All Articles Tagged As: bladder

Blood test may find markers of bladder cancer risk (3/8/2011)

Exposures to harmful substances in the environment alters the methylation of DNA, potentially elevating the risk of developing cancer. A new blood test can detect the abnormal pattern of methylation associated with bladder cancer, suggesting that it may be possible to assess a person's susceptibility to the disease. ...> Full Article

Scientists discover bladder cancer stem cell (8/5/2009)

Researchers at Stanford's School of Medicine have identified the first human bladder cancer stem cell and revealed how it works to escape the body's natural defenses. ...> Full Article

Variation in prostate stem cell antigen gene raises bladder cancer risk (8/4/2009)

Researchers have pinpointed a specific gene variation that causes increased risk of urinary bladder cancer, according to a scientific team led by the University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center. ...> Full Article

More intense bladder cancer treatment does not improve survival (4/11/2009)

Despite enduring more invasive tests and medical procedures, patients who were treated aggressively for early stage bladder cancer had no better survival than patients who were treated less aggressively, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. ...> Full Article

New investigational treatment for bladder cancer, identified with research model (3/17/2009)

A new investigational therapy for the treatment of bladder cancer has been identified. The discovery was made using a new research model, using mice, which replicates many aspects of human bladder cancer. The model also enabled the researchers to demonstrate that two major tumor suppressor genes, p53 and PTEN, are inactivated in invasive bladder cancer. The findings and this new model are described in a paper in the March 15, 2009, issue of Genes & Development. ...> Full Article

New staging technique might save bladders in some bladder cancer patients (3/11/2009)

Pathologists reported encouraging results from a new tumor staging technique that could reduce the need to remove bladders from some patients. ...> Full Article

Why bladder cancer is deadlier for some (1/11/2009)

Bladder cancer is much more likely to be deadly for women and African-Americans, but the reasons long believed to explain the phenomenon account for only part of the differences for such patients compared to their white and male counterparts, according to results published in the Jan. 1 issue of the journal Cancer. ...> Full Article

Selenium may prevent high risk-bladder cancer (12/12/2008)

A study published in the December issue of Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, suggests that selenium, a trace mineral found in grains, nuts and meats, may aid in the prevention of high-risk bladder cancer. ...> Full Article

Pregnancy May Help Protect Against Bladder Cancer (6/30/2008)

Pregnancy seems to confer some protection against bladder cancer in mice, scientists have found. ...> Full Article

Combined Physical and Genetic Map Finds Cancer's 'Ignition Key' (5/6/2008)

team's whole-organ genomic survey depicts journey from normal to malignant cell ...> Full Article

Extract of broccoli sprouts may protect against bladder cancer (3/4/2008)

A concentrated extract of freeze dried broccoli sprouts cut development of bladder tumors in an animal model by more than half ...> Full Article

Radiotherapy as effective as surgery in bladder cancer treatment (1/22/2008)

Radiotherapy is as effective as surgery in treating bladder cancer ...> Full Article

New Evidence for the Protective Effects of Fruits and Veggies (12/9/2007)

The age-old refrain, "Eat your vegetables!" gets scientific support as researchers present the latest findings on cancer prevention at the American Association for Cancer Research's Sixth Annual International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention, being held December 5 - 8 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ...> Full Article

Scientists Work To Develop Simple Bladder Cancer Test (7/9/2007)

University of Florida researchers have identified a set of proteins that appear to signal the presence of bladder cancer, a discovery they hope will lead to a simple, fast and noninvasive test that can detect the disease early. ...> Full Article

Scientists Find One Reason Why Bladder Cancer Hits More Men (4/21/2007)

Scientists have discovered one of the reasons why bladder cancer is so much more prevalent in men than women: A molecular receptor or protein that is much more active in men than women plays a role in the development of the disease. The finding could open the door to new types of treatment with the disease. ...> Full Article

Wake Forest Physician Reports First Human Recipients of Laboratory-Grown Organs (4/3/2006)

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. -- The first human recipients of laboratory-grown organs were reported today by Anthony Atala, M.D., director of the Institute for Regenerative Medicine at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. In The Lancet, Atala describes long-term success in children and teenagers who received bladders grown from their own cells. ...> Full Article