http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Bacteria+from+Fundy+shows+potential+fighting+cancer/5953779/story.html

New drug screening identifies chemical agents with potent anti-cancer activity

Drugs already approved for clinical use across a variety of therapeutic categories can be screened to identify effective agents for thyroid cancer according to a recent study accepted for publication in the Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM). These findings could rapidly be implemented into a clinical trial to test how effective the treatment would be..

In Medical XPress

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-drug-screening-chemical-agents-potent.html

Smoking Doubles Cancer Risk in Barrett's Esophagus

Smoking tobacco more than doubles the risk that Barrett’s esophagus will progress to adenocarcinoma or high-grade dysplasia, Dr. Helen G. Coleman and her colleagues wrote in the February issue of Gastroenterology.

By Denise Napoli. In Oncology Report.

http://www.oncologyreport.com/news/clinical/single-article/smoking-doubles-cancer-risk-in-barrett-s-esophagus/1a14d1810c.html

Fibroblasts contribute to melanoma tumor growth: study

Fibroblasts, cells that play a role in the structural framework of tissues, play an apparent role in melanoma tumor growth. Fibroblasts also contribute to melanoma drug resistance and may also facilitate the "flare" response when a tumor's metabolism is enhanced following a patient being removed from a targeted therapy, said researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla.

In Medical XPress

http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-fibroblasts-contribute-melanoma-tumor-growth.html

Top 10 cancer breakthroughs of 2011

Breast cancer prevention drug and prostate cancer 'drug holiday' make list.

In CBC.ca

http://www.cbc.ca/news/health/story/2012/01/04/top10-cancer-breakthroughs.html

Chinese city finds cancer-causing fungi in food

Chinese food safety regulators in the southern city of Shenzhen have found carcinogenic mildew in peanuts and cooking oil, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Friday.

By Melanie Lee. Reuters

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/12/30/idUSL3E7NU3JZ20111230

Ovarian cancer drug fail (and that’s the good news?)

How bad is ovarian cancer? Here’s how bad: A drug that fails to prolong the lives of ovarian cancer patients was just declared the biggest breakthrough in 15 years.

According to results of two international clinical trials, published last week, the drug Avastin (aka bevacizumab) can interfere with blood vessel growth, and thereby slow disease progression in ovarian cancer patients.

For three months. Three and a half, actually.

But the drug has side effects. And it costs $58,000 a year.

And yet survival rates remain the same.

Oh.

By Donna Trussell. In Washington Post

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/she-the-people/post/ovarian-cancer-drug-fail-and-thats-the-good-news/2011/12/31/gIQAfteaSP_blog.html

Too Much Red Meat Linked With Higher Kidney Cancer Risk: Study

Researchers found that middle-aged adults who ate the most red meat were 19 percent more likely to be diagnosed with kidney cancer than those who ate the least. A higher intake of chemicals found in grilled or barbecued meat was also linked to increased risk of the disease, they reported in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

By Genevra Pittman. In Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/29/red-meat-kidney-cancer_n_1173417.html

Cancer's battlefield revealed as an array of vibrant colors

Sub-microscopic images enlarged and hung as artwork in hallways of Peoria's Cancer Research Center.

By Pam Adams. In Peoria Journal Star

http://www.pjstar.com/news/x987652831/Cancers-battlefield-revealed-as-an-array-of-vibrant-colors

Le cancer de la prostate favorisé par la consommation de viande rouge ?

Des scientifiques américains ont établi un lien entre la consommation de viande rouge et le développement d’un cancer agressif de la prostate. Une corrélation plus forte quand la viande est bien cuite.

Par Janlou Chaput. Dans Futura Sciences

http://www.futura-sciences.com/fr/news/t/medecine/d/le-cancer-de-la-prostate-favorise-par-la-consommation-de-viande-rouge_35768/

Un acide pour tuer les cellules cancéreuses‎

Un acide produit naturellement par le foie pourrait détruire des cellules cancéreuses, a découvert une équipe de chercheurs dirigée par l'Université Concordia, a rapporté La Presse dans son édition d'hier.

Dans Cyberpresse.

http://www.cyberpresse.ca/la-tribune/actualites/201201/06/01-4483401-un-acide-pour-tuer-les-cellules-cancereuses.php

Cancer du sein : trop de femmes interrompent prématurément leur traitement

Une étude indique que les effets secondaires de l’hormonothérapie conduisent de nombreuses patientes touchées par un cancer du sein à arrêter leur traitement trop tôt, s’exposant ainsi à un risque accru de rechute de cancer du sein..

Dans E-Santé

http://www.e-sante.fr/cancer-sein-trop-femmes-interrompent-prematurement-leur-traitement/breve/616

Les centres anticancéreux utilisaient des prothèses PIP

Les centres anticancéreux regroupés au sein de la Fédération nationale des centres de lutte contre le cancer (FNCLCC) ont utilisé jusqu'en mars 2010 les prothèses mammaires fabriquées par PIP, a-t-on appris jeudi auprès de leur président.

Par Claude Canellas. Dans Le Point

http://www.lepoint.fr/fil-info-reuters/les-centres-anticancereux-utilisaient-des-protheses-pip-05-01-2012-1415818_240.php

Cancer de la thyroïde : de bons pronostics de guérison

On parle souvent du cancer du sein chez les femmes. Mais l'annonce récente du cancer de la thyroïde de la présidente de l'Argentine, Cristina Kirchner, pousse à faire le point sur ce cancer dont on parle moins. Le Professeur Laurence Leenhardt, endocrinologue à l'hôpital de la Pitié-Salpêtrière, nous éclaire.

Par Laurence Leenhardt. Dans Le nouvel Observateur

http://leplus.nouvelobs.com/contribution/228124-cancer-de-la-thyroide-de-bons-pronostics-de-guerison.html

Manel Esteller honoré par le gratin de la recherche sur le cancer

Comme tous les deux ans, le symposium de l'ISREC a fait pour trois jours de Lausanne la capitale mondiale de la recherche sur le cancer. L'occasion notamment de récompenser les travaux d'un jeune chercheur espagnol, dans le domaine très prometteur de l'épigénétique.

Par Marc-André Miserez. Dans Swissinfo.ch

http://www.swissinfo.ch/fre/actualite/Honore_par_le_gratin_de_la_recherche_sur_le_cancer.html?cid=6873936

Un "foie virtuel" mis au point pour aider les chirurgiens à opérer une tumeur

Un "foie virtuel" a été mis au point par des chercheurs européens pour aider les chirurgiens à planifier et réaliser des opérations du foie en leur montrant avec précision la taille et la localisation de tumeurs, a annoncé jeudi la Commission européenne.

Dans Libération

http://www.liberation.fr/depeches/01012381490-un-foie-virtuel-mis-au-point-pour-aider-les-chiurgiens-a-operer-une-tumeur

Tester des médicaments contre le cancer sur ses propres cellules

On pourrait bientôt tester des médicaments anti-cancer en laboratoire sur ses propres cellules, grâce à une avancée scientifique réalisée par des chercheurs américains.

Dans Canoë

http://fr.canoe.ca/sante/archives/2012/01/20120101-142137.html

Rencontre sur le cancer du col de l’utérus

Cette maladie cause la mort de plus de 1 000 femmes par an en Algérie.

Par Souhila Hammadi. Dans Liberté-Algérie

http://www.liberte-algerie.com/actualite/rencontre-sur-le-cancer-du-col-de-l-uterus-cette-maladie-cause-la-mort-de-plus-de-1-000-femmes-par-an-en-algerie-169025

Traitement du Cancer de la Thyroïde : Un centre de Médecine nucléaire à Abidjan en janvier

La lutte contre le cancer de la thyroïde est une préoccupation majeure de l’actuel gouvernement. Mais la Côte d’Ivoire ne dispose pas pour le moment de structure adéquate pour la prise en charge des patients souffrant de cette pathologie.

Dans Le Patriote

http://news.abidjan.net/h/421478.html