Health experts are urging government regulators to take action to protect the nation's youth by restricting the use of artificial tanning devices, which are linked to an increase in the risk of skin cancer, according to an article published online in the March 18, 2013 edition of Pediatrics, the journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Indoor tanning has grown rapidly over the years with…

A new drug combination including an EGFR and COX-2 Inhibitors shows promise in reducing the risk for patients with advanced oral precancerous lesions to develop squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck. The results of the study, which included preclinical and clinical analyses, were published in Clinical Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer…

New research examining the role of race and ethnicity in an individual’s decision to become a donor for hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) identifies several factors associated with varied participation rates in national donor registries across racial/ethnic groups. Results of this first-of-its-kind study are published online today in Blood, the Journal of the American Society of Hematology (ASH).

Hematopoietic…

A glass plate with a nanoscale roughness could be a simple way for scientists to capture and study the circulating tumor cells (CTC) that carry cancer around the body through the bloodstream (illustration). Engineering and medical researchers at the …

Results from a completed Phase II study with the investigational FLT3 inhibitor, quizartinib (AC220; Astellas Pharma/Ambit Biosciences) as an oral monotherapy treatment regimen in patients with Relapsed or Refractory Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML) were presented earlier today at the 54th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH).

The Phase II ACE study recruited patients into two separate cohorts of…

New pre-clinical data for RNAi therapeutics for the treatment of hemoglobinopathies, presented at the 54th American Society of Hematology (ASH) Annual Meeting being held December 8-11, 2012 in Atlanta, shows that ALN-TMP, an RNAi therapeutic targeting therapeutic targeting transmembrane protease serine 6 or Tmprss6, leads to disease modifying effects, including a correction in globin gene expression, in a model…

The European Commission (EC) has approved bevacizumab (Avastin, Genentech/Roche)in combination with standard chemotherapy (carboplatin and gemcitabine) as a treatment for women with first recurrence of platinum-sensitive ovarian cancer.

Bevacizumab is already approved by the EC as a front-line (first-line following surgery) treatment for women with advanced ovarian cancer. The additional approval of the medicine is important for women with ovarian cancer who are now able to…

New results from phase III trials exploring treatment options for patients with advanced renal cell carcinoma were released at the ESMO 2012 Congress of the European Society for Medical Oncology in Vienna (September 28 - October 2, 2012). Renal cell carcinoma, also called kidney cancer or renal adenocarcinoma, is a type of kidney cancer that starts in the lining of the tubules in the kidney. 

Prof Maria De Santis from Kaiser Franz Josef-Spital, Vienna, Chair of the ESMO 2012…

A new educational approach helps children with sickle cell disease complete MRI tests without sedation. Sitting still is tough for young children, making MRI scans a challenge. The scans require that patients remain motionless for extended periods. Findings from St. Jude Children's Research Hospital showed that a brief, targeted intervention dramatically increases the likelihood that children as young as 5 years old will be able to undergo testing without sedation.

That is…

Reovirus (Reolysin®; Oncolytics Biotech, Calgary, AB, Canada), a proprietary variant of the Respiratory Enteric Orphan Virus, is a benign, double-stranded RNA human virus with oncolytic properties. In a variety of clinical trials, the virus has shown to selectively kill tumor cells with activated signaling through the RAS pathway.

The RAS protein family members belong to a class of protein called…

Earlier this week the first patient has been dosed in a Phase Ib/IIa study of CRLX101 (formerly called IT-101, Cerulean Pharma Inc.), dual inhibitor of topoisomerase 1 and hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha, in combination with bevacizumab (Avastin®, Genentech/Roche) in metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) patients. Cerulean also announced the completion of enrollment of its randomized Phase II study in advanced non-small…

Research published in Nature Medicine shows that boosting a protein pathway in the body's blood making system protects mice from otherwise fatal radiation poisoning. Scientists in the multi-institutional study – posted online by the journal on June 24, 2012 – say their findings open the potential for new treatments against radiation toxicity during cancer treatment or environmental…

BPM 31510 targets the metabolic machinery of the cancer microenvironment to reverse the aerobic glycolytic phenotype of cancer cells also called the Warburg phenotype.  The Warburg phenotype has been related to the pathogenesis of schizophrenia, malignancy, metabolic syndrome x, autoimmune disease and neuronal degeneration.



The endogenous small molecule resident in mitochondria restores oxidative phosphorylation and confers re-capitulation of the BCL-2…

A Phase III multicenter clinical trial finds that treatment with the investigational BRAF-targeted drug dabrafenib, an investigational, orally bioavailable inhibitor of the BRAF protein, reduced the risk of disease progression by 70% compared to standard…

Final results from PARAMOUNT trial, a Phase III clinical study of pemetrexed (Alimta®, Eli Lilly and Company) in the continuation maintenance setting, demonstrated improved overall survival in patients with advanced nonsquamous non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) treated with pemetrexed continuation maintenance. PARAMOUNT trial results were presented on Monday, June 4, 2012, at the 48th Annual Meeting of the American Society of…

An initial combination chemotherapy of bendamustine (Treanda®; Cephalon, Inc) and rituximab (Rituxan®, Genentech/Biogen IDEC) more than doubled progression-free survival (PFS) compared with R-CHOP therapy, the current standard of care, among patients with previously untreated indolent or slow-growing lymphoma and mantle cell lymphoma. This outcome is based on updated…

The incidence of glioma - the most common form of brain tumour - is not increasing in the Nordic countries, contradicting the claim that cell phone use is a cause of the disease. This according to a new study from Karolinska Institutet published in the scientific journal Epidemiology. The analyses…

Cancer cells have been long known to have a “sweet tooth,” using vast amounts of glucose for energy and for building blocks for cell replication.



Now, a new study by a team of researchers at Johns Hopkins and elsewhere shows that lymph gland cancer cells called B cells can use glutamine in the absence of glucose for cell replication and survival, particularly under low-oxygen conditions, which…

Interim results from a phase I clinical trial of brentuximab vedotin(SGN-35, Adcetris™, Seattle Genetics/Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company) in combination with chemotherapy for the treatment of newly diagnosed advanced stage Hodgkin lymphoma (HL) patients were…

Data reported today demonstrating that prolonged treatment with Brentuximab Vedotin (SGN-35; Adcetris™, Seattle Genetics) beyond 16 cycles of therapy was associated with clinically meaningful durations of response with a manageable safety profile. In addition, data were presented showing that Brentuximab Vedotin is a viable option for reducing tumor burden prior to allogeneic stem cell transplant. The data were presented at the…