Latest stomach cancer Stories
A new study suggests that people who consume large quantities of red meat may have a greater chance of developing certain cancers of the throat and stomach than people who limit their intake of steaks and hamburgers. Reuters health reported Friday that researchers found only a small number of the 500,000 older U.S. adults studied developed cancers of the esophagus or stomach. However, the risks were relatively greater among those who ate a lot of red meat. Study participants in the top 20...
People treated for cancer when they were children have a higher-than-average risk of gastrointestinal problems "“ some mild, some quite severe "“ in the years following treatment, according to a study to be presented at the 42nd Congress of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology (SIOP) in Boston on Sunday, Oct. 24. Investigators at Dana-Farber/Children's Hospital Cancer Center and their colleagues say their findings suggest that childhood cancer survivors and their physicians...
INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY) announced today that its global Phase III trial evaluating ALIMTA® (pemetrexed for injection) in combination with cisplatin in patients with recurrent or metastatic squamous cell cancer of the head and neck (SCCHN) did not meet its primary endpoint for overall survival. Data were presented for the first time today at the 35th Annual Meeting of the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO). The Phase III...
GIESSEN, Germany, October 5, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- - Biomarker 'M2-PK' Identified as Key Enzyme in Cancer Diagnosis and Therapy - Warburg hypothesis (named after the Nobel prize winner) confirmed - Cancer cells can be recognised by their metabolism - Scientists from Harvard Medical School in Boston report on the enzyme 'M2-PK' in a study in the renowned specialist journal 'Science' - Tests for detecting M2-PK in blood or also in stool samples are already...
Gastric cancer is a major cause of cancer deaths in the world. The outcome of large gastric tumors and those with lymph node involvement remains poor after surgical resection. The optimal adjuvant therapy after surgical resection remains to be determined. The most common strategies in the adjuvant treatment of gastric cancers include fluoropyrimidine-based chemotherapy with or without radiation. The introduction of capecitabine has largely replaced continuous-infusion 5-fluorouracil (5-FU)...
According to a report published on Monday, a type of weight-loss surgery not approved for adolescents is becoming more and more common among teens in California. The researchers said that most of the patients are white girls, even though they make up less than half of overweight youth. They found in rates from 2005 to 2007 of so-called gastric banding rose five-fold. However, use of gastric bypass dropped, leaving the overall rate of weight loss procedures constant. Gastric banding is...
Enables numerous incisionless gastrointestinal procedures; results presented at IFSO 2010USGI Medical, Inc., the Incisionless Surgery company, today announced that updated multi-center results confirm durability of the company's Expandable Tissue Anchorsâ„¢ up to a year or more in a variety of incisionless gastrointestinal (GI) procedures, including use of a ROSE procedure (Repair of Surgery, Endolumenal) to repair dilated tissue after gastric bypass.These findings, which demonstrate...
BRIDGEWATER, N.J., Aug. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Sanofi-aventis U.S. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new one-vial formulation of its chemotherapeutic agent Taxotere® (docetaxel) Injection Concentrate. The 1-vial Taxotere is anticipated to become available to cancer treatment clinics and hospitals nationwide in the fall in both 80 mg and 20 mg dosages. Introduced more than 14 years ago, Taxotere is approved by the FDA for use in treating patients...
Researchers have discovered a mechanism by which Helicobacter pylori, the only known cancer-causing bacterium, disables a tumor suppressor protein in host cells.The new study, in the journal Oncogene, reports the discovery of a previously unknown mechanism linking H. pylori infection and stomach cancer, the second leading cause of cancer deaths worldwide.About two-thirds of the world's population is infected with H. pylori, a bacterium that can survive in the harsh environment of the stomach....
BEIJING, July 15 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- China Medical Technologies, Inc. (the "Company") (Nasdaq: CMED), a leading China-based advanced in-vitro diagnostic ("IVD") company, today announced that its HER-2 FISH probe has been chosen to be used in a research project focusing on cancer targeted therapy standardization, as well as early cancer detection and treatment, which is sponsored by the Chinese Ministry of Health. One of the subjects of this research project is to standardize...
