US scientists have used the tobacco plant to "grow" key components of a vaccine against lymphoma - a form of cancer. Researchers from Stanford University in California are using the plants as factories for an antibody chemical specific to the cells that cause follicular B-cell lymphoma, BBC News reported Wednesday.

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Patients are being recruited for a clinical trial of a new targeted radiation and chemotherapy protocol for pleural mesothelioma, a cancer of the lung's lining that's almost always caused by exposure to asbestos. Currently, the standard treatment is to remove the affected lung. "Current surgical and chemotherapy treatments of patients with malignant pleural mesothelioma are unsatisfactory and have not been shown to significantly prolong survival.

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An abundant chromosomal protein that binds to damaged DNA prevents cancer development by enhancing DNA repair, researchers at University of Texas reported Monday on-line in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science.Read the rest of this entry »

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Tobacco plants may be used to make a personalized cancer vaccine for patients with a chronic form of lymphoma, according to a study released Monday.
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US scientists used the plant to "grow" key components of a cancer vaccine. The National Academy of Sciences study suggests they could be used to tackle a form of lymphoma.
UK specialists said while "potentially exciting", more research would be needed to test how well the vaccine actually worked.

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Abiraterone could potentially treat up to 80% of patients with a deadly form of the disease resistant to currently available chemotherapy, they say. The drug works by blocking the hormones which fuel the cancer.
The Institute of Cancer Research hopes a simple pill form will be available in two to three years.

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A daily glass of broccoli juice can protect against bladder cancer, swears a 79-year old Brit who beat the disease by downing the drink everyday. Ray Wiseman was diagnosed with bladder cancer five years ago, and survived the condition with just half a tumbler broccoli juice daily. "If I'd had my bladder removed five years ago - as was suggested - I'd have been vulnerable to many infections and wouldn't be here," The Sun quoted him as saying.

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Avoiding sun over the fears of developing skin cancer might be making your bones brittle, suggests a new survey. According to National Osteoporosis Society (NOS), lack of vitamin D might put people at an increased risk of developing brittle bone disease.
It advised having lunch outside, gardening or hanging out the washing.

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A chromosomal protein that binds to damaged DNA and speeds up its repair becomes instrumental in preventing cancer, according to Texas University researchers.
Identification and repair of DNA damage is the primary defence against birth and reproduction of mutant cancer causing cells. The protein, HMGB1, was previously suspected of blocking DNA repair, said Karen Vasquez.

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A sweeping genetic analysis suggests that the activity of certain genes might someday allow doctors to predict which lung cancer patients need more aggressive therapies and which do not. But the findings also underscore the difficulty of making such predictions, especially in the case of people with the earliest forms of the disease, when aggressive therapies could be of greatest value.

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The National Osteoporosis Society (NOS) says lack of vitamin D - part-made by being in the sun - could raise the chances of brittle bone disease. It advised having lunch outside, gardening or hanging out the washing.
A Cancer Research UK spokesman agreed, but said enough vitamin D could be made long before the first signs of sunburn.

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While colon cancer is considered to be preventable, a new study has cited that parents may not always be informed by primary care doctors that increased physical activity can cut the risk of this cancer. The researchers came to this conclusion after they analysed survey data from 1,932 adults who answered questions about colon cancer risks and noticed that only 15 percent listed physical activity as a means of reducing their risk.

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The US, Australia, Canada, France and Japan had the highest five-year survival rates, while Algeria had the worst, Lancet Oncology reported. The UK fared pretty poorly, trailing most of its western European neighbours - although the data is from the 1990s since when survival rates have risen. Spending on health care was a major factor, the study of 31 countries said.

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An in-trial dendritic cell vaccine that fights malignant brain tumors called glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) may help boost a patient's immunity response and improve the outcome, a new report says. An article in the July 15 issue of Cancer Research says this would mark the first time a tumor-altering therapeutic intervention would have shown such promise.

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A new imaging technique, based on an engineered version of the common cold virus, may help doctors detect the spread of prostate cancer to the lymph nodes earlier. This, in turn, could help guide more effective treatment decisions, said the authors of a study published in the July 11 edition of Nature Medicine. "It would represent a treatment advance in patients for whom outcome is not good," study senior author Dr. Lily Wu, a researcher at UCLA's Jonsson Cancer Center, said in a university news release.

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