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What would you pay?

Sat, 25 May 2013 08:29:00 EDT

Would you pay $4000 for something that is only should cost $99? Apparently women who get a BRCA test pay nearly $4000 for something that should cost around $99. This because of the monopoly Myriad Therapeutics has by patenting the genes. I know I have logged about this before so may you call me redundant.read more

Astellas Receives Marketing Authorisation For Vesomnitm From The Netherlands Medicines Evaluation Board

Sat, 25 May 2013 03:00:00 EDT

Netherlands first to approve new fixed-dose combination treatment for men with lower urinary tract symptoms associated with BPH ASTELLAS PHARMA EUROPE B.V., the European subsidiary of Tokyo-based Astellas Pharma Inc.(Tokyo:4503), have announced the Dutch Medicines Evaluation Board (MEB) has granted marketing authorisation for VESOMNI in the Netherlands...

Anti-Cancer Drug Reverses Alzheimer's Disease In Mice

Sat, 25 May 2013 03:00:00 EDT

An anti-cancer drug may reverse memory problems in an Alzheimer's Disease mouse model, according to new research carried out at the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health. The study, published in the journal Science, examined previously published outcomes on the drug bexarotene - which is approved by the U.S...

Scientists Make Breast Cancer Advance That Turns Previous Thinking On Its Head

Fri, 24 May 2013 12:00:00 EDT

Scientists at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have made an advance in breast cancer research which shows how some enzymes released by cancerous cells could have a protective function...

“How We Survived Cancer” – 7 Insights from Cancer Insiders

Fri, 24 May 2013 08:32:55 EDT

This post was written by guest blogger Greg Pierce. Greg is a 3x cancer survivor, American Cancer Society Hero of Hope speaker and Social Media Community Manager for WhatNext.com. WhatNext.com is a fantastic support site where anyone touched by cancer can connect with others on a similar path. WhatNext.com makes it easy to share and gain knowledge from each

Living with pain

Fri, 24 May 2013 07:47:00 EDT

Every day my morning starts with 'ouch', 'ow', 'owie', and more. And my husband looks at me and says are you sure you are are okay for whatever my day is planned. I say yes and suck it up. And maybe take a pain pill.Yes, that's my life. I don't ask for pity. I cope. I take steps to work on my pain.read more...

Inexpensive, Accurate Way To Detect Prostate Cancer Could Facilitate Commercially Available, At-Home Urine Tests

Fri, 24 May 2013 04:00:00 EDT

Early screening for prostate cancer could become as easy for men as personal pregnancy testing is for women, thanks to UC Irvine research published in the /iJournal of the American Chemical Society...

Promising Early Results For Use Of Poliovirus Vaccine In Recurrent Glioblastoma

Fri, 24 May 2013 04:00:00 EDT

An attack on glioblastoma brain tumor cells that uses a modified poliovirus is showing encouraging results in an early study to establish the proper dose level, researchers at Duke Cancer Institute report...

Radioactive Nanoparticles Developed That Target Cancer Cells

Fri, 24 May 2013 04:00:00 EDT

Cancers of all types become most deadly when they metastasize and spread tumors throughout the body. Once cancer has reached this stage, it becomes very difficult for doctors to locate and treat the numerous tumors that can develop. Now, researchers at the University of Missouri have found a way to create radioactive nanoparticles that target lymphoma tumor cells wherever they may be in the body...

New Tumour Killer Developed By Scientists

Fri, 24 May 2013 03:00:00 EDT

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Lund University, Sweden, have bioengineered a novel molecule which has been proven to successfully kill tumour cells. This molecule is based on a natural protein present in human breast milk, which has been found to have strong and wide-ranging tumour killing properties when bound to certain lipids...

Frequent Heartburn Increases Risk Of Throat Cancer By 78%

Fri, 24 May 2013 03:00:00 EDT

Frequent heartburn increases the risk of cancers of the throat and vocal cord among nondrinkers and nonsmokers, according to a new study. The research, published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, also indicated that the use of antacids has a protective effect against these cancers, while prescription medications do not...

Study Clarifies Roles Of Anti-Angiogenic Proteins In Discouraging Metastasis And Reveals Potential Anti-Metastasis Drug

Fri, 24 May 2013 03:00:00 EDT

By studying the roles two proteins, thrombospondin-1 and prosaposin, play in discouraging cancer metastasis, a trans-Atlantic research team has identified a five-amino acid fragment of prosaposin that significantly reduces metastatic spread in mouse models of prostate, breast and lung cancer...

They're Checking My BloodAgain

Thu, 23 May 2013 08:14:48 EDT

Image © Alex Raths/Dreamstime Entering your oncologist's suite you immediately spot her - the vampire - a.k.a. the nurse that's going to draw your blood...yet again. If you have a port or PICC line, you probably aren't too worried when you see all those tubes laid out waiting for your blood to fill them. However, if you don't have an intravenous line or access port, and you hate getting your blood drawn, this blog's for you....Read Full Post

A Workout a Day Keeps The Cancer Cooties Away.

Thu, 23 May 2013 07:26:00 EDT

Maybe an apple a day too. When I was in treatment for breast cancer, I would go for a daily walk, every day unless hospitalized. It helped with destressing, medication side effects, and I really liked getting outside and stepping away from the doom and gloom. No one ever told me not to walk. The nurses and doctors all thought it was great.read more...

Grapefruit-Derived Nanovectors Provide A Secret Weapon In Medical Drug Delivery

Thu, 23 May 2013 04:00:00 EDT

University of Louisville researchers have uncovered how to create nanoparticles using natural lipids derived from grapefruit, and have discovered how to use them as drug delivery vehicles. UofL scientists Huang-Ge Zhang, D.V.M., Ph.D., Qilong Wang, Ph.D., and their team have published their findings in Nature Communications. Lipids derived from grapefruit...

Reducing Your Risk Of Breast Cancer

Thu, 23 May 2013 03:00:00 EDT

Recently Angelina Jolie announced that she underwent a double mastectomy and reconstructive surgery in order to reduce her risk of developing breast cancer, she said she "hopes other women can benefit from my experience". When she found out what her odds of developing cancer were, Jolie became proactive and decided to reduce her risk to a minimum...

Minimizing Hair Loss Due To Cancer Radiation Therapy

Thu, 23 May 2013 03:00:00 EDT

Discovering that mouse hair has a circadian clock - a 24-hour cycle of growth followed by restorative repair - researchers suspect that hair loss in humans from toxic cancer radiotherapy and chemotherapy might be minimized if these treatments are given late in the day...

Researchers Develop Model For Better Testing, Targeting Of MPNST

Thu, 23 May 2013 03:00:00 EDT

Researchers from the Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, and the University's Brain Tumor Program, have developed a new mouse model of malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors (MPNST) that allow them to discover new genes and gene pathways driving this type of cancer. The research was published this week in the journal Nature Genetics...

Compound In Mediterranean Diet Makes Cancer Cells 'Mortal'

Thu, 23 May 2013 03:00:00 EDT

New research suggests that a compound abundant in the Mediterranean diet takes away cancer cells' "superpower" to escape death. By altering a very specific step in gene regulation, this compound essentially re-educates cancer cells into normal cells that die as scheduled...

Small Cancer Risk Following CT Scans In Childhood And Adolescence Confirmed

Wed, 22 May 2013 12:00:00 EDT

But the absolute excess for all cancers combined is low Young people who undergo CT scans are 24% more likely to develop cancer compared with those who do not, a study published today on bmj.com suggests. However the absolute excess for all cancers combined was low, at 9.38 for every 100,000 person years of follow-up...

Skin Cancer Hurts—And it Ain’t Pretty, Either

Wed, 22 May 2013 08:46:26 EDT

I will spare you an in-focus close-up photo of what’s happening to my face—this blurry depiction of the red, raw, and swollen result of light treatment for pre-malignant lesions is scary enough, don’t you think? Ouch. This really, really, reallyContinue reading

Let the patients make the decisions

Wed, 22 May 2013 07:00:00 EDT

I'm not sure why we continue to let insurers make decisions for us on our care. I completely understand that an insurer wants to keep an eye on expenses and want preapproval so they can count their beans. But they should not be telling us what care we can get - with in reason.I agree insurers should not need to pay for cosmetic procedures for example. If someone wants to fix their nose, they can pay for it (through the nose). But decisions which relate to life and death care should not be theirs to make.read more

Epigenetic Regulators And NF-Kappa B May One Day Be Targeted For The Treatment Of Cancer

Wed, 22 May 2013 03:00:00 EDT

In a new study described in the journal Oncogene, researchers reveal how a key player in cell growth, immunity and the inflammatory response can be transformed into a primary contributor to tumor growth. Scientists call this Jekyll-and-Hyde molecule NF-kappa B. In healthy cells, it is a powerful "first responder," a vital part of the body's immune and inflammatory responses...

The Day Prior to Your Colonoscopy

Tue, 21 May 2013 08:03:36 EDT

Image © Christy Thompson/DreamstimeIf you're still wading through pamphlets and instructions prior to your scheduled colonoscopy tomorrow, this blog's for you. Typically, your gastroenterologist's office will provide a stack of instructions, medications, and a date for the exam. It may seem overwhelming -- especially as friends and family start to regale you with their colonoscopy stories....Read Full Post

Doing good hides being bad

Tue, 21 May 2013 06:53:00 EDT

GlaxoSmithKline has announced a partnership with Save the Children to help reduce the child mortality rates in Africa by providing drugs at cost. This sounds all very good and such. I am all for reducing child mortality rates and reduced costs for medications.read more

Software May Allow Doctors To Track Progression Of Cancer, Response To Treatment, And Risk Of Relapse

Tue, 21 May 2013 04:00:00 EDT

In their quest to learn more about the variability of cells between and within tissues, biomedical scientists have devised tools capable of simultaneously measuring dozens of characteristics of individual cells. These technologies have led to new challenges, however, as scientists now struggle with how to make sense of the resulting trove of data. Now a solution may be at hand...

Unnecessary Breast Biopsy Surgery Performed On More Than One Third Of Texas Women Diagnosed With A Breast Mass

Tue, 21 May 2013 03:00:00 EDT

Many women in Texas who are found to have an abnormality on routine mammogram or discover a lump in one of their breasts end up having an old-fashioned surgical biopsy to find out whether the breast abnormality is malignant. Since 2001, national expert panels have recommended that the first course of action for women with breast lumps or masses should be minimally invasive biopsy...

Two Radiotherapy Treatments Show Similar Morbidity, Cancer Control After Prostatectomy

Mon, 20 May 2013 16:00:00 EDT

JAMA Internal Medicine Study Highlights Use of the newer, more expensive intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) and use of the older conformal radiotherapy (CRT) after surgical removal of all or part of the prostate gland were associated with similar morbidity and cancer control outcomes, according to a study published Online First by JAMA Internal Medicine, a JAMA Network publication...

Off to play doctor

Mon, 20 May 2013 06:54:00 EDT

No, not like that! Get your minds out of the gutter!I have an appointment this morning with my pain management doctor. My back has been hurting a lot recently. Having been through the medical school and now having the degree called 'Professional Patient PW' (PW=Perpetually Waiting), I am ready to tell my doctor the next steps,unless he has some wizardry that I don't know about.read more

The Chatter About Jolie

Sun, 19 May 2013 07:54:24 EDT

My bloggy friends have really hit some important notes about Angelina Jolie’s decision to get prophylactic bilateral mastectomies, a decision she made public in a recent editorial in the New York Times. Jackie called out those who were judging her decision.read more

Non-Surgical Treatments For Multiple Tumors Move One Step Closer

Sun, 19 May 2013 03:00:00 EDT

A study led by researchers from Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry has for the first time revealed how the loss of a particular tumour suppressing protein leads to the abnormal growth of tumours of the brain and nervous system. The study is published in Brain: A Journal of Neurology...

Compound Shows Real Potential Against Pancreatic Cancer

Sat, 18 May 2013 12:42:24 EDT

A biopharmaceutical company named Halozyme Therapeutics is attracting attention thanks to its announcement that it would be presenting data from a Phase Ib study at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology regarding its investigational drug and its early success against pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. read more

That other emotion with cancer

Sat, 18 May 2013 08:11:00 EDT

Survivor guilt often hits cancer patients later one. We are diagnosed and are hit with the why me mentality. Then as we come to accept and adapt to our cancer diagnosis, we tend to meet others who are also dealing with their cancer diagnosis. Then sometimes they are not so lucky and don't make it. Then we are faced with survivor guilt.read more

Among Patients Carrying BRCA Mutations, PARP Inhibitor Shows Activity In Pancreatic, Prostate Cancers

Sat, 18 May 2013 03:00:00 EDT

In the largest clinical trial to date to examine the efficacy of PARP inhibitor therapy in BRCA 1/2 carriers with diseases other than breast and ovarian cancer, the oral drug olaparib was found to be effective against advanced pancreatic and prostate cancers...

Study Finds Broad Support For Rationing Of Some Types Of Cancer Care

Sat, 18 May 2013 03:00:00 EDT

The majority of cancer doctors, patients, and members of the general public support cutting health care costs by refusing to pay for drugs that don't improve survival or quality of life, according to results of a new study that will be presented by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania during the annual meeting of the American Societ...

Share your story about living with cancer

Sat, 18 May 2013 01:00:00 EDT

Sharing your cancer stories can provide a ray of hope and reassurance to others. Make a difference.

Advanced Prostate Cancer Drug Xofigo Approved By FDA

Fri, 17 May 2013 08:00:00 EDT

Xofigo (radium Ra 223 dichloride) has been approved by the US FDA for symptomatic late-stage (metastatic) castration-resistant prostate cancer that has reached bones but not other organs, i.e. with no known visceral metastatic disease. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Xifogo under the priority review program, three months ahead of schedule...

Price shopping for surgery

Fri, 17 May 2013 07:40:00 EDT

We all price shop for things. If the gas station across the street is five cents cheaper per gallon, we might go there. If one brand of milk is cheaper than the other, we will probably grab the cheaper one. Some of us coupon clip and research prices online.We also all have some splurges. Maybe its hand bags, maybe its shoes, maybe its chocolate. These are the items that we purchase regardless of the price. Maybe its that Coach bag or the Manolo Blahnik shoes that we want no matter what. We just blindly get what we want.read more

Study Suggests Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma Carries Risk Of Metastasis And Death

Fri, 17 May 2013 05:00:00 EDT

JAMA Dermatology Study Highlights A study by Chrysalyne D. Schmults, M.D., M.S.C.E., of Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, and colleagues suggests cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma (CSCC) carries a low but significant risk of metastasis and death. The ten-year retrospective cohort study was conducted at an academic medical center in Boston, and included 985 patients with 1,832 tumors...

Women In 40s Continue To Get Routine Mammograms At Same Rate, Despite New Recommendations

Fri, 17 May 2013 04:00:00 EDT

Women in their 40s continue to undergo routine breast cancer screenings despite national guidelines recommending otherwise, according to new Johns Hopkins research. In 2009, the U.S...

Data Addressing Patient And Physician Barriers To Clinical Trials To Be Presented By Experts

Fri, 17 May 2013 04:00:00 EDT

Researchers from University Hospitals Case Medical Center's (UHCMC) Seidman Cancer Center in Cleveland, OH, will present findings from two studies evaluating new technologies designed to address common barriers to patient enrollment in clinical trials...

Exercise Lowers Risk Of Lung And Colorectal Cancer Among Middle Aged Men

Fri, 17 May 2013 03:00:00 EDT

New research conducted by researchers at the University of Vermont reveals that middle-aged men who engage in a lot of cardiovascular exercise are at a reduced risk of suffering from lung and colorectal cancer. In addition, those who exercise are less likely to die from prostate cancer (although their risk of contracting the disease remained the same)...

Bankruptcy An Increased Risk Following Cancer Diagnosis

Fri, 17 May 2013 03:00:00 EDT

People diagnosed with cancer are more than two-and-a-half times more likely to declare bankruptcy than those without cancer, according to a new study from Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center...

Blocking The Protein-Protein Interaction Which Causes Ewing Sarcoma

Fri, 17 May 2013 03:00:00 EDT

Continuous infusion of a novel agent not only halted the progression of Ewing sarcoma in rats, while some tumors also regressed to the point that cancer cells could not be detected microscopically, say researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center...

Molecular Profiling Timely For Tailoring Cancer Therapy

Fri, 17 May 2013 03:00:00 EDT

A clinical trial has shown that patients, and their physicians, are eager to jump into next-era cancer care - analysis of an individual's tumor to find and target genetic mutations that drive the cancer. Results of the study, CUSTOM, are being presented at the 2013 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology* years before investigators thought they would be ready...

Surveillance Best Follow-Up Strategy Among Men With Stage I Seminoma

Fri, 17 May 2013 03:00:00 EDT

A long-term study of men with stage I seminoma, a common form of testicular cancer, suggests that surveillance for cancer recurrence, rather than additional chemotherapy or radiation therapy, is sufficient for the vast majority of patients who have undergone successful surgery for their cancer...

Comorbidities Taken Into Account Before Prostate Biopsy

Fri, 17 May 2013 03:00:00 EDT

UC Irvine Health urologists and health policy experts report in a new study that two written assessments that identify existing comorbidities - the patient-reported Total Illness Burden Index for Prostate Cancer (TIBI-Cap) and the physician-reported Charlson Comorbidity Index - can successfully target prostate patients who would not benefit from biopsy to discover possible cancer...

ASCO 2013 Highlights PD-1 and PD-L1 immunotherapy

Thu, 16 May 2013 14:30:45 EDT

One of the hot topics at this year’s annual ASCO meeting is clearly going to be PD-1 and PD-L1 immunotherapies,…

The breast cancer treatment gap

Thu, 16 May 2013 06:18:00 EDT

Technology is advancing along in the diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. We now have a genetic test which allows patients to find out if they have a genetic mutation which puts them at high risk of the disease. But then we have the gap - if you have the mutation you get two options:cut off healthy body parts essentialyor spend the rest of your life in constant monitoring through mammograms and MRIs.read more

Why Angelina Jolie's Genetic Test Cost So Much

Thu, 16 May 2013 05:45:15 EDT

For all the praise Angelina Jolie is getting for her proactive decision regarding her risk of developing breast or ovarian cancer, there are voices claiming that, as a wealthy celebrity, she can afford to do this and that others cannot. This goes for every step involved, including the genetic testing. On that subject, Jolie herself wrote that read more

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What would you pay?

Astellas Receives Marketing Authorisation For Vesomnitm From The Netherlands Medicines Evaluation Board

Anti-Cancer Drug Reverses Alzheimer's Disease In Mice

Scientists Make Breast Cancer Advance That Turns Previous Thinking On Its Head

“How We Survived Cancer” – 7 Insights from Cancer Insiders

Living with pain

Inexpensive, Accurate Way To Detect Prostate Cancer Could Facilitate Commercially Available, At-Home Urine Tests

Promising Early Results For Use Of Poliovirus Vaccine In Recurrent Glioblastoma

Radioactive Nanoparticles Developed That Target Cancer Cells

New Tumour Killer Developed By Scientists

Frequent Heartburn Increases Risk Of Throat Cancer By 78%

Study Clarifies Roles Of Anti-Angiogenic Proteins In Discouraging Metastasis And Reveals Potential Anti-Metastasis Drug

They're Checking My Blood Again

A Workout a Day Keeps The Cancer Cooties Away.

Grapefruit-Derived Nanovectors Provide A Secret Weapon In Medical Drug Delivery

Reducing Your Risk Of Breast Cancer

Minimizing Hair Loss Due To Cancer Radiation Therapy

Researchers Develop Model For Better Testing, Targeting Of MPNST

Compound In Mediterranean Diet Makes Cancer Cells 'Mortal'

Small Cancer Risk Following CT Scans In Childhood And Adolescence Confirmed

Skin Cancer Hurts—And it Ain’t Pretty, Either

Let the patients make the decisions

Epigenetic Regulators And NF-Kappa B May One Day Be Targeted For The Treatment Of Cancer

The Day Prior to Your Colonoscopy

Doing good hides being bad

Software May Allow Doctors To Track Progression Of Cancer, Response To Treatment, And Risk Of Relapse

Unnecessary Breast Biopsy Surgery Performed On More Than One Third Of Texas Women Diagnosed With A Breast Mass

Two Radiotherapy Treatments Show Similar Morbidity, Cancer Control After Prostatectomy

Off to play doctor

The Chatter About Jolie

Non-Surgical Treatments For Multiple Tumors Move One Step Closer

Compound Shows Real Potential Against Pancreatic Cancer

That other emotion with cancer

Among Patients Carrying BRCA Mutations, PARP Inhibitor Shows Activity In Pancreatic, Prostate Cancers

Study Finds Broad Support For Rationing Of Some Types Of Cancer Care

Share your story about living with cancer

Advanced Prostate Cancer Drug Xofigo Approved By FDA

Price shopping for surgery

Study Suggests Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma Carries Risk Of Metastasis And Death

Women In 40s Continue To Get Routine Mammograms At Same Rate, Despite New Recommendations

Data Addressing Patient And Physician Barriers To Clinical Trials To Be Presented By Experts

Exercise Lowers Risk Of Lung And Colorectal Cancer Among Middle Aged Men

Bankruptcy An Increased Risk Following Cancer Diagnosis

Blocking The Protein-Protein Interaction Which Causes Ewing Sarcoma

Molecular Profiling Timely For Tailoring Cancer Therapy

Surveillance Best Follow-Up Strategy Among Men With Stage I Seminoma

Comorbidities Taken Into Account Before Prostate Biopsy

ASCO 2013 Highlights PD-1 and PD-L1 immunotherapy

The breast cancer treatment gap

Why Angelina Jolie's Genetic Test Cost So Much

They're Checking My BloodAgain