Medicineworld.org cancer news serviceMedicineWorld.Org brings daily health and cancer news to you to keep you updated on the latest events in the world of medicine.More Than Half Of Esophageal Cancer Patients Now Survive- February 25, 2007 In part because the nature of the disease has changed, nearly 50 percent of patients with esophageal cancer that undergo an advanced surgical procedure now survive for five years, not 20 percent as once thought, as per an article reported in the April edition of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. Scientists at the University of Rochester Medical Center contend that earlier diagnoses, more widespread screening and individualized care have made surgery by far the best way to combat..http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/4-2006/more-than-half-of-esophageal-cancer-patients-n... Suggest your News Item To Medicineworld- February 25, 2007 As you are aware we are the leading publishers of health news on the web. We publish news items in various forms including numerous blogs and news items. We invite you to participate in our new collection. We are looking for quality news items that would be interesting to our readers. Now you may suggest the news item from your site to be included at Medicineworld.org. Inclusion of news item at our site get instantaneous attention since the item is illustrated from various blog posts....http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/6-2006/suggest-your-news-item-to-medicineworld.html Nano-technology To Kill Cancer Cells- February 25, 2007 Research studies, based at the University of Pennsylvania, demonstrate that biodegradable nano-particles containing two potent cancer-fighting drugs are effective in killing human breast tumors. The unique properties of the hollow shell nano-particles, known as polymersomes, allow them to deliver two distinct drugs, paclitaxel, the leading cancer drug known by brand names such as Taxol, and doxorubicin directly to tumors implanted in mice. Their findings, presented online in the journal...http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/4-2006/nano-technology-to-kill-cancer-cells.html Family history of breast cancer may be missed- February 25, 2007 Using survey data from April 2003 to March 2005 for Women's Health Clinic patients without breast cancer, scientists observed that while 16% of the participants reported a maternal relative with breast cancer, only 10% reported a paternal relative. Because mothers are much more likely to develop breast cancer than fathers, participants who reported a mother with breast cancer were excluded from the study........http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/7-2006/paternal-side-family-history.html Is Cancerm An Inflammatory Disease- February 25, 2007 The biological processes underlying diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis and cancer are fundamentally linked, and should be linked in how they are treated with drugs, a series of MIT studies indicates. Key to the work: The scientists applied an engineering approach to cell biology, using mathematical and numerical tools normally associated with the former discipline........http://medicineworld.org/cancer/lead/4-2006/is-cancerm-an-inflammatory-disease.html |