Levertumor kan groeien door
operatie
Als specialisten tijdens een operatie
uitzaaiingen van darmkanker in de lever verwijderen, moeten ze de bloedtoevoer zo kort
mogelijk afklemmen.
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Indian medicinal plant Acanthus
ilicifolius may combat liver cancer
Cancer chemoprevention is an active measure to limit/retard the progression and
pathogenesis of malignancy. Herbal preparations constitute an important component of
indigenous/traditional medicines. A study led by Prof. Malay Chatterjee from Jadavpur
University, India reported the potential chemopreventive efficacy of an Indian medicinal
plant Acanthus ilicifolius in preventing liver DNA damage and in remodeling hepatocellular
malignant lesions in an animal model, which may have an ultimate benefit to human beings
in near future.
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Discovery of good -- and bad --
liver stem cells raises possibility of new treatment
Many scientists believe up to 40 percent of liver cancer is caused by stem cells gone
wild. Despite years spent looking, no one has ever found these liver "cancer stem
cells." Now, researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center report discovering
both types of stem cells, and by comparing their genetic "signatures," they
found evidence to suggest that a new type of experimental drug might offer benefit in
treating liver cancer.
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New Jefferson trial to test
radiation-emitting beads against advanced liver cancer
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.
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Proteomic profiling shown more
accurate than traditional biomarkers in identifying liver cancer
A study appearing in the Jan. 15 issue of Clinical Cancer Research demonstrates that a
novel mass-spectrometry based form of proteomic profiling is more accurate than
traditional biomarkers in distinguishing liver cancer patients from patients with
hepatitis C liver cirrhosis, particularly with regard to identifying patients with small,
curable tumors.
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A treatment which slows the growth of
colon and liver cancers
Leire García Navarro, a researcher at the School of Pharmacy of the University of
Navarra, has developed a new treatment which slows the growth of colon and liver cancers.
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Why liver cancer is more prevalent in
males than in females
Production of a protein that promotes inflammation appears to be linked to the higher
incidence of liver cancer in men than in women, researchers at the University of
California, San Diego School of Medicine have determined in mouse studies.
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Antibody retards growth and induces
death in liver cancer cells
Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine report a significant new
advance in the search for an effective treatment for human liver cancer. Using a newly
available monoclonal antibody, they demonstrated dramatic reductions in tumor cell
proliferation and survival in human and mouse hepatocellular cancer cell lines. This
finding has significant implications not only for the treatment of liver cancer but for a
number of different types of cancer.
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Cancer patients grow new livers with
stem cells
Patients suffering from advanced liver cancer have been able to grow new livers using a
revolutionary stem cell technique. Two years after the pioneering surgery, six out of the
eight patients are still alive and cancerfree, with fully-functioning livers. [Ben Licher]
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