News tagged with cell carcinomas

Stem cells released to heal wounds could trigger tumors

(PhysOrg.com) -- Research in mice has found that mutated stem cells can migrate to the surface of injured skin, where they can trigger the growth of tumors.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Feb 15, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (12) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Skin lesion leads to more cancer types than once believed

Actinic keratoses are sun-damaged rough patches or lesions on the skin — often pink and scaly — that doctors have long believed can turn into a form of skin cancer known as squamous cell carcinoma.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study links cigarette changes to rising lung risk

(AP) -- It may be riskier on the lungs to smoke cigarettes today than it was a few decades ago - at least in the U.S., says new research that blames changes in cigarette design for fueling a certain type ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 18, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Drinking very hot tea can increase the risk of throat cancer

People are advised to wait a few minutes before drinking a cup of freshly-boiled tea today as a new study, published on bmj.com, finds that drinking very hot tea (70°C or more) can increase the risk of cancer of the oesophagus, ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 26, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 7

New device uses gold nanoparticles to test for lung cancer

The metabolism of lung cancer patients is different than the metabolism of healthy people. And so the molecules that make up cancer patients' exhaled breath are different too. A new device pioneered at the University of Colorado ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Nov 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Polymeric nanoparticles attack head and neck cancer

Head and neck cancer, the sixth most common cancer in the world, has remained one of the more difficult malignancies to treat, and even when treatment is successful, patients suffer severely from the available therapies. ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Jul 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Worm studies shed light on human cancers

(PhysOrg.com) -- Research in the worm is shedding light on a protein associated with a number of different human cancers, and may point to a highly targeted way to treat them.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Apr 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers connect a specific protein to head and neck cancers

(PhysOrg.com) -- The discovery that a certain protein is over-expressed in patients with oral cancer may give new treatment hope to people suffering from the particularly aggressive, localized forms of head ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New clue to controlling skin regeneration--as well as skin cancer

(PhysOrg.com) -- How do organs "know" when to stop growing? The answer could be useful in regenerative medicine, and also in cancer - where these "stop growing" signals either aren't issued or aren't heeded. Researchers in ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study finds oral tongue cancer increasing in young, white females

A UNC study released this week in the Journal of Clinical Oncology finds an increasing incidence of squamous cell carcinoma of the oral tongue in young white females in the United States over the last three decades.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 08, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (5) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Artificial intestine helps fight bad gut bacteria

(PhysOrg.com) -- Cornell professor John March is attempting to transform bacteria in our gut into disease-fighting machines. Now, thanks to two members of his research team, he has a powerful new tool to help ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Feb 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study unmasks a stem cell origin of skin cancer and the genetic roots of malignancy

A constellation of different stem cell populations within our skin help it to cope with normal wear and tear. By constantly proliferating, the stem cells allow skin to replenish itself, allowing each cell to be replaced by ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Gene May Hold Key to Reducing Spread of Oral Cancers

(PhysOrg.com) -- The spread of cancer cells in the tongue may be reduced if a gene that regulates cancer cell migration can be controlled, according to new research at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Jul 23, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Steering around skin cancer

If Dr. Scott Fosko had his way, truckers would slather on sunscreen as routinely as they log their miles. As National Skin Cancer Awareness month rolls by and the sun's rays get stronger, Fosko, chairman of dermatology at ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created May 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study shows link between vitamin D, skin cancer

A Henry Ford Hospital study has shown a link between Vitamin D levels and basal cell carcinoma, a finding that could lead researchers to better understand the development of the most common form of skin cancer.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 04, 2010 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (11) | comments 9 | with audio podcast