Women's lung
cancer deaths up in South and Midwest
Despite
falling lung cancer rates across the U.S. in the past decade,
researchers report that deaths from the disease are steady or rising among
middle-aged women in southern and Midwestern states.
By Natasja Sheriff. In Reuters
Side effects
persist after prostate cancer treatment
Men who are
treated for prostate cancer may still suffer side effects from treatment up to
a decade later, a new study finds.
By Amy Norton. In Reuters
Is it
Rationing? Cancer Screening and Clinical Uncertainty
Last month,
the federal panel that decides which preventive services health plans must
cover said it will drop blood testing for prostate cancer. The president of the
trade group that represents urologists proclaimed himself and his organization
"outraged." He warned that refusal to cover the test, for levels of
prostate-specific antigen (PSA), will cost lives. And he played the race card,
calling it "inappropriate and irresponsible to issue a blanket statement
against PSA testing, particularly for at-risk populations, such as
African-American men."
By M. Gregg Bloche. In Huffington
Post
EU agency
backs Novartis' Afinitor in breast cancer
European
regulators on Friday recommended approval of a Novartis' for the treatment of
advanced breast cancer.
In Reuters
Glucose
deprivation activates feedback loop that kills cancer cells, UCLA study shows
Compared to
normal cells, cancer cells have a prodigious appetite for glucose, the result
of a shift in cell metabolism known as aerobic glycolysis or the "Warburg
effect." Researchers focusing on this effect as a possible target for
cancer therapies have examined how biochemical signals present in cancer cells
regulate the altered metabolic state.
By Jennifer Marcus. In UC Los
Angeles News
Moderate
exercise tied to lower breast cancer risk: study
Women who
exercise moderately may be less likely than their inactive peers to develop
breast cancer after menopause, according to a U.S. study.
In Reuters
What Is
Acute Myelogenous Leukemia, the Cancer That Struck Nora Ephron?
The When
Harry Met Sally screenwriter recently succumbed to this enigmatic form of
cancer, but there are new treatments in the pipeline.
By Larry Greenemeier. In Scientific American
Cutaneous
Human Papillomavirus Infection a Risk Factor for Skin Cancer
Researchers
at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues at the University of South Florida, the
German Cancer Research Center in Heidelberg, and the International Agency for
Research on Cancer in Lyon, France, conducted a case control study and found
associations between having antibodies to certain types of cutaneous human
papillomavirus (HPV) and a kind of skin cancer called squamous cell carcinoma
(SCC).
In Newswise
Study
identifies pathway to enhance usefulness of EGFR inhibitors in lung cancer
treatment
Many lung
cancers are driven by mutations in the epidermal growth-factor receptor (EGFR),
and so it makes sense that many successful modern treatments block EGFR
activity. Unfortunately, cancers inevitably evolve around EGFR inhibition, and
patients with lung cancers eventually relapse. A University of Colorado Cancer
Center study published today in the journal Cancer Research details a signaling
pathway, known as 'the canonical Wnt pathway', that lung cancer cells use to
escape from EGFR-targeted therapy – and suggests that by disrupting this
pathway, we could lengthen the usefulness of existing EGFR inhibition therapies.
In Medical Xpress
Metformin
may lower cancer risk in people with Type 2 diabetes
A
commonly prescribed diabetes drug, metformin, reduces the overall cancer risk
in people with Type 2 diabetes, a large systematic review study finds. The
results to be presented at The Endocrine Society's 94th Annual Meeting in Houston .
In Medical Xpress
Les "perles" du cancer
"T'as acheté bio, ton cancer aussi sera bio. Et, pour
la chimio, je te conseille la coccinelle." Cette réplique de Not, le
"punk à chien" interprété par Benoît Poelvoorde dans le film Le Grand
Soir de Bruno Delépine et Gustave Kerven, m'a fait rire aux éclats et ne me
quitte pas. Assis sur le bitume d'un parking de centre commercial, Not
interpelle ainsi un couple qui pousse son chariot rempli de produits
biologiques. L'histoire ne dit pas si ces consommateurs repartent ensuite en
voiture diesel "qui pue et qui pollue" et se grillent une cigarette
en arrivant chez eux pour décompresser de leur samedi passé à faire les
courses. Le soir, ils se rassureront sur leur hygiène de vie en mangeant du bio.
Par Sandrine Blanchard. Dans Le Monde
Diagnostiquer un cancer à partir d'une prise de sang
Une équipe française de médecins biologistes travaillant à
l’Institut Curie de Paris vient de mettre au point une technique permettant de détecter de l’ADN
d’une tumeur cancéreuse dans le sang du malade. Ce procédé simple,
reproductible et peu coûteux pourrait à terme s’appliquer à tous les cancers
pour lesquels une mutation génétique a d’ores et déjà été identifiée.
Dans Slate
Cancer: un essai pour tenter de généraliser les traitements
personnalisés
L'Institut Gustave Roussy (IGR) a annoncé jeudi le lancement
d'un essai clinique international pour proposer des traitements personnalisés à
des patients qui, jusqu'à présent, ne pouvaient bénéficier que de traitements
standards.
"L'objectif de cet essai est de proposer un traitement
personnalisé à la très grande majorité des patients" alors qu'actuellement
seulement 30% des patients peuvent en bénéficier, indique dans un communiqué
l'IGR, établissement privé situé en région parisienne qui se présente comme
"premier centre de lutte contre le cancer en Europe".
AFP
Traiter le cancer comme une maladie chronique
De nouvelles recherches pourraient conduire ainsi à des
traitements permettant de faire passer le cancer d'une maladie mortelle à une
maladie chronique.
Dans bulletins-electroniques.com
Hausse des cancers chez les jeunes Algériens
Les adolescents et jeunes adultes âgés entre 15 et 39 ans
sont de plus en plus affectés par le cancer. Le cancer du sein touche 30% de
cette population. La consanguinité, l’alimentation et l’environnement sont les
facteurs les plus incriminés.
Dans El Watan