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Androgen receptor may explain male dominance in liver cancer

A University of Rochester study helps to explain why men get liver cancer more often than women and opens the door for a new treatment pathway, by showing a direct link between the androgen receptor, which is more active ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 19, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tumor-initiating Cells Detected in Pten Null Prostate Cancer Model

(PhysOrg.com) -- New findings published in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, advance the current understanding of the role of stem/progenitor cells on the initiation and progression of pro ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A potential new target for treatment of hormone refractory prostate cancer

A new study identifies a protein that modifies the androgen receptor (AR) and influences its ability to regulate target genes linked with the progression of prostate cancer. The research, published by Cell Press in the April ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 06, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Prostate cancer patients undergoing hormone therapy may experience cognitive effects

A recent review of the literature has found that hormone deprivation therapy, a commonly used treatment for prostate cancer, may have subtle adverse effects on cognition in patients-- such as in the ability to recall and ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 28, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Hormone refractory prostate cancers more likely to spread to other organs

Prostate cancers that are resistant to androgen deprivation therapy are more invasive and more likely to spread to other organs than androgen dependent prostate cancers, UCLA cancer researchers have found.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 20, 2008 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Cancer stem cell marker also drives transcription in normal cells

New research links the recently discovered function of a multi-faceted transcriptional complex to control of gene expression in both normal cells and cancer stem cells. Two separate studies, published by Cell Press in the ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 17, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Androgen therapy may slow progress of Alzheimer's disease

Experiments on mouse models of Alzheimer's disease (AD) suggest that treatment with male sex hormones might slow its progression. The findings, published in the December 20 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience, provide new in ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Dec 20, 2006 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0


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