All Articles Tagged As: liver cancer

Science teams identify 13 new tumor-suppressor genes in liver cancer (11/23/2008)

A powerful new approach to validate linkages between suspect genes and their functional contributions to cancer ...> Full Article

Higher Coffee Consumption Associated with Lower Liver Cancer Risk (6/29/2008)

Liver Cancer is the Third Most Common Global Cause of Cancer Death ...> Full Article

Diabetes Doubles Liver Cancer Risk for Patients with Advanced Hepatitis C (5/31/2008)

Patients who have chronic hepatitis C with advanced fibrosis have twice the risk of developing liver cancer if they also have diabetes ...> Full Article

Researchers Publish Promising Results from Cancer Clinical Trial of JX-594 (5/25/2008)

Majority of these end- stage patients with solid tumors had objective tumor destruction and responses following treatment with the cancer biotherapeutic ...> Full Article

Sunitinib May Slow Growth and Spread of Liver Cancer (4/16/2008)

Treatment with sunitinib slows tumor growth and reduces the risk of metastasis in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma, an aggressive cancer of the liver, researchers report. ...> Full Article

Researchers find targeted therapy combination overcomes treatment resistance in liver cancer (4/15/2008)

Researchers report that combining two targeted therapies overcomes treatment resistance in liver cancer cell lines ...> Full Article

Family Of Liver Cancer Genes Discovered (3/6/2008)

An interdisciplinary team of researchers at Stony Brook University Medical Center has identified a family of genes linked to the development of liver cancer. Principal Investigator Wadie F. Bahou, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Genetics, and colleagues discovered in a mouse model that the loss of one specific gene (Iqgap2) in this family causes Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). They also found that when another member of the gene family (Iqgap1) is turned on, a more aggressive form of the disease occurs. ...> Full Article

New Trial to Test Radiation-Emitting Beads Against Advanced Liver Cancer (2/15/2008)

Liver cancer specialists at Jefferson's Kimmel Cancer Center in Philadelphia are beginning an 18-month study of a new treatment for liver cancer. The therapy entails injecting tiny beads that emit small amounts of radiation into the liver's main artery while also blocking the blood supply feeding the cancer's growth. ...> Full Article

In 'Spontaneous' Liver Cancer, Researcher Sees a Cure (6/23/2007)

Adding more good news to last week's announcement that Nexavar® (sorafenib) may be the first effective treatment for advanced liver cancer, researchers at the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University have uncovered a new molecular mechanism that may "spontaneously" cause liver cancer. ...> Full Article