Newly identified genetic variants that are associated with increased susceptibility to prostate cancer have been identified, and this might help pave the way for improvement in diagnosis and treatment. Medscape Medical News
Patients who discussed colorectal cancer screening with a physician were significantly more likely to undergo screening, whereas those who reported barriers to screening were less likely to undergoing any of the available tests. Medscape Medical News
Researchers have identified a genetic marker that appears to predict chemosensitivity to temozolomide treatment and prognosis in gliomatosis cerebri brain tumors. Medscape Medical News
Uninsured patients and those covered by Medicaid are far more likely to present with advanced-stage cancer at diagnosis than those with private coverage. Medscape Medical News
After nonmyeloablative allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma, donor T cells appear to target an antigen encoded by genes from human endogenous retrovirus. Medscape Medical News
Bevacizumab has received accelerated approval from the FDA for use in metastatic breast cancer in combination with paclitaxel chemotherapy. Medscape Medical News
Increased expression of interleukin-8 is associated with poor clinical outcome in ovarian cancer, and blocking it might offer a new therapeutic approach. Medscape Medical News
Androgen receptor not only promotes invasiveness of androgen-dependent and androgen-refractory prostate cancer, but it appears that a more invasive phenotype can develop as the disease progresses, through the activation of the androgen receptor Medscape Medical News
