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Video: St. Jude provides childhood cancer treatment at no charge

By on Sunday, May 19th, 2013 | No Comments

St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital works to provide top-quality treatment for children with cancer, at no cost to the families.

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‘Gilda’s Big Night Out’ to raise money for cancer support groups

By on Friday, May 17th, 2013 | No Comments

Gilda’s Club is an organization that consists of groups across the country which provide laughter and support to cancer patients.

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Wip1 Could Be New Target For Treatment Of Colorectal, Breast And Ovarian Cancers

By on Thursday, May 9th, 2013 | No Comments

Researchers have uncovered mutations in the phosphatase Wip1 that enable cancer cells to foil the tumor suppressor p53, according to a study in The Journal of Cell Biology. The results could provide a new target for the treatment of certain cancers. Like a battlefield surgeon who has to decide which casualties can be saved, p53 performs triage on cells with injured DNA…

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Surgical Suite at St Pete Urology

By on Tuesday, May 7th, 2013 | No Comments

https://plus.google.com/u/0/117971779320333759833/about St Pete Urology is equipped with a Surgical Suite and an Anaesthesia Services to provide surgery for …

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Cancer treatment bill clears Fla. Legislature

By on Saturday, May 4th, 2013 | No Comments

Florida lawmakers have passed legislation that would require health insurers to provide the same level of coverage for cancer treatments given orally as those drugs administered intravenously.

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Genomic testing helps breast cancer patients make chemotherapy decision

By on Thursday, May 2nd, 2013 | No Comments

A new genomic test may provide patients with certain types of early-stage breast cancer critical information about whether they actually benefit from chemotherapy or if they could safely avoid the treatment and it’s long lasting side effects such as hair loss, nausea and fatigue.

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Endometrial and acute myeloid leukemia cancer genomes characterized

By on Thursday, May 2nd, 2013 | No Comments

Two studies reveal details about the genomic landscapes of acute myeloid leukemia and endometrial cancer. Both provide new insights into the molecular underpinnings of these cancers with the potential to improve treatment. These studies represent the sixth and seventh in a series of genomes of at least 20 major cancers.

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Researchers look to mathematics, nature, to understand the immune system and its role in cancer

By on Wednesday, May 1st, 2013 | No Comments

Can patterns in tree branches or the meandering bends in a river provide clues that could lead to better cancer therapies? According to a new study, these self-similar, repeating patterns in nature known as fractals help scientists better understand how the immune system is organized and may one day be used to help improve stem cell transplant outcomes in leukemia patients by predicting the probability of transplant complications.

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Angiogenesis Inhibitors Originally Conceived For Cancer Could Hold Promise For Weight Loss

By on Thursday, April 25th, 2013 | No Comments

Researchers have long known that cancerous tumors grow collections of abnormal blood cells, the fuel that feeds this disease and keeps it growing. Now, new evidence in an animal model suggests that blood vessels in the fat tissue of obese individuals could provide the same purpose – and could provide the key to a new way for people to lose weight. When researchers Jian-Wei Gu, Kristina L…

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Hundreds Of Tiny Untethered Surgical Tools Deployed In First Animal Biopsies

By on Thursday, April 25th, 2013 | No Comments

By using swarms of untethered grippers, each as small as a speck of dust, Johns Hopkins engineers and physicians say they have devised a new way to perform biopsies that could provide a more effective way to access narrow conduits in the body as well as find early signs of cancer or other diseases…

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