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• HPV Positive Throat Cancer Responds Well To Just Radiotherapy 15 May, 2012, 6:00 am
  New research from Denmark, presented at the 31st Conference of the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO31), revealed that even though the human papilloma virus (HPV) can trigger throat cancer, non-smoking or light smoking HPV-positive patients respond well to radiotherapy treatment alone without requiring harmful chemotherapy in addition...
• Greater Diversity Than Expected Found In Children's Brain Tumors 15 May, 2012, 3:00 am
  Paediatric brain tumours preserve specific characteristics of the normal cells from which they originate - a previously unknown circumstance with ramifications for how tumour cells respond to treatment. This has been shown by Uppsala researcher Fredrik Swartling together with colleagues in the U.S., Canada and England in a study that was published in the distinguished journal Cancer Cell...
• Drug Restores Faulty Tumor Suppressor, Kills Cancer 15 May, 2012, 3:00 am
  A new study describes a compound that selectively kills cancer cells by restoring the structure and function of one of the most commonly mutated proteins in human cancer, the "tumor suppressor" p53...
• Cancer In The Elderly: Research Fails To Keep Up With Demographic Change 15 May, 2012, 12:00 am
  New research showing that almost half of 13,000 patients with head and neck cancers had other health-related problems at the same time was one of the presentations in a special session at the 31st conference of the European Society for Radiotherapy and Oncology (ESTRO 31) [1]. The session highlighted the effect of the demographic time bomb caused by an increasingly ageing population...
• Novel Self-Adhesive Device To Diagnose Irregular Heartbeat 15 May, 2012, 12:00 am
  A study conducted at Scripps Health has found that a novel new heart monitoring device helped emergency room patients avoid unnecessary follow-up care...
• Only 1 In 5 Britons Eats 5 A Day, Poll 14 May, 2012, 7:00 am
  An online poll conducted for World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) suggests that only one in five adults in Britain is eating the recommended five portions of fruit and vegetables per day. The YouGov poll conducted earlier this month finds that on average ony 22% of the British adult population is consuming the 5 portions a day recommended by the government...
• Novel Approach To Stimulate Immune Cells Has Potential For Treatment Of Immune Diseases And Cancer 14 May, 2012, 1:00 am
  Researchers at Rutgers University have uncovered a new way to stimulate activity of immune cell opiate receptors, leading to efficient tumor cell clearance...
• A Role For DNA Replication Protein In Mitosis, Cancer 14 May, 2012, 1:00 am
  The foundation of biological inheritance is DNA replication - a tightly coordinated process in which DNA is simultaneously copied at hundreds of thousands of different sites across the genome. If that copying mechanism doesn't work as it should, the result could be cells with missing or extra genetic material, a hallmark of the genomic instability seen in most birth defects and cancers...
• New Twist On Ancient Math Problem Could Improve Medicine, Microelectronics 14 May, 2012, 12:00 am
  A hidden facet of a math problem that goes back to Sanskrit scrolls has just been exposed by nanotechnology researchers at the University of Michigan and the University of Connecticut...
• How To Overcome Poor Response To Radiotherapy Caused By Low Haemoglobin Levels 13 May, 2012, 12:00 am
  Patients with head and neck cancer and a low haemoglobin (Hb) level do not respond well to radiotherapy and therefore both control of their tumour and disease-free survival are compromised...