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Prostate cancer patients receiving hormone deprivation therapy may experience cognitive decline later in life.A team of researchers from Memorial Sloan-Kettering cancer Center in New York City analysed 19 small studies examining hormone deprivation therapy, also known as androgen deprivation therapy (ADT). These researches include both animal and human trials.Researchers found that from 47% to 69% men receiving hormone therapy experienced different forms and levels of cognitive decline. The most common impairment occurred in decision making skills, ability to recall and concentrate.read more

A biopsy removed from the right cheek of John McCain revealed no evidence of skin cancer, an official at the Mayo Clinic said Tuesday.

Thousands of scientists and health professionals are meeting at the 50th meeting of the American Association of Physicists in medicine (AAPM), the largest association of medical physicists in the world. There, from July 27 to July 31, they are presenting the latest technologies for imaging and treating diseases like cancer and discuss the safety, ethical, and regulatory issues facing the field today.

HALF OF ALL AMERICANS will be diagnosed at some point in their lives with cancer, the number two killer in the United States. One of the professions at the frontlines in the battle against cancer are medical physicists -- scientists who use the power and innovation of physics to study and solve the most pressing medical problems. Medical physicists help to develop new imaging technologies, such as dedicated breast CT scans, and improve existing ones.

'We are now focusing our clinical trials with ELACYT primarily on haematological cancers reflecting our recently gained in-depth knowledge of certain important cellular uptake mechanisms, whilst we continue to evaluate the clinical activity of an intense dosing regimen in ovarian cancer ', says Geir Christian Melen, CEO of Clavis Pharma.

Patients with stage III colon cancer who have a family history of colorectal cancer in a first-degree relative have a lower risk of recurrence and death than those without, according to a major study looking at the link between inherited colorectal cancer and survival. Between one in every six and one in every five people (16%-20%) with colorectal cancer has a first-degree relative - a parent or sibling - with colorectal cancer.

While Government drug-buying agency Pharmac has yet to decide whether it will fund 12-month courses of the breast cancer drug Herceptin some women may be covered by insurance.

The field of personalized cancer research and treatment grows with each day. And a new collaboration with Washington's largest biomedical research organization and an international research and biobanking company is contributing to that growth.

On the rocky road of cancer research, Indiana State University scientists have made important discoveries. In developing vaccines for cancer and infectious diseases, researchers often trick the immune system by mixing 'adjuvants' with the vaccines (proteins, killed cancer cell or infectious agents). 'Adjuvants' are substances that jump start the immune system by making vaccines more effective.

Outdoor cooking season is at its peak, and now there are even more reasons to marinade meats before grilling. New research published in the Journal of Food Science suggests that marinating meats may decrease the cancer-forming compounds called heterocyclic amines (HCA), which are produced during grilling, by over 70 percent. Researchers from Kansas State University tested three commercial spice-containing marinade blends (Caribbean, southwest, and herb) on round beef steaks.