Press Review (May 26, 2012) – Revue de presse (26 mai 2012)

Sleep Apnea Tied to Increased Cancer Risk‎‎

Two new studies have found that people with sleep apnea, a common disorder that causes snoring, fatigue and dangerous pauses in breathing at night, have a higher risk of cancer. The new research marks the first time that sleep apnea has been linked to cancer in humans.

By Anahad O’Conner. In New York Times (blog)

http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/05/20/sleep-apnea-tied-to-increased-cancer-risk/

Lung cancer tests advised for some heavy smokers‎

New recommendations from chest and cancer doctors call for lung cancer screening in older adults with a long history of smoking a pack a day or more -- but also highlight the possible harms of screening, including a high risk of false positive tests.

By Genevra Pittman. In Reuters

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/21/us-lung-cancer-idUSBRE84K15520120521

Sigmoidoscopy an option for colon cancer screening‎‎

Screening for colon cancer using a flexible tube -- which is less invasive and more convenient than colonoscopy -- may also help prevent new cases and deaths from the disease, a new study suggests.

By Genevra Pittman. In Reuters

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/21/us-sigmoidoscopy-idUSBRE84K0SX20120521

Folic acid tied to lower child cancer risks‎‎

Rates of two rare childhood cancers (Wilms tumor -a type of kidney cancer-, and primary neuroectodermal tumor) declined after the U.S. began requiring grain products to be fortified with the B vitamin folic acid, a new study finds.

By Amy Norton. In Reuters

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/22/us-child-cancer-idUSBRE84L14Y20120522

Cancer Research Should Be a National Priority

If a terrorist targeted almost two million Americans per year and killed over half a million of them, the U.S. would almost certainly declare war. Why, then, have we not put the same effort into fighting cancer that we have into fighting wars?

Cancer kills more people every day than terrorists killed on September 11, 2001. Yet our country fails to prioritize cancer as a national issue.

By Sierra Alef-Defoe. In Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sierra-alefdefoe/cancer-research-should-be_b_1521390.html

Celldex breast cancer drug (CDX-011) shrinks some tumors: study‎‎‎

Interim results from a mid-stage trial of Celldex Therapeutics Inc's experimental drug showed trends toward reducing tumors in patients with advanced breast cancer, with rates improving for those patients with high levels of a key protein.

In Reuters

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/23/us-celldex-breastcancer-idUSBRE84M1JQ20120523

Pancreatic Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise‎

A vaccine to treat deadly pancreatic cancer could be available within a couple years.

By Jason Koebler. In U.S. News & World Report

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2012/05/22/pancreatic-cancer-vaccine-shows-promise-in-human-trials

Panel advises against PSA cancer screening‎‎‎

Doctors should no longer offer the PSA prostate cancer screening test to healthy men because they're more likely to be harmed by the blood draw — and the chain of medical interventions that often follows — than be helped, according to government advisory panel's final report.

By Liz Szabo. In USA Today.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/story/2012-05-21/prostate-cancer-screening-test-harmful/55118036/1?csp=34news

Art competition helps cancer patients tell their stories‎‎

The American Cancer Society reports that there are nearly 12 million cancer survivors alive today in the U.S. alone. In addition, there are millions more who love and care for them. The common thread that unites them is the fact that each person is on a cancer journey with a story to tell that can inspire others.

In Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

http://www.jsonline.com/sponsoredarticles/health-wellness/art-competition-helps-cancer-patients-tell-their-stories8066510101-153133555.html

Professor writes about painful effects of ovarian cancer‎‎

After learning she had advanced ovarian cancer, Susan Gubar felt the need to reassure her two grown daughters that not even death could separate them.

By Liz Szabo. In USA Today.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/story/2012-05-20/Susan-Gruber-ovarian-cancer/55092236/1

Not Letting Cancer Define Us‎ ‎

It is how we face obstacles that define us and those obstacles can vary in size or matter. They can be trying to hit a curve ball in Little League, passing a math test or as common as trying to curb your appetite so that you can shed 10 pounds. Sometimes in life, what seems to be an obstacle is not. If you face these small obstacles with positive focus and bravery, the so-called obstacle will never define you -- in fact, you can actually define it.

By David Plotkin. In Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-plotkin/pediatric-cancer-research_b_1537441.html

Anti-Psychotic Drug Pushes Cancer Stem Cells Over the Edge‎ ‎

An anti-psychotic drug used to treat schizophrenia appears to get rid of cancer stem cells by helping them differentiate into less threatening cell types. The discovery reported in the Cell Press journal Cell on May 24th comes after researchers screened hundreds of compounds in search of those that would selectively inhibit human cancer stem cells, and it may lead rather swiftly to a clinical trial.

In ScienceDaily

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120524123017.htm

New clues about cancer cell metabolism emerge‎ ‎

For almost a century, researchers have known that cancer cells have peculiar appetites, devouring glucose in ways that normal cells do not. But glucose uptake may tell only part of cancer's metabolic story. Researchers from the Broad Institute and Massachusetts General Hospital looked across 60 well-studied cancer cell lines, analyzing which of more than 200 metabolites were consumed or released by the fastest dividing cells. Their research yields the first large-scale atlas of cancer metabolism and points to a key role for the smallest amino acid, glycine, in cancer cell proliferation. Their results appear in the May 25 issue of the journal Science.

In ScienceCodex

http://www.sciencecodex.com/new_clues_about_cancer_cell_metabolism_emerge-92197

Why People Stick with Cancer Screening, Even When It Causes Harm‎ ‎

When it comes to complex medical decisions, cold hard statistics may hold little sway over patients in the face of a single, compelling anecdote.

By Maia Szalavitz. In TIME

http://healthland.time.com/2012/05/25/why-people-cling-to-cancer-screening-and-other-questionable-medical-interventions-even-when-they-cause-harm/

Cancer de la peau: les cabines à UV dans le collimateur du gouvernement‎‎‎‎

Face à la multiplication des cancers de la peau en France, le gouvernement a décidé de durcir la réglementation des cabines à bronzage artificiel, tenus pour responsables de plusieurs dizaines de décès chaque année par mélanomes.

Par Olivier Thibault. Dans AFP

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h5XXz_hFi3FYkXVh_FB4uziJLzcQ?docId=CNG.d97939bb1f906d935445f19e443db766.571

Les cas de cancer de la peau en forte hausse depuis 1980 en France‎‎‎

Quelque 80.000 cancers de la peau sont signalés chaque année dans l'Hexagone, d'après des données présentées par l'Institut national du cancer (INCa), l'Institut national de prévention et d'éducation pour la santé (Inpes) et le ministère de la Santé, mercredi 23 mai. Près de 9.780 nouveaux cas de mélanomes, le plus dangereux des cancers de la peau, ont été diagnostiqués en 2011. L'incidence de cette forme de cancer de la peau a ainsi plus que triplé entre 1980 et 2005.

Dans Le Parisien

http://www.leparisien.fr/laparisienne/sante/les-cas-de-cancer-de-la-peau-en-forte-hausse-depuis-1980-en-france-23-05-2012-2014673.php

Cancer: des chercheurs explorent la piste d'un médicament aimanté‎

Des chercheurs grenoblois spécialisés dans les sciences du neutron espèrent contribuer par leurs travaux à la mise au point d'un médicament liquide aimanté pour traiter le cancer, qui ne devrait cependant pas voir le jour avant plusieurs années.

Dans AFP

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hoLZZyWiTIvsWpVKiaNU9GfVYH6w?docId=CNG.f0eccc2151be53ca59035da99da1c5e4.141

Cancer: des molécules "faussaires" pour doper l'effet de la radiothérapie‎

Des molécules "leurres" qui trompent les cellules cancéreuses et les poussent au suicide sont testées pour doper la radiothérapie chez des patients atteints de mélanome cutané avec présence de métastases à proximité sur la peau, selon l'Institut Curie.

Dans AFP

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5h1kPK-aXgeXBb1keYqDl9lpA-7YA?docId=CNG.689620abbbc6a3c989d880b9324d6635.af1

Ronfler augmenterait les risques de cancer

Les personnes souffrant de troubles graves de la respiration pendant le sommeil (SDB), ont presque 5 fois plus de risques de développer un cancer.

Dans Atlantico.fr

http://www.atlantico.fr/pepites/ronfler-augmenterait-risques-cancer-366439.html

Quand l'immunité protège aussi du cancer‎‎

AVIS D'EXPERT- Sebastian Amigorena, biologiste et membre de l'Académie des sciences nous explique que le système immunitaire peut nous protéger, au moins partiellement, contre le développement des tumeurs cancéreuses malignes.

Par Sebastian Amigorena. Dans Le Figaro

http://sante.lefigaro.fr/actualite/2012/05/18/18213-quand-limmunite-protege-aussi-cancer

Une poupée Barbie chauve‎‎

La compagnie Mattel va fabriquer dès 2013 une poupée Barbie chauve pour sensibiliser les enfants au cancer.

Dans Canoé

http://fr.canoe.ca/artdevivre/styledevie/article1/2012/05/19/19778101-qmi.html

Vers un nouveau traitement contre le cancer de la prostate‎‎‎

Des chercheurs américains ont démontré qu'un médicament, nommé le "Zytiga", avait la capacité de d'enrayer la tumeur cancéreuse chez les hommes souffrant d'un cancer de la prostate, avance Le Parisien / Aujourd'hui en France, lundi 21 mai. Cette molécule agirait en bloquant la production de testostérone.

Dans Le Parisien

http://www.leparisien.fr/laparisienne/sante/vers-un-nouveau-traitement-contre-le-cancer-de-la-prostate-21-05-2012-2009595.php