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Research led by Hui-Yi Lin, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biostatistics at LSU Health New Orleans School of Public Health, has developed another novel statistical method for evaluating gene-to-gene interactions associated with cancer and other complex diseases. The Additive-Additive 9 Interaction (AA9int) method is described in a paper published in Bioinformatics. “This method can identify combinations […]
Researchers from the Francis Crick Institute in London, United Kingdom, found that keeping mice on a diet rich in a compound known as indole-3-carbinol (I3C) — which comes from such vegetables — prevented the animals’ intestines from becoming inflamed and developing colon cancer. They report the study in a paper now published in the journal […]
Patients with a greater than 10 pack/year history of smoking tend to develop an especially dangerous form of head and neck squamous cell cancer (HNSCC) for which prognosis remains poor and treatments have changed little during the past two decades. However, recent phase 1 clinical trial results by the Head and Neck Cancer Group at […]
Compound in kale, cabbage and broccoli protects against bowel cancer Another reason to eat your greens! Compound in kale, cabbage and broccoli protects against bowel cancer When green vegetables are digested, a protein is activated This protein reduces gut inflammation and prevents colon cancer forming It repairs damaged gut cells, allowing them to absorb nutrients […]
A valuable cache of brain cancer biomedical data has been made freely available to researchers worldwide, say researchers at Georgetown Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center. The dataset, REMBRANDT (REpository for Molecular BRAin Neoplasia DaTa) hosted and supported by Georgetown, is one of only two such large collections in the country. Information about the brain cancer data […]
The woman given just two days to live after dismissing her cancer symptoms as divorce stress Woman, 32, who dismissed her exhaustion and headaches for divorce stress was horrified to discover they were signs of blood cancer and she had just 48 HOURS to live Kate Stallard thought her headaches were down to her adapting to […]
Delight as health ministers finally bow to pressure to lower the bowel cancer screening age to 50 Health ministers finally bow to pressure to lower the bowel cancer screening age to 50 in England in move that will save thousands of lives Under current guidelines, patients aged 60 to 74 are offered a home testing […]
People who develop abnormally frequent cases of a skin cancer known as basal cell carcinoma appear to be at significantly increased risk for the development of other cancers, including blood, breast, colon and prostate cancers, according to a preliminary study by researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine. The increased susceptibility is likely caused […]
Investigators have discovered that arsenic in combination with an existing leukemia drug work together to target a master cancer regulator. The team, led by researchers at the Cancer Center at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC), is hopeful that the discovery could lead to new treatment strategies for diverse types of cancer. Their findings were […]
The rarity of appendix cancer, accounting for less than 1 percent of tumors that originate in the gastrointestinal tract, and the lack of scientific data for this disease means that current treatment guidelines recommend applying therapies to people with appendix cancer that are intended for those with colon cancer. To understand why some patients with […]