Latest News about Cancer
Cancer for more than a century continued to be the gravest medical challenge and with the scientific development of treatment and continued research in the clinical aspects of the disease though there have been some rays of hope in regard to the diagnosis and elimination of the disease at the early stage, still now the conclusive and permanent cure of the disease seems to be a distant goal. Modern research has unveiled number of causes and possible curatives procedures for many types of cancer some of which we would introduce here as the latest news about cancer. But before proceeding to provide accounts on the latest news and development in the treatment of cancer let us see some of the basic clinical as well as social facts about cancer.
Rumors and social aspects of cancer
Any life threatening disease had always been likely to cause rumors that are a symbol of social fear and continued helplessness of the society in the face of the disease. Once this life threat was plague or tuberculosis or from the late twentieth century onward it has been AIDS that had been subject to widespread rumor and social fear. Though cancer has never been considered an infectious disease it has also been a subject of social fear and consequent spread of rumor for many decades. Some of the most persistent rumors in regard to the disease include absence of any physical pain or painful symptom is the proof of the absence of the disease, use of modern lifestyle or cosmetics products can raise the chance of cancer, cancer is hereditary, cure for cancer is already there but it had been secretly hidden for the benefit of multi billion dollar medical facilities and drug companies, etc. Rumors though usually are considered to be absolutely baseless, latest news about cancer finds some astonishing truths in regard to the connections between some of these rumors and the clinical research regarding the disease that we are going to discuss here.
Basic Clinical facts about Cancer
When the cells start to divide and grow uncontrollably forming unwanted mass and consequent tumor in any organ of the body and thereby becomes malignant, it is called cancer. How this uncontrollable cell growth reaches other parts of the body and how it the apparently local growth of a tumor suddenly becomes malignant are still shrouded as a mystery in medical science and though several research inputs have unveiled a lot of facts about the spread and growth of the disease, still it remained a challenge to discover the core route of the disease. Cancer is the most challenging disease for the medical practitioner mainly because of the nature of the disease as most variable from one patient to another.
Latest Research on Cancer
Research on cancer has always been most proactive and there has been continuous growth in the research initiatives for finding a conclusive treatment for the disease. Latest news about cancer unveils some of the most astonishing facts in regard to the most advanced treatment and research on cancer. Some of this latest news about cancer those are particularly valuable for the advancement and development of cancer research and treatment are mentioned here below.
Latest news about cancer research, latest development and health care facilities are here below:
Washington, May 24 (ANI): Frequent heartburn is positively associated with cancers of the throat and vocal cord among nonsmokers and nondrinkers, a new study has found.
Washington, May 21 (ANI): Researchers who discovered that mouse hair has a circadian clock - a 24-hour cycle of growth followed by restorative repair - suspect that hair loss in humans from toxic cancer radiotherapy and chemotherapy might be minimized if these treatments are given late in the day.
Thiruvananthapuram, May 20 (IANS) An international tobacco control survey has found that a ban on tobacco advertisements, especially where tobacco is sold, leads to lower sales of cigarettes.
Moscow, May 20 (IANS/RIA Novosti) After a victorious comeback to professional tennis, former World No. 20 and cancer survivor Alisa Kleybanova vowed Monday to return to the sport's biggest competitions.
London, May 16 (ANI): Scottish comedian Frankie Boyle is under heavy criticism from cancer campaigners and victims following a revolting joke that he tweeted about Angelina Jolie's double mastectomy.
Yuvraj's YOUWECAN in collaboration with Apollo Gleneagles Cancer Hospital launched the centre.
Melbourne, May 14 (ANI): A UK charity has called for urgent action to reduce women's exposure to cancer-causing chemicals.
Washington, May 14 (ANI): Researchers have found that cancers physically alter cells in the lymphatic system - a network of vessels that transports and stores immune cells throughout the body - to promote the spread of disease, a process called metastasis.
Washington, May 13 (ANI): A new study has found a link between exposure to Agent Orange and US veterans' having lethal forms of prostate cancer.
Los Angeles, May 13 (IANS) New research conducted by an assisted care centre based in the US shows that breast cancer patients who have the support of friends and family can manage pain and other symptoms better.
London, May 13 (ANI): Cutting 100 calories from your diet could be the key to keeping cancer at bay.
Washington, May 11 (ANI): A new study has suggested that patients with two forms of leukemia, who currently have no viable treatment options, may benefit from existing drugs developed for different types of cancer.
Washington, May 11 (ANI): A new study from MIT led by an Indian origin scientist has identified influenza viruses circulating in pigs and birds that could pose a risk to humans.
Washington, May 10 (ANI): A new study has found that dads' genome is more ready for fertilization than of mothers'.
Washington, May 8 (ANI): Duke Cancer Institute researchers on a seven-year quest to understand how breast cancer cells resist treatment with the targeted therapy lapatinib have found a previously unknown molecular network that regulates cell death.
Washington, May 8 (ANI): Aerobic exercise influences the way our bodies break down estrogens to produce more of the 'good' metabolites that lower breast cancer risk, according to a new research.
Washington, May 6 (ANI): In a new study, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have discovered why breast cancer patients with dense breasts are more likely than others to develop aggressive tumors that spread.
Washington, May 5 (ANI): In observance of May's Melanoma and Skin Cancer Awareness Month, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance (SCCA) has provided tips for prevention and early detection.
London, May 05 (ANI): Kylie Minogue has been honoured by the Entertainment Industry Foundation's Women's Cancer Research Fund for her battle with breast cancer, in America on Thursday.
Washington, May 04(ANI): Lindsey Vonn was spotted attending the Delete Blood Cancer Gala at Cipriani in NYC, without beau Tiger Woods, on Wednesday.
London May 4 (ANI): A British holidaymaker was left shocked after he found a menu at a restaurant in Poland offering a portion of 'cervical cancer.'
Washington, May 3 (ANI): A number of new cancer drugs are targeting a common cancer pathway that causes tumor growth with promising results.
Washington, May 3 (IANS) Dr. Pankaj Chaturvedi, a cancer surgeon at Mumbai's Tata Memorial Hospital, has won a prestigious US award for his innovative leadership in the fight to reduce tobacco use and tobacco-related disease in India.
Washington, May 2 (ANI): Two studies from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA) program have provided new insights into the molecular underpinnings of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) and endometrial cancer with the potential to improve treatment.
Washington, Apr 30 (ANI): Getting pregnant while you are still young is known to protect a women against breast cancer, a new study suggests.
New Delhi, April 29 (IANS) A sample survey by the government, conducted in schools in three cities, has shown that more than one percent of children suffer from diabetes, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad informed the Lok Sabha Monday.
Washington, April 29 (ANI): Studies continue to unlock the medicinal benefits of tea, which has been touted to help with everything from headaches to depression since Ancient times.
London, April 29 (ANI): A few simple changes to diet and lifestyle can protect you against a string of killer diseases and add years to your life, a landmark study has shown.
Washington, April 27 (IANS) Biologists and physicists in the US have shown that cancer cells that separate or drift off from the tumor site are more dangerous than non-malignant cells, according to a study.
Washington, Apr. 27 (ANI): Cancer cells, which can break out of a tumour and invade other organs, are much more aggressive and nimble than nonmalignant cells, a new study has found.
Sharjah, April 27 (IANS/WAM) The Pink Caravan, a breast cancer awareness initiative in the UAE, has screened a total of 21,795 people -- including over 16,000 women -- for breast cancer in the past three years.
In an another breakthrough over cancer, scientists from Manchester Collaborative Centre for Inflammation Research (MCCIR) have revealed new findings that can help design new treatment methods for cancer. Scientists have found that why a particular cancer drug is so effective at killing cells.
Washington, April 25 (ANI): Scientists from the Manchester Collaborative Centre for Inflammation Research (MCCIR) have made a breakthrough that could be used to aid the design of future cancer treatments.
New Delhi, April 23 (ANI): Bladder Cancer is the most expensive cancer to treat over a patient's lifetime.
Mumbai, April 22 (IANS) The second edition of the Indian Luxury Expo will not only showcase the best of the brands, but it will also create awareness among people about cancer through its association with cricketer Yuvraj Singh's Cancer Prevention Foundation, YouWeCan.
London, April 22 (ANI): Scientists have tailor-made a new chemical compound that blocks a protein that has been linked to poor responses to treatment in cancer patients.
London, April 19 (ANI): Elizabeth Hurley oozed glamour at the Breast Cancer Foundation's Hot Pink Party at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel on Wednesday night.
Beijing, April 19 (Xinhua-ANI): Chinese scientists have come up with a new method of weighing microscopic particles such as single atoms or protons, as well as cancer DNA, which could lead to early diagnoses of the disease.
Washington, April 19 (ANI): Many people believe that smoking tobacco through a hookah is less harmful than smoking cigarettes.
London, April 17 (ANI): Bladder cancer patients over the age of 60 are less likely to receive treatments intended to cure their disease than younger patients according to the University of Sheffield (UK) scientists. Research published in the British Journal of Cancer shows older patients miss out on treatments such as radiotherapy or surgery to remove the bladder - however the difference cannot be fully explained by age.
Washington, April 14 (ANI): A new study has shed light on neuroprotective effects of cocoa polyphenols, which may have important implications for prevention of cognitive impairment in elderly and in neurodegenerative diseases in counteracting disease's progression.
Washington, April 14 (ANI): A new study has shed light on neuroprotective effects of cocoa polyphenols, which may have important implications for prevention of cognitive impairment in elderly and in neurodegenerative diseases in counteracting disease's progression.
Washington, April 12(ANI): Mount Sinai researchers have identified a soy-based treatment for colorectal cancer, a promising therapy for treatment-resistant ovarian cancer and a new drug target for advanced prostate cancer.
London, Apr. 11 (ANI): Peter Andre has started a charity foundation in memory of his brother Andrew, who passed away last December from liver and kidney cancer.
Washington, April 11 (ANI): Gossypin, a naturally-occurring substance found in fruits and vegetables, has been for the first time found effective against melanoma, which causes the majority of deaths from skin cancer.
Washington, Apr. 11 (ANI): A new study led by two Indian researchers has claimed that space travel could increase the risk of colon cancer.
Washington, April 10 (ANI): Kim Kardashian has written a warm note to Kate Middleton, enclosing a gift for the future heir to the throne and explaining that they were both due in July.
Washington, Apr 10 (ANI): Researchers from Fox Chase Cancer Center have found that omega-3 fatty acids and their metabolite products slow or stop the growth in the number of triple-negative breast cancer cells more effectively than cells from luminal types of the disease.
Washington, April 9 (ANI): Drinking before and after diagnosis of breast cancer does not impact survival from the disease, a new study has found.
Washington, April 8 (ANI): Elevated levels of bilirubin in the blood is said to indicate that something has gone wrong with the liver.
Washington, April 8 (ANI): In a mouse model of human ovarian cancer, a newly engineered T cells showed potent anti-cancer activity against tumours while minimizing reactivity against normal tissues.
Washington, April 8 (ANI): A novel but preliminary new treatment for ovarian cancer produced complete remission for one patient with an advanced form of the disease, according to research from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.
Washington, Apr 4 (ANI): Researchers at University of Missouri have developed a new form of radiation therapy that successfully puts cancer into remission in mice.
Washington, April 3 (ANI): A University of Colorado Cancer Center study has described for the first time a switch that regulates the production of the protein E-Cadherin, the loss of which is a prerequisite for prostate cancer metastasis.
Washington, April 3 (ANI): In a mice study, a team of UC Davis scientists has found that a product resulting from a metabolized omega-3 fatty acid helps combat cancer by cutting off the supply of oxygen and nutrients that fuel tumor growth and spread of the disease.
London, Apr. 2 (ANI): Bowel cancer rates have increased by 29 percent among men but only by about six percent among women in the past 35 years, a report by Cancer Research UK has claimed.
London, Apr. 2 (ANI): Healthcare campaigners have welcomed India's rejection of a legal bid by Swiss company Novartis to patent a new version of its cancer drug, Glivec.
New Delhi, April 1 (IANS) A total of 17,019,476 people have been screened for diabetes and hypertension under a scheme launched by the government in 100 districts of the country, officials said here Monday.
Melbourne, April 1 (ANI): Experts fear that warnings about possible health risks from tiny particles used in some sunscreens may kill people.
Washington, Mar 23 (ANI): Smokers have a higher probability of quitting smoking and a better overall cessation experience when taking varenicline compared to bupropion and to placebo - unmedicated assisted smoking cessation -according to a new study.
Washington, Mar 30 (ANI): Astronomers from the University of Maryland at College Park (UMCP) and Lowell Observatory have used NASA's Swift satellite to check out comet C/2012 S1 (ISON), which may become one of the most dazzling in decades when it goes around the sun later this year.
Washington, Mar. 30 (ANI): A new diagnostic test that uses a scientific technique known as metabolomic analysis, could be a safe and easy screening method to detect pancreatic cancer early.
London, Mar. 30 (ANI): Taking a low-dose of Aspirin as little as once a week or even once a month could decrease the risk of developing cancer by almost a quarter, a study has found.
Washington, Mar 30 (ANI): Smoking a cigarette upon waking in the morning will more likely lead to lung or oral cancer, a new study has revealed.
Washington, Mar. 29 (ANI): Researchers have claimed that there is a connection between early-onset balding and prostrate cancer.
New York, March 28 (ANI): Cate Blanchett has apparently signed a 10-million-dollar deal with Giorgio Armani to become the new face for their fragrances for women.
Washington, Mar. 28 (ANI): Liquid smoke, black and green teas and coffee produced levels of cell DNA damage comparable to chemo drugs, a new study has found.
Washington, March 28 (IANS) A study has found that tea, coffee and liquid smoke flavouring can activate a gene associated with cancer.
Washington, Mar. 28 (ANI): Scientists have discovered the existence of a cancer inducing DNA re-alignment in stem cells taken from human prostate cancers.
Washington, Mar. 28 (ANI): 80 new regions of the genome associated with an increased vulnerability to developing breast, prostate and ovarian cancers have been identified by European Collaborative Oncological Gen-Environmental Study (COGS) by using mass sequencing techniques.
London, March 26 (IANS) Reality TV star Chantelle Houghton declined several guys' invitations because she was looking forward to going out with an unnamed admirer.
Washington, Mar 25 (ANI): A breast cancer survivor from the US has launched a clothing line for women with mastectomies.
Washington, March 2 (ANI): Your mind can save your life, according to Deepak Chopra, the founder of the Chopra Center for Wellbeing.
London, March 24 (IANS) British comedian Russell Brand took to Twitter to help a young girl, Aneesa Hussain, who is suffering from a particular kind of blood cancer.
London, Mar. 24 (ANI): English rock bands Blur and Oasis left behind their enmity to perform together at Teenage Cancer Trust charity gig in Royal Albert Hall, London, on Friday.
Washington, Mar. 24 (ANI): Researchers have found that a trend of smokers relighting cigarettes is related to economic factors.
London, March 23 (ANI): Russell Brand has reportedly found a new girlfriend in model Zara Martin after she was spotted going back to his hotel The Savoy after a late night at the Albert Hall on Thursday morning.
Los Angeles, March 23 (IANS) British comedian Russell Brand has reportedly hit off very well with model Zara Martin and they were even seen going to his hotel room.
London, March 23 (IANS) Britons are drinking nearly double the amount of alcohol what they used to half a century ago, leading to a rise in alcohol-related cancers.
Chennai, March 22 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Friday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to declare The Cancer Institute here (popularly known as Adyar Cancer Institute) as a Centre of Excellence, according it national status.
Washington, March 22 (ANI): Five cancer patients experience complete remission of their disease with no detectable cancerous cells after they received transfusions of their own immune cells that had been genetically modified with an extra cancer-fighting gene, scientists have revealed.
Thiruvananthapuram, March 21 (IANS) The country's first such study, using cohort groups, has proven conclusively that smoking bidi (tobacco wrapped in the leaf of the tendu plant) increases the propensity for cancer.
Washington, March 20 (ANI): A newly identified set of genes may help identify women who are at high risk for getting breast cancer that is sensitive to estrogen and, therefore, would aid in prevention, according to a new Northwestern Medicine study.
London, Mar 20 (ANI): Russell Brand, who split up from his wife Katy Perry, seems to have got over the separation, as he joked about his marriage on a radio show saying that it had gotten off to a shaky start and he had tried his hardest to save it.
Washington, Mar 20 (ANI): Researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine have identified a peptide, or protein, derived from Pacific cod that may inhibit prostate cancer and possibly other cancers from spreading,
Washington, Mar. 19 (ANI): An American man with inoperable brain cancer won a marathon Texas while pushing his daughter in a stroller because he did not want to miss a minute with her.
Washington, March 17 (ANI): Decreased levels of vitamin D may predispose smokers to developing tobacco-related cancer, a new study has revealed.
London, Mar 16 (ANI): Around 160,000 men in the UK have been left with little or no sex life after treatment for prostate cancer, a new study has revealed.
Washington, Mar 15 (ANI): There is no clear evidence that the decline in the use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is linked to the fall in the numbers of new cases of breast cancer, as has been claimed, a new study suggests.
Washington, March 15 (ANI): High-fat dairy products can increase a breast cancer survivor's odds of dying years later, a new study has warned.
Washington, March 15 (ANI): An elusive anti-cancer property of vitamin E that has long been presumed to exist, but difficult to find, has finally been identified.
Sydney, March 14 (ANI): Cate Blanchett is all set to play a big city girl, who discovers she has cancer three weeks before her wedding day, in HBO's new TV movie.
Washington, March 13 (ANI): Bitter melon juice stops pancreatic cancer cells from feeding on glucose and eventually starves them, a new study led by an Indian-origin researcher has found.
Los Angeles, March 13 (IANS) In a finding that could provide a new tool in cancer therapy, researchers have shown that the juice of bitter gourd (karela) effectively kills pancreatic cancer cells.
Washington, March 12 (IANS) A US study has found the women consuming aspirin reduce their risk of developing melanoma, a type of dangerous type of skin cancer, and the longer they take the medicine, the lower risk they have.
Washington, March 11 (ANI): Visceral fat, or fat stored deep in the abdominal cavity, can put a person at an increased risk for colon cancer, according to a new study.
Washington, March 11 (ANI): Women who take aspirin have a reduced risk of developing melanoma - a deadly skin cancer-a new study has found.
NDMC has focus on the initiative to fit the teachers to find the better results for the corporation schools. NDMC has decided to launch a drive to check up the health of teachers under the move 'Teacher fit to students hit.' NDMC has decided to sensitize the teachers to further create health and other awareness programme among the students.
Chennai, March 8 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Friday gave the Avvaiyar award for 2013 to V. Shanta, chairperson of the Cancer Institute (WIA-Women's Indian Association) here for her services to the welfare of cancer patients.
New Delhi, March 6 (IANS) Experts in the national capital warned Wednesday that the leading issue being faced by women was health.
