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  • Grape seed extract kills head and neck cancer cells, leaves healthy cells unharmed

    ScienceDaily: Cancer News
    27 Jan 2012 | 1:09 pm
    In both cell lines and mouse models, grape seed extract kills head and neck squamous cell carcinoma cells, while leaving healthy cells unharmed, new research shows.

  • US clears Pfizer drug for advanced kidney cancer

    msnbc.com: Cancer
    27 Jan 2012 | 2:14 pm
    Patients with hard-to-treat kidney cancer that has spread to other parts of the body gained a new drug option Friday, after U.S. government regulators approved a twice-a-day pill from Pfizer for the disease.

  • Cancer Screening Rates Low Among Ethnic Groups, USA

    Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today
    27 Jan 2012 | 12:00 pm
    Not only are relatively few Americans screened for cancer, but there are considerable disparities between ethnic and racial groups in the country, says a new report issued by NCI (National Cancer Institute) and the CDCF (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). The authors added that screening rates are especially low among Hispanic and Asian Americans...

  • US Cancer Screening Below National Targets

    Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today
    28 Jan 2012 | 5:00 am
    The percentage of people screened for cancer in the US remains below national targets for 2020, with rates lower among Asian and Hispanic Americans than other groups, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) released on Friday. The report shows that in 2010, the screening rate for breast cancer was 72...

  • Avastin, Sutent increase breast cancer stem cells, study suggests

    ScienceDaily: Breast Cancer News
    25 Jan 2012 | 9:13 am
    Cancer treatments designed to block the growth of blood vessels were found to increase the number of cancer stem cells in breast tumors in mice, suggesting a possible explanation for why these drugs don’t lead to longer survival, according to a new study.
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    msnbc.com: Cancer

  • US clears Pfizer drug for advanced kidney cancer

    27 Jan 2012 | 2:14 pm
    Patients with hard-to-treat kidney cancer that has spread to other parts of the body gained a new drug option Friday, after U.S. government regulators approved a twice-a-day pill from Pfizer for the disease.

  • FDA OKs drug to eliminate chemotherapy side effect

    17 Jan 2012 | 4:49 pm
    The Food and Drug Administration says it approved a drug to reduce dangerous levels of a certain chemotherapy drug in cancer patients with failing kidneys.

  • Cancer drug gets stronger label warning

    13 Jan 2012 | 3:15 pm

  • 1 in 10 smokers hides it from the doctor

    6 Jan 2012 | 12:12 pm
    by Rachael RettnerMyHealthNewsDaily About one in 10 smokers say they don't reveal to their doctors that they light up, according to a new survey. This could equate to more than 6 million smokers in the United States, the researchers said.

  • Deaths from most cancers drop, report says

    4 Jan 2012 | 3:54 pm
    Cancer death rates have continued to decline in both men and women in recent years, according to a new report. Between 2004 and 2008, cancer death rates decreased by 1.8 percent per year in men, and by 1.6 percent per year in women.
 
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    Breast Cancer News From Medical News Today

  • Cancer Screening Rates Low Among Ethnic Groups, USA

    27 Jan 2012 | 12:00 pm
    Not only are relatively few Americans screened for cancer, but there are considerable disparities between ethnic and racial groups in the country, says a new report issued by NCI (National Cancer Institute) and the CDCF (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). The authors added that screening rates are especially low among Hispanic and Asian Americans...

  • Breast Cancer Tissue Bank Opens To All, UK

    26 Jan 2012 | 6:00 pm
    The first national breast cancer tissue bank in the UK has opened its vaults of precious breast cancer tissue to all researchers in the UK and Ireland, providing a massive boost to breast cancer research. The bank is a unique collaboration of four leading research institutions and the NHS...

  • Breast Cancer Survival - Why Avastin And Sutent Don't Help

    26 Jan 2012 | 6:00 am
    Avastin and Sutent, two cancer drugs, do not lead to longer survival in breast cancer patients, probably because they encourage an increase in the number cancer stem cells in breast tumors, according to a study carried out on mice by researchers from the Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, and published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (early edition)...

  • Musculoskeletal Side Effects From Breast Cancer Treatment Are Not Long Term

    24 Jan 2012 | 12:00 pm
    Around 75% of the 48,000 women annually diagnosed with breast cancer in the UK suffer from an estrogen receptor positive tumor, which implies the involvement of the hormone estrogen in cancer growth...

  • Breast Cancers And Leukemias Slowed By A Single Therapy

    24 Jan 2012 | 5:00 am
    Targeting a single protein can help fight both breast cancers and leukemias, according to two reports published online in the Journal of Experimental Medicine. The single protein is HSP90, which acts as a chaperone to protect other proteins in the cell...
 
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    Cancer / Oncology News From Medical News Today

  • US Cancer Screening Below National Targets

    28 Jan 2012 | 5:00 am
    The percentage of people screened for cancer in the US remains below national targets for 2020, with rates lower among Asian and Hispanic Americans than other groups, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Cancer Institute (NCI) released on Friday. The report shows that in 2010, the screening rate for breast cancer was 72...

  • Researchers Discover New Therapeutic Target To Combat Liver Cancer

    28 Jan 2012 | 2:00 am
    Researchers at CIC Biogune, the Cooperative Centre for Research into Biosciences and led by Dr. Maria Luz Martinez Chantar, have found a strong relationship between high levels of Hu antigen R (HuR) protein and the malignancy of Hepatocellular Carcinoma, through a novel molecular process in the investigation of this pathology and known as neddylation...

  • Inlyta (axitinib) Approved For Advanced Kidney Cancer, USA

    27 Jan 2012 | 4:00 pm
    The US FDA has approved Inlyta (axitinib) for the treatment of advanced renal cell carcinoma, a type of kidney cancer, in patients with whom other drugs have not been effective, the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) announced today. Inlyta is made and marketed by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc...

  • Cancer Screening Rates Low Among Ethnic Groups, USA

    27 Jan 2012 | 12:00 pm
    Not only are relatively few Americans screened for cancer, but there are considerable disparities between ethnic and racial groups in the country, says a new report issued by NCI (National Cancer Institute) and the CDCF (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention). The authors added that screening rates are especially low among Hispanic and Asian Americans...

  • IMRT Improves Head And Neck Cancer Patients' Long-Term Quality Of Life

    27 Jan 2012 | 6:00 am
    Patients treated with IMRT for head and neck cancer report an increasingly better quality of life post-treatment when compared to patients receiving other forms of radiation therapy, according to a study presented at the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium, sponsored by AHNS, ASCO, ASTRO and SNM...
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    ScienceDaily: Breast Cancer News

  • Avastin, Sutent increase breast cancer stem cells, study suggests

    25 Jan 2012 | 9:13 am
    Cancer treatments designed to block the growth of blood vessels were found to increase the number of cancer stem cells in breast tumors in mice, suggesting a possible explanation for why these drugs don’t lead to longer survival, according to a new study.

  • New, noninvasive way to identify lymph node metastasis

    12 Jan 2012 | 10:19 am
    Using two cell surface markers found to be highly expressed in breast cancer lymph node metastases, researchers have developed targeted, fluorescent molecular imaging probes that can non-invasively detect breast cancer lymph node metastases. The new procedure could spare breast cancer patients invasive and unreliable sentinel lymph node (SLN) biopsies and surgery-associated negative side effects.

  • Parabens in breast tissue not limited to women who have used underarm products

    11 Jan 2012 | 9:33 pm
    New research into the potential link between parabens and breast cancer has found traces of the chemicals in breast tissue samples from all of the women in the study. Parabens are commonly used as preservatives in cosmetics, food products and pharmaceuticals. As the research shows that parabens are measurable in the tissue of women who do not use underarm cosmetics the parabens must enter the breast from other sources.

  • Estrogen-targeting drug combo may help prevent lung cancer

    9 Jan 2012 | 2:57 pm
    A combination of drugs that target estrogen production significantly reduced the number of tobacco carcinogen-induced lung tumors in mice, according to results from a preclinical study.

  • Most parents who get tested for breast cancer genes share results with their children

    9 Jan 2012 | 9:29 am
    A new study has found that when parents get tested for breast cancer genes, many of them share their results with their children, even with those who are very young.
 
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    Biocompare Cancer

  • Grape Seed Extract Kills Head And Neck Cancer Cells, Leaves Healthy Cells Unharmed

    27 Jan 2012 | 12:50 pm
    Nearly 12,000 people will die of head and neck cancer in the United States this year and worldwide cases will exceed half a million.

  • URMC Finds Leukemia Cells Are "Bad To The Bone"

    27 Jan 2012 | 12:34 pm
    University of Rochester Medical Center researchers have discovered new links between leukemia cells and cells involved in bone formation, offering a fresh perspective on how the blood cancer progresses and raising the possibility that therapies for bone disorders could help in the treatment of leukemia.

  • Berkeley Lab Researchers Discover A Rotational Motion Of Cells That Plays A Critical Role In Their Normal Development

    27 Jan 2012 | 12:04 pm
    In a study that holds major implications for breast cancer research as well as basic cell biology, scientists with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)'s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) have discovered a rotational motion that plays a critical role in the ability of breast cells to form the spherical structures in the mammary gland known as acini. This rotation, which the researchers call "CAMo," for coherent angular motion, is necessary for the cells to form spheres. Without CAMo, the cells do not form spheres, which can lead to random motion, loss of structure and…

  • New Research Sheds Light On Gene Destruction Linked To Aggressive Prostate Cancer

    27 Jan 2012 | 11:59 am
    Researchers at Queen's University have identified a possible cause for the loss of a tumour suppressor gene (known as PTEN) that can lead to the development of more aggressive forms of prostate cancer.

  • New Therapeutic Target To Combat Liver Cancer Discovered

    27 Jan 2012 | 11:45 am
    Researchers at CIC Biogune, the Cooperative Centre for Research into Biosciences and led by Dr. Maria Luz Martinez Chantar, have found a strong relationship between high levels of Hu antigen R (HuR) protein and the malignancy of Hepatocellular Carcinoma, through a novel molecular process in the investigation of this pathology and known as neddylation. The project provides new opportunities for making advances in the quest for personalised therapeutic applications in the treatment for Hepatocarcinoma.
 
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    Lung Cancer News From Medical News Today

  • Lung Tumor Gene Test Predicts Surgery Outcomes

    27 Jan 2012 | 2:00 pm
    An assay which measures the activity of 14 genes in lung cancer tumors can accurately predict who will respond well to surgery and who will probably die within five years, researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, reported in The Lancet...

  • Smokers Continue Habit After Being Diagnosed With Cancer

    24 Jan 2012 | 12:00 pm
    According to a study published January 23 online in Cancer, many smokers do not drop the habit after being diagnosed with colorectal or lung cancer. The study by Elyse R. Ph.D., M.P.H.and her team at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston involved 3,063 patients with colorectal cancer and 2,456 with lung cancer. The patients were seen at the time of diagnosis, and also five months later...

  • After A Cancer Diagnosis, Many People Continue To Smoke

    24 Jan 2012 | 6:00 am
    A new analysis has found that a substantial number of lung and colorectal cancer patients continue to smoke after being diagnosed. Published early online in CANCER, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society, the study provides valuable information on which cancer patients might need help to quit smoking...

  • Mechanism Of Lung-Cancer Drug Resistance Revealed By Study

    23 Jan 2012 | 2:00 am
    New research published in Nature Medicine indicates that targeted drugs such as gefitinib might more effectively treat non-small cell lung cancer if they could be combined with agents that block certain microRNAs. The study was led by investigators with the Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center - Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J...

  • Study Examines Drug Resistance In ALK Positive Lung Cancer

    20 Jan 2012 | 3:00 am
    Scientists from the University of Colorado Cancer Center have once again advanced the treatment of a specific kind of lung cancer. The team has documented how anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) positive advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) becomes resistant to a drug targeting the abnormal protein in the cancer...
 
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    my Breast Cancer blog

  • Mastectomy Trend May Be Misguided

    Jacki
    23 Jan 2012 | 10:50 am
    I asked my breast surgeon today for his thoughts on mastectomy for someone in my boat: early-stage breast cancer. no spread to lymph nodes or anywhere else. lumpectomy + chemo + radiation + Herceptin. seven years survival. “Definitely not,” he told me.  ”You’ve come too far, and you are doing so well.” Plus, I am [...]

  • What Does Cancer Feel Like? (PART III)

    Jacki
    10 Jan 2012 | 12:10 pm
    PART I is here. PART II is here. And what follows is PART III. (the last one.) What does cancer feel like? >like I’m lucky. The drug Herceptin is approved for use in early-state breast cancer patients, and I get in on it right before my window closes (it must be give a certain amount of time [...]

  • What Does Cancer Feel Like? (PART II)

    Jacki
    9 Jan 2012 | 4:38 pm
    There is a PART I to this series, and if you have not already scanned the list, you can find it here. And now, here goes PART II: (there will also be a PART III) What does cancer feel like? >like I’m frozen riding in the car to my very first chemotherapy treatment. This is [...]

  • What Does Cancer Feel Like? (PART I)

    Jacki
    6 Jan 2012 | 10:52 am
    No one has ever asked me, “What does cancer feel like?’ I’m not sure too many people really want to know the answer, and, so, it makes sense I’ve not been queried on this topic. Someone did ask Donna Peach what the disease feels like, though, and while she didn’t share her whole response with [...]

  • Surviving Cancer Not So Simple

    Jacki
    5 Jan 2012 | 3:25 pm
    When the cancer doc says, “you’re cured, go home,” it’s not the end of the story. In about a year, roughly eight years out from my year-long, every-three-week Herception treatment that targeted the over-expression of a certain protein in my tumor, doctors will start monitoring my heart. Why? Because the same drug that may be [...]
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    About.com Colon Cancer

  • Asanas for Your Colon?

    24 Jan 2012 | 7:42 am
    Well before Valium or Angry Birds, our ancestors probably used basic breathing (remember when your mom told you to count to 10?) to mitigate their stress levels. Yoga is the marriage of healthful breaths and poses, known as asanas, used to harmonize your mind, body and spirit while decreasing stress and promoting a relaxed state....Read Full Post

  • Start a Discussion: How to Talk to Your Doctor About Colon Cancer

    21 Jan 2012 | 8:04 am
    Image © Christy Thompson/Dreamstime Even when we are healthy, going to visit the doctor can be an overwhelming experience. Have you ever left the office with more questions -- or worse yet -- without getting answers to any of the ones you had? If so, you are not alone. Write down your questions or concerns and bring the list to your next doctor's appointment....Read Full Post

  • Five Ways to Reduce Your Risk of Colon Cancer

    17 Jan 2012 | 10:35 am
    Image © Maram/Dreamstime The American Cancer Society Nutrition and Physical Activity Guidelines Advisory Committee released the revised 2012 guidelines for nutrition and physical activity to decrease the risk of cancer. The ...Read Full Post

  • Free Colorectal Cancer Resources

    13 Jan 2012 | 4:22 am
    Image © Dmitriy Shironosov/Dreamstime That's right, I said free as in no charge, gratis, on the house, and complimentary colorectal cancer resources. There are so many mediums for colorectal cancer advocacy, support and education that it would be a shame to not highlight some of them for you....Read Full Post

  • Colon Cancer and Influenza

    10 Jan 2012 | 10:37 am
    Image © Vicente Barcelo Varona/Dreamstime The majority of corner clinics and drugstores stopped promoting influenza (flu) vaccines at the conclusion of 2011, but the season is just now gearing up. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's FluView....Read Full Post
 
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    Mothers With Cancer

  • The “C” Word by Stella

    imstell
    25 Jan 2012 | 3:29 pm
    In October 2011 I reached the 5 year mark.  Cancer-free for five fabulous years!  They certainly weren’t five worry-free years, by a long shot!  Early last year my blood work started showing some changes.  My Alkaline phosphatase levels were fluctuating.  They would go higher than normal, at my next appointment would drop back to nearly normal again, only to raise fairly drastically the next go round.  Very much like a roller coaster - a very not-fun roller coaster where I worried about liver or bone metastasis.  Of course, I got my very permanent, very meaningful 5-year tattoo in…

  • Divorce vs. Cancer, by Mary Beth

    marybethvolpini
    20 Jan 2012 | 1:17 am
    I have not blogged on this site in quite some time. I just had my 5 year and 6 month check-up and I am good, a few minor problems but let me emphasize minor. The past year has been a very difficult and trying one. After 28 years of marriage I found the courage to ask for a divorce. I have always been afraid of divorce. I am not sure if it was because I was so young when we met. If I was afraid of being alone… which is a funny concept because I have felt alone for much of my marriage. I was afraid of what others would think. I was afraid of the kid sharing. I was afraid that once I asked for…

  • Heart Like A Balloon

    Jenster
    14 Dec 2011 | 6:18 pm
    Crossposted at Jenster’s Musings on December 9, 2011 Last night as I sat down to see what was new with my Facebook friends I whooped it up when I saw my friend, Shelley, hit her five year no cancer goal. I’ve known Shelley for what feels like forever. She’s the little sister of my junior high, high school, matron of honor, etc. partner in crime friend, Cathy. Two memories of Shelley from back in the day: 1. She could recite pretty much all of 16 Candles; and 2. She could do the entire “Thriller” dance. I know exactly how she felt yesterday. You get breast cancer, you have…

  • Until we meet again…

    imstell
    10 Dec 2011 | 12:25 pm
    A few personal words about our Judy’s passing… To say I was shocked by Judy’s passing would be a gross understatement.  Yet, I guess, I knew it was coming.  I just thought she had a few more months.  Judy was special to me.  She was my first…  the first person with Inflammatory Breast Cancer I’d ever encountered. I remember well how it felt to find posts from IBC survivors that were years old with no updates available.  I thought to myself how wonderful it was that they’d survived X number of years… but where were they now?  Alive?  Dead?  It…

  • Another IBC Angel is watching over us today

    imstell
    10 Dec 2011 | 11:33 am
    Two nights ago I logged on to Facebook to find that our own Judy of Just Enjoy Him had entered hospice care.  Barely an hour later she was gone. Judy was, tragically, already metastatic when she was diagnosed with Inflammatory Breast Cancer in 2007.  She fought this horribly aggressive cancer for 4 years with grace, humor and a double dose of faith that we could all hope to attain.  Judy’s tale wasn’t always pretty but it was unfailingly honest. She has left behind her husband, Frank and their 10 year old adopted son, Nate.  Please keep them in your prayers at this difficult…
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    EurekAlert! - Cancer

  • SUMO-snipping protein plays crucial role in T and B cell development

    26 Jan 2012 | 11:00 pm
    (University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) When SUMO grips STAT5, a protein that activates genes, it blocks the healthy embryonic development of immune B cells and T cells unless its nemesis breaks the hold, a research team led by scientists at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reports today in Molecular Cell.

  • Head & neck cancer in transplant patients: For better or worse?

    26 Jan 2012 | 11:00 pm
    (Henry Ford Health System) Transplant patients who develop head and neck cancer are more likely to be non-smokers and non-drinkers, and less likely than their non-transplant counterparts to survive past one year of diagnosis, according to a new study from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.

  • Discovery of new vaccine approach for treatment of cancer

    26 Jan 2012 | 11:00 pm
    (Trinity College Dublin) Scientists in Trinity College Dublin, Ireland, have developed a new vaccine to treat cancer at the pre-clinical level.

  • UT researchers' innovation addresses major challenge of drug delivery

    26 Jan 2012 | 11:00 pm
    (University of Texas at Austin) A new physical form of proteins developed by researchers at the University of Texas at Austin could drastically improve treatments for cancer and other diseases, as well as overcome some of the largest challenges in therapeutics: Delivering drugs to patients safely, easily and more effectively.

  • Research finds newer radiation therapy technology improves patients' quality of life

    25 Jan 2012 | 11:00 pm
    (University of California - Davis Health System) Patients with head and neck cancers who have been treated with newer, more sophisticated radiation therapy technology enjoy a better quality of life than those treated with older radiation therapy equipment, a study by UC Davis researchers has found.
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    Pharma Strategy Blog

  • A new opportunity for vemurafenib in BRAFV600E colon cancer

    MaverickNY
    26 Jan 2012 | 2:12 pm
    There’s been quite a flurry of commercial news on the Pharma front this morning, with Amgen buying Micromet (whose leading product is blinatumumab in ALL) and Celgene announcing their acquisition of Avila Therapeutics who have a Bruton Kinase Inhibitor (BTK) AVL-292 in phase IB development for lymphomas, which was all the rage at the recent American Society of Hematology (ASH) meeting last month. The big news for me today, though, wasn’t the commercial acquisitions but a gem of a paper relating to science and its significance for future cancer treatment. One of the unsolved…

  • Unravelling early colorectal cancer: the links between ROS, DNA methylation and inflammatory responses

    MaverickNY
    24 Jan 2012 | 11:56 am
    During yesterday’s discussion with Dr Ray DuBois (MD Anderson Cancer Center) about inflammation and methylation, the topic of CpG island methylator phenotype (CIMP) in colorectal cancer (CRC) came up as you can see from the brief audio clip below: Steve Baylin’s paper sounded most interesting, so I tracked it down – see O’Hagan et al., (2011) in the References below for the direct link. CIMP is interesting to look at because it can occur in some 30% of colorectal cancer cases and has been previously shown to be an independent predictor of survival with 5FU in early or adjuvant CRC…

  • New research demonstrates the link between inflammation and early development of colon cancer

    MaverickNY
    23 Jan 2012 | 11:29 am
    Recently, epigenetics has been very much to the forefront with promising new human data in lung and breast cancers. Nature Medicine This morning I was therefore thrilled to see some exciting work just published in Nature Medicine Online First from Ray DuBois’s lab at MD Anderson Cancer Center, on the potential role of inflammation and silencing of tumour suppressor genes in early colorectal cancer. Previously, the group looked at the role of COX-2 in intestinal inflammation and colorectal cancer and observed that: “A large body of evidence indicates that genetic mutations, epigenetic…

  • miRNA as a potential biomarker for early breast cancer

    MaverickNY
    16 Jan 2012 | 10:18 am
    One way to potentially improve long term cancer statistics is earlier detection, and in high risk patients, appropriate initiation of earlier treatment, since it is well known that the survival in stage II or III breast cancer is noticeably better than that for stage IV metastatic disease. A critical question then, is how do we improve earlier detection? There are a number of ways to achieve this: Imaging techniques Prognostication Diagnostics Biomarkers Historically, breast cancer has often been picked up using classic, but rather crude, imaging techniques such as mammography and ultrasound,…

  • Gene mutation and resistance to chemotherapy in colorectal cancer

    MaverickNY
    5 Jan 2012 | 3:03 pm
    This week’s New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) contained a fascinating article on how a specific gene mutation known as Transcription factor AP-2 epsilon, TFAP2E–DKK4, appears to be responsible for inducing at least some of the resistance to chemotherapy that occurs during treatment of colon cancer. At first sight, I wasn’t sure from the abstract if they were referring to either adaptive resistance to therapy or whether genetic changes already present limited the effectivenes of the treatment. Further reading of the full article more specifically pointed to the latter: “Epigenetic…
 
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    Helping Tami - How Registering your Bone Marrow Can Save a Life

  • I Am Desperate for Your Help

    25 Jan 2012 | 1:36 am
    I was stunned this morning to discover that Janet Liang, a 24 year old Leukemia patient I became friends with two years ago, had posted a new video on Youtube saying her doctors have told her she only has two months left to find a bone marrow match or it will be too late.Janet in remission last year and this week after being told she's running out of time.How can you help?1. If you aren't already in the bone marrow registry please JOIN NOW. Registering is pain free and donating almost is.2. If you are in the registry and are contacted please donate. A shocking percentage of those contacted…

  • Tami Met Her Donor Scott at a Be The Match Fundraiser

    30 Dec 2011 | 6:32 pm
    I am thrilled to be able to post a heartwarming update about Tami, who most of you know because of the www.HelpingTami.org website I built for her when she was first diagnosed with a blood cancer similar to Leukemia callled Myelodysplasia in Feb. of 2009.First I was able to report an anonymous match had been found. Then that her transplant had taken place. Then came the one year anniversary of her transplant. After one year the donor program allows donors and recipients to learn each other's identities if both parties are willing. So Tami met her anonymous donor Scott via the telephone…

  • Alice's Bucket List and How You Can Help Her

    9 Jun 2011 | 11:53 am
    Alice is a 15 year old British girl who in three short days has become internationally famous because of her Alice's Bucket List blog. Why would a 15 year old girl need a bucket list of things she wants to do before she dies? Because she has terminal cancer. Alice is suffering from Hodgkin's Lymphoma, a cancer of the lymphatic system, and may have only weeks left to live as much of her life as possible.Yesterday and this morning Alice was trending on Twitter because someone tweeted to trend on Twitter was one of her bucket list wishes. But as the International Business TImes and…

  • Houston, TX this Saturday: Roger's Second Annual Blood Drive and Fundraiser

    23 Mar 2011 | 7:00 pm
    It's that time of year again, the second annual Roger Contreras Blood Drive and Fundraiser. Roger had the same blood cancer (MDS) that my cousin Tami had.That's Roger and his sister who donated her stem cells to help cure his blood cancer.Saturday, March 26, 201110:00 am - 6:00 pmGabby's BBQ Restaurant4659 Telephone Road & 610Houston, TX 4659Gulf Coast Regiional will be there to receive blood donations. Donors will receive their choice of a T-shirt. Please note: The blood bus will not be open from 1:00 - 2:30, so that they can process the first 4 hours of donations.Some of Roger's Current…

  • Buy Uggs Online and $20 will Help Marrow Transplant Patients

    14 Feb 2011 | 12:29 pm
    Thinking you'd like to buy some UGGS but need a little motivation to make the purchase?If you order them now through www.ComfortShoeShop.com and enter "Gift of Life" in the message box (for a limited time) for each pair purchased, $20 will be donated to Gift of Life.You may recall Gift of Life is a Marrow Donor Program Registry that recruits potential donors who are ultimately included in the Be The Match National Marrow Donor Registry.View all styles of Womens' Uggs on the Comfort Shoe Shop by CLICKING HERE
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    On the Road with the Vera Bradley Foundation

  • Football

    12 Jan 2012 | 11:24 am
    INDIANA — We look like we are ready to play football, don’t we? Just kidding. We are actually helping to load up the van for the most amazing initiative; I’m so excited to be a part of this in a small way. My friend Connie (she’s the sassy one right in the middle of the photo) was the impetus behind an innovative new wave of cancer research at the Tissue Bank at the IU Simon Cancer Center. That research, involving healthy women donating tissue samples, is now about to be celebrated, showcased and launched into the stratosphere by working with Super Bowl XLVI. Both are…

  • Diet

    4 Jan 2012 | 8:23 pm
    WORLDWIDE - Once again, we are reminded by a new study how important diet can be to the cancer patient.  Well, to anyone, really! It’s such a tricky subject, I can’t think of one person I know who hasn’t had a weight issue. And who hasn’t heard about eating healthy? Come on!I have an oncologist who is a genius. Best in the business, gem among men, etc. But he openly admits that while he does yoga, etc., he does have a few things that he eats and shouldn’t. He does, and he’s the smartest guy I know (which of course is somehow reassuring).So it’s really just another…

  • Christmas

    21 Dec 2011 | 4:00 am
    JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA –  David Garrard, never heard of him. Until this week, of course, and now I know him as “Santa”. David’s mama died from breast cancer when he was 16. She was a single mom, struggling to raise her son;  imagine the impact that has on a child. He could have gone in so many different directions, couldn’t he? I think the easiest route might have been one filled with struggles and heartache. Instead, this young man has become a beacon of hope.He recently had to take a break from his professional football career due to back surgery. During…

  • Goodbye, Eva

    19 Dec 2011 | 3:35 pm
    We are very, very sad to learn of the passing of former Miss Venezuela Eva Ekvall. At age 28, this exceeds the phrase "heartbreaking tragedy" in every conceivable way. I’m certain that her 2-year-old daughter would agree, should she even comprehend what has happened.Here's more on this amazing woman from a previous blog post. 

  • Bryan

    8 Dec 2011 | 5:00 am
    INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA -  This is Bryan. He’s just a regular fella, if your definition of "regular fella" includes "genius" in the description. He’s an oncologist and a researcher, a combination I have found to be life saving. Just speaking personally, of course.He's a researcher at IU Simon Cancer Center and also works at the Vera Bradley Foundation Breast Cancer Research Laboratories. He’s made a pretty important discovery about neuropathy which could help countless cancer patients.  (neu*rop*a*thy – noun. Disease or dysfunction of one or more peripheral nerves. ) Older…
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    Blog For a Cure

  • What a week

    28 Jan 2012 | 7:39 am
    Good morning everyone, I hope you all had a great week, We did. Monday was nothing to start with a pretty quick radiation treatment and the drive home, Kathy was feeling pretty good, was very alert, Bright eyed and bushy ...

  • Anyone on fb?

    28 Jan 2012 | 7:35 am
    My name on fb is Amy DeLong Long friend request me please :)

  • no surgery, more chemo

    28 Jan 2012 | 7:13 am
    Biopsy shows new spot is cancer. Surgery on hold indefinitely. I have to see oncologist Tuesday to discuss more chemotherapy. Just had liver resection surgery 9/6/11 and 75% of liver removed and supposedly "ALL" cancer had been removed. So now, ...

  • I didn't mention my surgery

    28 Jan 2012 | 6:50 am
    Always putting the cart before the horse....I had my open colon surgery on December 2, and did so well they kicked me out of the hospital on Dec 6th! When I saw my oncologist afterwards, we discussed the follow ...

  • Wonderful Day

    28 Jan 2012 | 3:25 am
    Today we had a nice break from the rain. Clear blue sky and a little warmer. I earned a free Latte when I bought my usual medium Toffee Nut Latte Breve : ) Don't you just love the punch ...
 
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    The Cancer Warrior

  • Clobbering Cancer

    26 Jan 2012 | 8:40 pm
      Another guest blogger, enjoy Someone I love was just diagnosed with breast cancer. I’m optimistic that she’s going to be just fine, but I know that she has a lot of decisions to make about treatment, both conventional and alternative, in the near future. Since I’ve worked with cancer survivors for nearly a decade, and since I’m also a Holistic Health Counselor, I have a lot to say about cancer. Namely, cancer sucks. That profound statement aside, I’ve seen hundreds of women overcome this feared foe. I’ve even seen many come out the other end better for it. That might…

  • Those three little words...

    18 Jan 2012 | 9:45 pm
    That was my dinner tonight.  Pancakes and bacon.  Everyone loves bacon right?  And pancakes make everything better (well they do, especially after visiting the emergency room twice in one night a month after starting chemo.) So I started thinking, if my dinner could make my cancer come back. Not like that is possible.  No one really knows what caused my cancer. "I'm sorry Mel," the doctor would say," you shouldn't have had that pancake and bacon dinner on January 18,2012.  You should have stuck to your regular diet of chicken or fish and veggies." Of course its in the…

  • Help me pay it forward

    10 Jan 2012 | 2:27 pm
    If you are a subscriber to this blog, or just an avid reader of it you know that what I do is not for myself.  I do what I do, my podcast, my blog, speaking etc. to help others.  Its what I love to do is pay it forward. So I am fundraising, Something I am admittedly terrible at, for a good cause, the Stupid Cancer organization, also known as I2Y or  the I'm too Young for this Foundation.  Yes I have written praises about the group several times before, something I only do if I believe in an organization. When I was going through treatment I responded to a post…

  • Interview on BBC radio program World Have Your Say

    22 Dec 2011 | 10:38 pm
    BBC World Have Your Say Interview with The Cancer Warrior Dec 16,2011 from Cancer Warrior on Vimeo. I was honored and humbled to be requested by the BBC to speak about "The Topic of Cancer"  Here is my segment on the program. Check out my podcast The Cancer Warrior on Empoweradio.com.  Available on demand and also available on Itunes.

  • Pay it Forward

    16 Dec 2011 | 9:49 am
    Another guest blogger.  Enjoy My name is Kurt Shattuck and I have started “Hobby Bracelets” because I have hope. Hope that one good things turns into another.Hope that everyone somewhere in some way can and will be effected by a change that they might not have seen before. I am NOT doing this to make myself tons of money or even hardly any. I am doing this for the cause. Right now my cause is to help a local church in Petoskey, MI to raise money for a building. They currently meet in a Knights of Columbus and are charged a ridiculous amount for one day a week. The New Hope…
 
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    Cancer Treatment

  • Axitinib tablets approved for renal cell carcinoma

    Ross Bonander
    27 Jan 2012 | 2:44 pm
    The US Food & Drug Administration today gave market approval to axitinib tablets (Inlyta) for the treatment of patients with previously treated renal cell carcinoma (RCC). Approval was granted based on a single, international, randomized, open-label trial involving patients with advanced RCC following one prior treatment regimen. Those involved in the trial had received one of the following treatments: sunitinib, temsirolimus, bevacizumab or cytokines. read more

  • Movement To Redefine Cancer

    CancerTreatment.net Staff
    27 Jan 2012 | 2:05 pm
    The word "cancer" can strike fear in people, but this word may unnecessarily causing fear and some want to change the word for it More Videos

  • Could Avastin and Sutent promote cancer growth?

    Ross Bonander
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:27 am
    According to a paper published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by Max Wicha, MD, and his colleagues at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, two major anti-cancer drugs may actually be promoting cancer growth. read more

  • Sexually transmitted oral HPV on the rise, especially among men

    Ross Bonander
    27 Jan 2012 | 7:10 am
    According to a study in the most recent issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), a startling high percent of the US population between 14 and 69 carries an oral form of the Human papillomavirus (HPV). The study, "Prevalence of Oral HPV Infection in the United States, 2009-2010", says that the prevalence of infection of oral HPV is 6.9 %. This virus is chiefly sexually transmitted, and according to the study's authors, men are three times as likely to have the virus as women. read more

  • CTCA experts publish cancer nutrition guide

    Ross Bonander
    26 Jan 2012 | 3:35 pm
    Predicated on the notion that somewhere between 20-40 percent of cancer patients die from causes related to malnutrition and not directly related to their disease, registered dieticians at the Cancer Treatment Centers of America have published a cookbook and nutrition guide that they believe will help cancer patients meet the many and variable nutritional requirements associated with cancer. read more
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    cancerhawk

  • New Potential Option for Women with Metastatic Breast Cancer

    Robyn
    24 Jan 2012 | 8:58 pm
    When added to standard therapies, new research has shown that the drugs pertuzumab and Afinitor help keep metastatic breast cancer at bay. In fact, these two drugs have shown to extend the amount of time that women with metastatic breast cancer could live without their tumors growing.  Although neither Afinitor nor pertuzumab on their own have been especially effective against breast cancer, when combining them with other therapies, the results are significant. Pertuzumab (a new drug) halted tumor growth in women for 6.1 months when it was added to Herceptin and chemotherapy, compared with…

  • A Cancer Dictionary

    Robyn
    15 Jan 2012 | 12:48 pm
      Ever feel like your oncologist is talking in another language?  Here’s how to translate… (straight from Everyday Health- an amazing resource on everything health-related)   Adjuvant therapy: Therapy used in addition to the primary cancer treatment; for instance, chemotherapy is often an adjuvant therapy to surgery, which is used to remove cancerous tissue. Benign: Harmless; this adjective is used to describe a growth, or tumor, that is non-cancerous. Biopsy: Diagnostic procedure that involves taking a sample of tissue to be analyzed to help diagnose cancers.

  • got Sarcoma? get Answers here…

    Robyn
    12 Jan 2012 | 6:04 am
      You can purchase these bracelets from www.sarcomahelp.org   The Liddy Shriver Sarcoma Initiative is an amazing organization whose mission is to support people with sarcoma, a very rare cancer type.  (Candidly, until Alan was diagnosed with pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma in 2009, we had never even heard of the word “sarcoma” before.) They have just published (electronically) A Guide for the Newly Diagnosed Sarcoma Patient.  And WOW… tons and tons of great information & resources.  This guide will help any sarcoma patient more easily navigate their cancer…

  • Potential NEW Treatment Option for Ovarian Cancer

    Robyn
    11 Jan 2012 | 9:02 am
    Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Florida may have discovered a new treatment option for women with advanced ovarian cancer.  Their discovery involves combining two well-known cancer drugs (ixabepilone and sunitinub) that had never been used in combination before nor had they ever been used in treating ovarian cancer.   The result:  70% destruction of cancer cells already resistant to commonly used chemotherapy agents.   Here’s the dealio (as my daughter always says)… It is estimated that over 21,000 women a year are diagnosed with ovarian cancer.  When ovarian cancer…

  • Tips for Coping with a Long Hospital Stay

    Robyn
    8 Jan 2012 | 9:31 pm
    Let’s face it… staying overnight in a hospital for any reason is not fun…. even if you are in the hospital for a good reason like giving birth to a baby.   And having to stay in a hospital for a LONG period time…. well, that just plain ole’ sucks.  To help cope with a long hospital stay, MD Anderson’s Department of Social Work offers these tips…. p.s. I’ve added a few of my own suggestions as well : Bring something from your house… a blanket, a pillow, anything that brings you comfort. Most people feel safe and comfortable at home.
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    mAss Kickers Foundation Group Blog

  • Be the Change

    21 Jan 2012 | 12:27 pm
    Snow Patrol, Called Out In The DarkFallen Empires, 2011We are listening and we're not blind,This is your life, this is your timeI’ve never been one for New Year’s resolutions. Why pick a certain time of the year to set forth new goals? Why not think of and achieve new goals every day? I don’t like the idea of setting new goals at the start of the year because to me, it doesn’t take the start of a new year to start over. We as people are constantly reinventing ourselves, discovering new things, and solving problems. I set goals and expectations for myself every day to some extent, so I…

  • Consistency is Key!

    12 Jan 2012 | 11:11 am
    It's hard to believe we're already almost half-way through January; 2012 is officially underway. We're entering that pivotal time when the routine has returned, the festivities have died down, and the resolutions are being tested. Have you kept yours up for these two weeks? It's fascinating to note that 20% of people let their resolution go once February hits and 82% of people have made the same resolution before. (source)We can approach those statistics with humor, or we can think on what that says about our character, drive, and attitudes. It speaks to how hard it is for us to stick with…

  • 2012 New Year's Resolution - Galvez

    8 Jan 2012 | 9:38 am
    A new year always brings with it hope. Every January, I rack my brain thinking of ways to make the coming year the best year of my life! That being said... I have a feeling that 2012 is going to be a great year. In this time of personal reflection, I realized that I need to start taking better care of myself. With a health crisis/brain tumor under my belt, I have noticed that my eating habits have really degenerated over the last few years. Diet and Exercise need to play a large role in survivorship.  While I still am pretty religious about my exercise habits, I have noticed that I have…

  • MD Anderson Brain Tumor Conference May 2011

    1 Jan 2012 | 2:59 pm

  • Wrapping Up 2011 - Diagnosis Reflection

    31 Dec 2011 | 5:45 pm
    As the year comes to a close, I thought I would share this video as my last MKF Group Blog post of 2011. The video touches on my mAss kickin' journey since my diagnosis of a brain tumor in September of 2007 and how in the grand scheme of things I am changed for the better. The biggest change since my diagnosis was shifting my mindset from the underdog perspective to using what I have experienced and learned to help others - thinking bigger than just my individual diagnosis has made a world of difference in my perspective and attitude.After re-herniating and rupturing discs in my lower back…
 
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    Dip In The Nip

  • Valentines Dip in the Nip

    Máire Garvey
    13 Jan 2012 | 8:51 am
    When I first had the idea of a skinny dip to raise money for cancer, before it became the Dip in the Nip, I had something quite simple in mind: it was going to be for breast cancer, and just for women. I thought perhaps – if I was lucky – I’d get about 50 women to do it, and perhaps we’d raise about €5,000. Instead, back in 2009, 180 brave women bared all, and between them raised just over €56,000. Now, a mere three years later over 700 people have done a Dip, and between them have raised nearly €200,000 for various cancer projects. Men have joined in the fun,…

  • Say ‘Hello’ to our first Corporate Sponsor!

    Máire Garvey
    4 Nov 2011 | 6:41 am
    Shortly after this years Midsummer Dip in the Nip, Ken O’Neill of Flanagan Ford got in touch to say that they wanted to support a local charity, and after some discussion, had decided that the Dip in the Nip was one they wanted to be associated with. Flanagan Fords’ aim is to be able to donate enough each year to cover the costs of running the Dip, and therefore help to ensure that all sponsorship raised by Dippers can go to the charities being supported. As the Dip is getting bigger (6 Dips already planned for next year, and charity status for the Dip in the Nip Foundation being…

  • Funding the ‘breakthrough’ cancer test

    Máire Garvey
    15 Aug 2011 | 3:34 pm
    You may have seen the report in the Sunday Business Post ((14/8/11) about a test that would help many people who get breast cancer avoid chemotheraphy: see the full story here http://www.sbpost.ie/news/cancer-test-too-expensive-for-public-patients-58074.html. The general thrust of the article is, that unless the cost of the test can be reduced, it will not be offered to public patients. One of the places that the test is currently being offered to patients is in Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, and funds from this years Dip in the Nip will go towards that work. I’m very proud of that…
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    Cancerwise | Cancer blog from MD Anderson Cancer Center

  • Organizing Your Medical File

    Cancerwise Blogger
    26 Jan 2012 | 8:00 am
    By Andrew GriffithAndrew Griffith has mantle cell lymphoma and has had an auto (November 2009) and an allo (August 2011) stem cell transplant. He lives in Canada and is married with two young adult children. He blogs at www.lymphomajourney.wordpress.com and can be followed on Twitter @lymphomajourney.Most of us find it challenging to make sense of the wave of information when we enter our cancer journey. This is foreign territory, with its own language, culture and routines. It takes time to absorb and understand.We're not oncologists or hematologists. However, we can learn to improve our…

  • Strength in Weakness

    Cancerwise Blogger
    25 Jan 2012 | 7:52 am
    By Isaac Van SligtenhorstIsaac van Sligtenhorst is a physician-in-training in the Texas Medical Center. He blogs about his training, as well as battling cancer from the perspective of a caregiver. Read more about his approach to grief, hope and life in general at heartofalonelyhunter.blogspot.com.  Fifteenth floor, leukemia and lymphoma ward. My dad was admitted here twice, the second time the same day my brother died. I knew the floor well.I had just finished with my patient and was waiting for the elevator. A phenomenal case. History of four different cancers, pulmonary embolism,…

  • Tips for Newcomers at MD Anderson

    Cancerwise Blogger
    24 Jan 2012 | 7:51 am
    By Holly EasleyI began my journey about five years ago when I had some temporary blindness. I went to the doctor and my blood counts were low, so I was sent to a hematologist oncologist. After a bone marrow biopsy, I was diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). Once I got my diagnosis, I went straight to MD Anderson. My doctor at MD Anderson was Guillermo Garcia-Manero, M.D., in the Department of Leukemia. I can't say enough good things about this man. From my first appointment with him, I knew he was the best doctor in the world. It turns out he's considered the leading authority in…

  • Happy to Say Ta-Ta to 2011

    Cancerwise Blogger
    23 Jan 2012 | 11:57 am
    By Val MarshallVal Marshall's cancer journey began in May 2009, when her son Addison was diagnosed with acute lymphocytic leukemia. A visit to the family doctor for what they thought was a simple high school football injury turned out to be much more.Inspired by her son's strength and hope, Val strives to be a voice that connects other parents on this journey. Her series shares insight into her life as a mom of a typical teenager who just happens to be fighting leukemia.Addison Marshall Crush CancerI have to say that I was happy to ring in the New Year and say "hasta la vista, baby" to 2011.

  • Learning to Cope With Leukemia

    Social Work Bloggers
    19 Jan 2012 | 10:39 am
    By Sarah Cook, Department of Social WorkAn acute leukemia diagnosis can make you feel as if the world has stopped -- for you, the patient, and for your loved ones.  Before diagnosis there was grocery shopping, work, coffee dates and laundry. Now, suddenly, life is lab work, test results and an endless stream of medical professionals --many of whom you can't identify by name.  The information comes fast and furious: "you have leukemia," "we're running tests," "you're being admitted" and "we're placing a PICC line." A PICC line? What's a PICC line? Will my insurance pay for this? Will…
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