Infections could contribute to adult brain tumours
Infections could play a key role in triggering certain types of adult brain cancer, according to results from a new statistical analysis of the disease. The British and Dutch te...Mobile phone use not linked to increased risk of glioma brain tumours
Mobile phones are not associated with an increased risk of the most common type of brain tumour, finds the first UK study of the relationship between mobile phone use and risk of glioma. The results are published online by the BMJ today. The four year study by the Universities of Leeds, Nottingham and Manchester and the Institute of Cancer Research, London found those who had regularly use...Faults in newly discovered breast stem cells may lead to tumours
Victorian Breast Cancer Research Consortium scientists from The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, using a mouse model, have discovered the rare stem cell that drives the formation of all breast tissue. This discovery lays an important foundation for understanding how normal breast tissue develops. The identification of the breast stem cell is also likely to provide clues about how breast cancer de...Multi billion-dollar suit filed against cell phone firm for causing brain tumours
In the United States of America, a lawyer- Peter Angelos, who won millions of dollars as compensation from the tobacco industry in Maryland, has announced that he is dragging Vodafone to court in a billion dollar suit. He is claiming compensation to cell phone users who are said to have developed brain tumours after using the instruments made by Verizon wireless. This case has raised eyebrows not...Low-radiation treatment for brain tumours
A new method of treating childhood brain tumours, aimed at reducing the risk of damage to normal tissue, is to be trialled at hospitals around the US. Researchers will enrol 50 children suffering from medulloblastoma – the most common malignant childhood brain tumour – who will be treated with lower radiation and increased chemotherapy doses than those currently used. // In the US, ab...A Protein That Increases Risk Of Tumours
A protein that protects the body from tissue damage also increases the risk of tumours, says a study. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis tested the protein Bcl-xL that helps the body's healthy cells // survive the effects of toxic chemotherapeutic agents. They also found that the protein encourages the growth of tumours in mice exposed to a...Alcohol Consumption A Threat To Colorectal Tumours
Alcohol is considered not good for health as it induces lot of alterations in the metabolism of the body. Drinking beer and alcohol increases the risk of colorectal tumours, while drinking in moderation lowers the risk, according to a study. // The study was conducted by Joseph C. Anderson, M.D. and colleagues at Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York. 2,291 patien...Scottish Scientists Test ‘Secret Weapon’ Against Tumours
LONDON, March 8, 2007--Cancer Research UK scientists in Glasgowhave devised a new method of attacking cancer cells. They reportthe findings in the Journal of Clinical Investigation* today(Thursday). A team of scientists from the Beatson Institute for CancerResearch gave mice a chemical that caused cancer cells to commitsuicide, significantly slowing the growth of the tumours they w...