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Ovarian Cancer Study Proves Drug Delays Disease Progression

By Guest PostJanuary 3, 2012Healthamerican study, amit oza, avastin, bevacizumab, blood vessels, brain, breast, canada, canadian cancer society, caz zyvatkauskas, colorectal, disease, drug, kidney, lung, oncologist, ovarian cancer, starving the cancer, timothy perren, tumours, university of toronto, women

*U of T, U.K. study focused on Avastin*

Treating ovarian cancer with the drug bevacizumab (“Avastin”) delays the disease and may also improve survival, according to an international clinical trial co-led by Drs. Amit Oza of the University of Toronto and Princess Margaret Hospital (PMH) and Timothy Perren of St James’s Institute of Oncology, Leeds, U.K.

The findings, published on Dec. 28 in the New England Journal of Medicine, report that the drug halted the cancer’s return for two months overall. However, for women with the highest risk disease, the delay was five to six months and in this group, the findings also indicate a strong trend to improved overall survival, which is being analysed until 2013. (more…)

Scientists Now Know Why Some Cancers Become Malignant and Others Don’t

By Guest PostJanuary 7, 2011Health, Sciencecanadian cancer society, cancer cells, dr. gerardo ferbeyre, molecule, pml

Cancer cells reproduce by dividing in two, but a molecule known as PML limits how many times this can happen, according to researchers lead by Dr. Gerardo Ferbeyre of the University of Montreal’s Department of Biochemistry. The team proved that malignant cancers have problems with this molecule, meaning that in its absence they can continue to grow and eventually spread to other organs. Importantly, the presence of PML molecules can easily be detected, and could serve to diagnose whether a tumor is malignant or not. (more…)

Too Much TV, Video and Computer Can Make Teens Fatter

By Guest PostSeptember 21, 2010Culture, Healthadiposity in adolescents, american journal of epidemiology, atypical patterns, canadian cancer society, canadian institutes of health research, mcgill university, sainte-justine hospital research center, screen time, teens and screens, teens fatter, tracie a. barnett, university of montreal

Too much television, video games and Internet can increase body fat in teens. A five-year study from the University of Montreal and the Sainte-Justine Hospital Research Center, published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, has found teenagers have four different patterns of screen use: increasers, decreasers, consistently high and consistently low users. (more…)

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Ovarian Cancer Study Proves Drug Delays Disease Progression

Scientists Now Know Why Some Cancers Become Malignant and Others Don’t

Too Much TV, Video and Computer Can Make Teens Fatter