Anti-tumor therapy with endoscopic ultrasound may fight cancer more safely and effectively
September 12, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
Anti-tumor therapy guided by endoscopic ultrasound may allow doctors to fight cancer more safely and effectively
The chairman of EUS2008 today announced that investigational research on a therapeutic technique that will allow physicians to directly inject malignant tumors with cancer fighting agents from inside the body will be presented at the 16th International Symposium of Endoscopic Ultrasonography (EUS2008) in San Francisco on September 12-13. This technique, which uses a flexible gastrointestinal endoscope with a miniature ultrasound transducer on the tip to guide a small needle directly into a tumor, could prove to be a safer and more effective approach to administering chemotherapy since it allows doctors to deliver therapy right to the tumor and avoid damaging normal surrounding tissues. Injecting drugs directly into the cancer using endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) in combination with systemic chemotherapy to kill cancer cells that have spread may prove to be a more effective approach to some cancers.
Researchers identify natural tumor suppressor
September 9, 2008 by admin · Leave a Comment
Better understanding of early-stage cancer crucial to finding new therapies
Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have identified a key step in the formation and suppression of esophageal cancers and perhaps carcinomas of the breast, head, and neck. By studying human tissue samples, they found that Fbx4, a naturally occurring enzyme, plays a key role in stopping production of another protein called Cyclin D1, which is thought to contribute to the early stages of cancer development.
