Cure Research for Cancer

Medications currently used in research into the prevention of Cancer:

Note:You must always seek professional medical advice about any treatment or change in treatment plans.

Some of the different medications being used in the research into prevention of Cancer include:

• Warfarin
• Athrombin-K
• Carfin
• Coumadin
• PanWarfarin
• Sofarin
• Warnerin

Treatments for Cancer

Treatments to consider for Cancer may include:

• Treatments depend on the specific type of cancer but some types of treatments are common
• Chemotherapy
• Radiation therapy
• Surgery
• Biological therapy (immunotherapy)
• more treatments...»

Medical Research Breakthroughs and Cancer

Japanese mushroom paves breakthrough in Protein research: Utrecht University Prof. Albert Heck's research group has announced a breakthrough on the website of the scientific journal Nature Methods where using an enzyme of the Japanese mushroom Grifola frondosa (Maitake or dancing mushroom), proteins can be identified without knowing the organism's genetic composition. Proteins play a critical role in disease and growth processes of humans, animals and plants. Previously identification was only possible when the genetic composition of the organism in question was known. In this study the researchers used an enzyme from the Japanese mushroom Grifola frondosa to identify proteins. This makes it possible to study the proteins of an organism of which the genetic composition is as yet unknown (e.g. exotic animal species). In addition, research into proteins responsible for such disease as cancer and diabetes, which usually undergo modification as a result, is much more effective. In the study of the role proteins in biological processes, the proteins are cleaved into peptides, which are analysed using a mass spectrometer. The measurements produce a unique 'fingerprint' for each peptide. Previously, a protein could only be identified using the fingerprint after comparing the fingerprint to a database of known genetic compositions. The enzyme of the Japanese mushroom that researchers used cleaved the proteins in such a way that the peptides produced simplified fingerprints. As a result, the proteins could be identified even though the organism's genome has not been mapped out. This greatly simplifies protein identification.

Medical research for Cancer: medical news summaries:

The following medical news items are relevant to medical research for Cancer:

• 12 percent cancers initially misdiagnosed
• Alcohol promotes growth of blood vessels supplying tumor
• Americans living longer
• Ancient herbal remedies are being studied for their effectiveness in treating cancer and controlling diabetes
• Annual mammogram and doctor visits are sufficient follow-ups for breast cancer survivors
• Anti-cancer drug may help acute myeloid leukemia sufferers who can't tolerate chemotherapy
• Anti-diabetes drugs may be effective against myelomas
• Antidepressants affect tamoxifen activity in some women
• Antioxidants ineffective against cancer
• Anxious people more likely to notice symptoms of rectal cancer
• Atkins diet at its best when used in the short term
• Avocado constituents may fight prostate cancer cell growth
• Beuty and home products have been found to produce health harming chemicals
• BMI linked to increased risk of kidney cancer
• Brain cancer drug shows promising preliminary results
• Brain cancer origin found
• Brain operation can be greatly influenced by the type of foods eaten
• Breast cancer drug Femara superior to Tamoxifen
• Breast cancer drug reduces tumor size effectively
• Breast cancer risk for survivors of Hodgkin's disease
• Breast milk may have potential as a cancer therapy
• Cancer deaths take over deaths caused by heart disease
• Cancer detected on breath by dogs
• Cancer development secrets discovered
• Cancer is the biggest killer of Asian-American women in California
• Cancer Research UK sponsors new cancer drug trial
• Cancer risk cut with Vitamin D
• Cancer risk decreased with Vitamin D
• Cancer risk increased by high blood iron and cholesterol
• Cancer screening tests have a high rate of false positive results
• Cancer vaccine targets only tumor cells
• Celecoxib no longer allowed to be used as a cancer treatment
• Cells that drive brain cancer growth have been identified
• Certain form of Vitamin E has anticancer properties
• Cervical cancer risk roughly doubled with passive smoking
• Cervical cancer vaccine developed
• Chemical signals involved in cancer causes found
• Chemical used in manufacture of some plastics may promote prostate cancer growth
• Chemotherapy effectiveness may be improved by hearburn medication
• Childhood brain cancer research
• Childhood cancer linked to exposure to chemical emission
• Chronic bronchitis and emphysema linked to lung cancer
• Chronic stress may increase cancer risks
• Coffee and health
• Colon cancer gene identified
• Colorectal cancer according to ethnicity in America
• Colorectal cancer risk reduced in women through calcium consumption
• Combination drug therapy for treating colorectal cancer challenged
• Combination of Taxotere and Estramustine for prostate cancer therapy
• Concerns over Celebrex use mounting
• COX-2 enzyme blockers may be useful in fighting cancer
• Cranberries may be the key to preventing and curing breast cancers
• Curry ingredient may be effective against cancer
• Dairy consumption linked to increased ovarian cancer risk
• Delirium common amongst patients undergoing stem cell transplant
• Diabetes and sugar level linked to risk of cancer death
• Diet changes may improve effect of tamoxifen
• Diet high in fruit and vegetables may reduce chemo side effects
• Differences in survival rate of blood cancer explained
• Doubt over results of Pill study
• Drug combination may increase prostate cancer survival
• Drug company obtains orphan status for its new cancer drug
• Drug company stops marketing plans for new lung cancer drug due to poor trial results
• Ecstasy may help terminally ill die easier
• Elderly depression needs to be prioritised
• Endometrial cancer risk increased by obesity and inactivity
• Enzyme found that stops spread of cancer
• Eosonophil presence directly linked to asthma
• Ethnicity, socio-economic status and education all affect the risk of death from cancer
• Fairfield County Weekly
• Fatty liver disease not linked to cancer development
• Fecal DNA test more effective than standard test for detecting colorectal cancer
• Fruit and vegetables reduce risk of breast cancer in post-menopausal women
• Fruit and vegetables stave off cancer
• Gel may reduce need for surgery to treat cervical cancer
• Genetic biomarkers has potential to diagnose psychiatric disorders
• Genetic profile test determines if breast cancer victims need chemotherapy
• Gold used to direct radiation in prostate cancer
• Good patient-doctor communication and awareness of colon cancer ensures greater participation in colon cancer screening programs
• Government advisors advise of possible link between prostate cancer and pesticides
• Green vegetables may prevent cervical and other cancers
• Grey hair research may assist in development of melanoma cure
• Herbal supplement delivers promise of new hope in prostate cancer treatment
• Herbal supplements prove their worth as a prostate cancer treatment
• Hormone therapy associated with increased risk of ovarian cancer
• How much is really known about the safety of statins
• HRT may help men with prostate cancer without the negative side effects
• Improvement in monitoring prostate cancer
• Infertility associated with cancer
• Lack of sleep influences illnesses
• Less deforming surgery may be just as effective in the treatment of chondrosarcoma
• Life expectancy varies between men and women
• Limonoids found in citrus fruits could be a potential cancer destroyer
• Long term cancer survivors have lower risk of cancer recurrence
• Low dose antioxidant may reduce cancer risk in men
• Lung cancer may be an inheritable conditon
• Magnesium has a preventative effect on type 2 diabetes
• Mediterranean diet is a positive step towards good health
• Milk fatty acids prevents cancer and arthritis
• Mother’s diet affects children’s leukemia risk
• New Advexin tumor shrinking drug developed
• New bowel cancer screening anticipates greater participation
• New breast cancer drug faces imminent approval
• New breast cancer drug more successful than tamoxifen in postmenopausal women
• New breast cancer treatment being utilized
• New cancer drug full steam ahead with commercial development
• New drug proving effective in reducing cancer cells following chemotherapy
• New drug receives approval for use against only one type of cancer
• New mesothelioma drug shows promising results in mice
• New prostate cancer marker encouraging
• New radiation technology may be capable of detecting malignancy
• New research confirms previous findings about cancer and pregnancy
• New skull bone tissue grown from fat-derived stem cells
• New weapon being developed against metastatic cancer
• Non-alcoholic beer may inhibit cancer
• Novel treatment for matastatic prostate cancer being developed
• Obesity also risk for cancer
• Onions may help prevent cancer
• Oral estrogen directly increases the risk of ovarian cancer
• Overweight men risk having their prostate cancer misdiagnosed
• Pancreatic cancer surgery less common in black men
• Passive smoking during childhood increases risk of adult lung cancer
• Personalities do not affect cancer risk
• Pesticides may cause lung cancer
• Physical activity significantly improves breast cancer outcomes for patients
• Poor women are undereducated about cancer screening
• Power lines may increase risk of childhood leukemia
• Pregnancy diet could increase the risk of cancer in offspring
• Pregnancy has no effect of skin cancer growth
• Promiscuity linked to prostate cancer
• Promising drugs raise dilemma of whether benefits outweigh the risks
• Prostate cancer prognosis may be predicted by measuring levels of beta-catenin
• Prostate cancer risk reduced in diabetics
• Prostate cancer risk reduced in patients with long term diabetes
• Prostate cancer vaccine improves survival rates
• Radio waves to be assessed as a potential cancer therapy
• Radioactive chip kills cancer cells
• Recent studies involving contraceptive pill risks may be flawed
• Red wine reduces lung cancer risk
• Relationship established between diabetes and cancer
• Research examines ginger’s effect on nausea
• Researchers aim to develop a blood test to determine presence of cancer
• Researchers discover how radiation causes gut damage
• Researchers discover new gene variations that increase breast cancer risk
• Researchers point out the high antioxidant level in peanuts
• Researchers reprogram measles virus to target cancer cells
• Researchers successfully treat children's cancer with herpes simplex virus
• Salvage radical prostatectomy benefits outweigh the risks
• Scientists develop synthetic protein that may be capable of killing cancer
• Scientists reveal how protein causes resistance to anti-cancer therapies
• Scientists try to develop methods to avoid toxic side effects of chemotherapy
• Secret to lung cancer development revealed
• Shark cartilage gives false hope as a cancer cure
• Short term use of AST to treat prostate cancer provides survival benefits without significant impact of side effects
• Side effects of prostate cancer treatments may be evident 5 years later
• Sleeping position can alleviate effects of acid reflux
• Small clinical trial of phenoxodiol shows it may be very effective in improving survival of prostate cancer patients
• Soy health benefits for your prostate
• Stomach cancer originates from bone marrow cells
• Stomach surgery may increase risk of laryngeal cancer
• Studies compare hysterectomy techniques
• Studies increasingly pointing to diet as a culprit for cancer
• The 'pill' also prevents ovarian cancer
• The effective breast cancer treatment, Femara, only subsidized for those with advanced cases of the disease
• The elderly and Native Americans are underrepresented in clinical trials
• The Oleic acid component of the olive oil used in the Mediterranean diet may be responsible for breast cancer prevention
• Traditional breast cancer pill no longer the best choice
• Tumor recurrence in mesothelioma patients may be prevented by chemo prior to surgery
• Two new drugs approved by FDA
• Vegetable compound to be tested for its effect on cervical cancer
• Virus cures cancer
• Vitamin C's newly discovered action may have an anti-cancer role
• Western diet increases prostate cancer risk
• White people more prone to melanomas
• WHO concerned over chronic disease spread
• Zinc supplementation may prevent some cancers
• More news »

Cancer Treatment: Book Excerpts

• Treatment - Breast cancer
• Treatment - Malignant spinal neoplasms
• Treatment - Bladder cancer
• Treatment - Cancer of the vulva
• Treatment - Cervical cancer
• Treatment - Colorectal cancer
• Treatment - Esophageal cancer
• Treatment - Fallopian tube cancer
• Treatment - Gallbladder and bile duct cancer
• Treatment - Gastric cancer
• Treatment - Kidney cancer
• Treatment - Laryngeal cancer
• Treatment - Liver cancer
• Treatment - Lung cancer
• Treatment - Ovarian cancer
• Treatment - Pancreatic cancer
• Treatment - Penile cancer
• Treatment - Prostatic cancer
• Treatment - Squamous cell carcinoma
• Treatment - Breast cancer
• Treatment - Spinal neoplasms
• Treatment - Bladder cancer
• Treatment - Cervical cancer
• Treatment - Colorectal cancer
• Treatment - Esophageal cancer
• Treatment - Gallbladder and bile duct cancers
• Treatment - Gastric cancer
• Treatment - Kidney cancer
• Treatment
  - Laryngeal cancer
• Treatment - Liver cancer
• Treatment - Lung cancer
• Treatment - Ovarian cancer
• Treatment - Pancreatic cancer
• Treatment - Prostatic cancer
• Treatment - Squamous cell carcinoma
• Treatment - Testicular cancer
• Treatment - Thyroid cancer
• Treatment - Uterine cancer
• Treatment - Lymphomas, malignant

Clinical Trials for Cancer

Some of the clinical trials for Cancer include:

• Glutamine in Preventing Acute Diarrhea in Patients With Pelvic Cancer - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - glutamine
• Standard Therapy With or Without Dalteparin in Treating Patients With Advanced Breast, Lung, Colorectal, or Prostate Cancer - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - dalteparin
• Gene Therapy in Treating Patients With Cancer - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006)
• Biological Therapy in Treating Patients With Metastatic Cancer - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - carcinoembryonic antigen RNA-pulsed DC cancer vaccine
• Vaccine Therapy in Treating Patients With Advanced or Recurrent Cancer - This study is no longer recruiting patients (Current: 23 Nov 2006) - human papillomavirus 16 E6 peptide,human papillomavirus 16 E7 peptide
• more trials...»

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