Press Review (August 4, 2012) – Revue de presse (4 août 2012)

Breast Cancer Charity Overstates Value of Mammograms: Researchers‎‎

But, Komen official maintains routine screening gives best chance for improved survival.

By Amanda Gardner. In U.S. News & World Report

http://health.usnews.com/health-news/news/articles/2012/08/03/breast-cancer-charity-overstates-value-of-mammograms-researchers

Cancer debate: Are tumors fueled by stem cells?‎‎‎

How can a cancer come back after it's apparently been eradicated? Three new studies are bolstering a long-debated idea: that tumors contain their own pool of stem cells that can multiply and keep fueling the cancer, seeding regrowth.

By Malcolm Ritter. In BusinessWeek

http://www.businessweek.com/ap/2012-08-01/cancer-debate-are-tumors-fueled-by-stem-cells

FDA Approves Zaltrap For Metastatic Colorectal Cancer‎‎‎

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Friday approved Zaltrap, a drug developed by Sanofi SA (SNY, SAN.FR) and Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc. (REGN) to treat advanced colon cancer.

Specifically, the agency approved Zaltrap for use in combination with a chemotherapy regimen called Folfiri in patients whose cancer has spread beyond the colon. The approval is also for so-called second line therapy for use in patients previously treated with an oxaliplatin-based regimen.

By Jennifer Corbett Dooren. In Wall Street Journal

http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20120803-710782.html

Depressive symptoms and cancer survival correlated‎‎ ‎‎

Research from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center has found that symptoms of depression in patients with newly diagnosed metastatic kidney cancer are associated with survival and inflammatory gene regulation may explain this link.

In Science Codex

http://www.sciencecodex.com/ut_md_anderson_study_finds_link_between_depressive_symptoms_and_cancer_survival-96024

Aurka-to-p53 signaling: A link between stem cell regulation and cancer‎

Findings promote further understanding of the self-renewal mechanism in embryonic stem cells.

In EurekAlert (press release)

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-08/tmsh-asa080312.php

Common Skin Cancer a Chronic Condition‎ ‎‎

Risk of new lesions doubles for those with three prior basal cell carcinomas.

By Barbara Bronson Gray. In U.S. News & World Report

http://health.usnews.com/health-news/news/articles/2012/08/02/common-skin-cancer-a-chronic-condition-study-says

Cancer du sein: une organisation accusée de trop vanter la mammographie‎‎ ‎‎

Des experts médicaux reprochent à une fondation américaine, celle qui a popularisé le ruban rose, d'exagérer les mérites des mammographies pour le dépistage du cancer du sein, en omettant d'en évoquer les inconvénients.

Dans AFP

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5imQmXTzo19gVL5EcxxCVu5fnuGoQ?docId=CNG.a6c60b7bff4b25fd54cdf3535c59cc4d.531

Cancer du sein : autorisation de l'UE pour un nouveau traitement‎

La société pharmaceutique suisse Novartis vient d'annoncer ce 30 juillet que la Commission européenne lui donnait l'autorisation de commercialiser son nouveau médicament contre le cancer du sein : l'Afinitor. Ce feu vert concerne uniquement le traitement des femmes post-ménopausées atteintes d'un cancer du sein avancé à récepteur hormonal positif (HR+), en combinaison avec un autre médicament, l'Exemestane.

Dans MaxiSciences

http://www.maxisciences.com/cancer/cancer-du-sein-autorisation-de-l-039-ue-pour-un-nouveau-traitement_art25970.html

Manger moins salé pour se préserver des cancers de l'estomac

Le Fonds mondial de recherche contre le cancer lance un avertissement contre la consommation excessive de sel.

Dans Le Point

http://www.lepoint.fr/sante/manger-moins-sale-pour-se-preserver-des-cancers-de-l-estomac-26-07-2012-1489638_40.php

Le cannibalisme cellulaire pour stopper le cancer‎

Des chercheurs marseillais ont découvert des cellules capables de stopper la croissance du cancer du pancréas.

Par Annie Vergnenegre. Dans France3.fr

http://provence-alpes.france3.fr/info/le-cannibalisme-cellulaire-pour-stopper-le-cancer--75045653.html