Reovirus may be a novel approach to prostate cancer treatment
Contact: Tara Yates
tara.yates@aacr.org
267-646-0558
American Association for Cancer Research
PHILADELPHIA Researchers in Canada have detected a novel oncolytic viral therapy against prostate cancer with use of a virus called the reovirus, according to study results published in Cancer Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research.
Effective prostate cancer treatment discovery
February 24, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: Samantha Blair
samantha.blair@adm.monash.edu.au
61-399-034-841
Monash University
Monash University biomedical scientists have identified a new way to treat castrate resistant cells in prostate cancer sufferers the most common cancer in Australian men.
Using nitroglycerin to treat prostate cancer shows potential to halt disease, Queen’s research
February 4, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: Jeff Drake
jeff.drake@queensu.ca
613-533-2877
Queen’s University
KINGSTON, ON — Treatment of prostate cancer using a very low dose of nitroglycerin may slow and even halt the progression of the disease without the severe side effects of current treatments, Queen’s University researchers have discovered
New approach to treating breast and prostate cancers
February 4, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: Jim Ritter
jritter@lumc.edu
708-216-2445
Loyola University Health System Read more
Vaccine approach extends life of metastatic prostate cancer patients
January 24, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: Bill Schaller
william_schaller@dfci.harvard.edu
617-632-5357
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
BOSTONIn a newly published clinical trial, patients with metastatic prostate cancer who received a vaccine of harmless poxviruses engineered to spur an immune system attack on prostate tumor cells lived substantially longer than patients who received a placebo vaccine, report researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and affiliated organizations. The findings will be published by the Journal of Clinical Oncology on its Web site and later in a print edition.
Mango effective in preventing, stopping certain colon, breast cancer cells
January 10, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: Kathleen Phillips
ka-phillips@tamu.edu
979-845-2872
Texas A&M AgriLife Communications
COLLEGE STATION - Mango. If you know little about this fruit, understand this: It’s been found to prevent or stop certain colon and breast cancer cells in the lab.
Discovery at JGH opens door to new treatments for prostate, brain and skin cancers
January 6, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: Mark Shainblum
mshainblum@jgh.mcgill.ca
514-340-8222 x6592
Jewish General Hospital Read more
Experimental drug shows promise against brain, prostate cancers
January 3, 2010 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: Aline McKenzie
aline.mckenzie@utsouthwestern.edu
214-648-3404
UT Southwestern Medical Center
DALLAS Jan. 4, 2010 An experimental drug currently being tested against breast and lung cancer shows promise in fighting the brain cancer glioblastoma and prostate cancer, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found in two preclinical studies.
The cancer ‘TRAP’
December 28, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: Angela Colmone, Ph.D.
acolmone@asip.org
301-634-7953
American Journal of Pathology
Worcester, MA Current research suggests that TNF-receptor associated protein-1 (TRAP-1) may prevent cancer cell death. The related report by Leav et al, “Cytoprotective Mitochondrial Chaperone TRAP-1 as a Novel Molecular Target in Localized and Metastatic Prostate Cancer,” appears in the January 2010 issue of the American Journal of Pathology.
Hops compound may prevent prostate cancer
December 7, 2009 by admin · Leave a Comment
Contact: Tara Yates
tara.yates@aacr.org
267-646-0558
American Association for Cancer Research
HOUSTON The natural compound xanthohumol blocks the effects of the male hormone testosterone, therefore aiding in the prevention of prostate cancer.
