key articles
UHRF1 as a novel molecular marker of bladder cancer
Tuesday, 9 June 2009- Bladder cancer is the second most common cancer of the urinary system. Early diagnosis of this tumour and estimation of risk of future progression after initial transuretherial resection have a significant...
Edited by: JV
Antibody targeting FGFR3 protein inhibits cancer cell growth
Thursday, 23 April 2009- Several forms of cancer, including bladder cancer and multiple myeloma caused by the t(4;14) genetic abnormality, are associated with either overexpression or perpetual activation of the protein FGFR3....
Dietary counselling evaluated in bladder cancer study
Wednesday, 22 April 2009- Could phone conversation be a new line of defence against cancer? A new clinical trial study at UC San Diego Medical Center is evaluating whether or not diet intervention, prompted by phone calls, may be...
Edited by: ES
More intense bladder cancer treatment does not affect survival ourcomes
Tuesday, 21 April 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...
Edited by: ES
More intensive treatment not associated with better outcomes in early bladder cancer
Thursday, 9 April 2009- Patients with early bladder cancer who receive more intensive treatment within the first two years of diagnosis do not appear to have better survival than patients who receive less intensive treatment,...
Edited by: ES
Molecular biology of bladder cancer: Droller describes prospects
Tuesday, 24 March 2009- At the recently concluded 24th Annual EAU Congress in Stockholm, Dr. Michael Droller of Mt. Sinai Medical Center (USA) gave a lecture regarding the future of molecular biology studies on bladder cancer,...
By Joel Vega
US team identifies new investigational treatment for bladder cancer
Monday, 16 March 2009- A team of US researchers, led by Columbia University Medical Center faculty, has identified a new investigational therapy for the treatment of bladder cancer. The discovery was made with a new research...
Edited by: JV
QoL for bladder cancer patients improves after robot-assisted surgery
Monday, 2 March 2009- Bladder cancer patients treated with state-of-the-art robot-assisted surgery at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) report that their quality of life returned to normal within six months, according to a...
Edited by: ES
Patients' marital status plays a role in radical cystectomy outcomes
Thursday, 19 February 2009- Married vs. unmarried individuals have improved health status and longer life expectancies in a variety of benign and malignant disease states, including prostate, breast, head/neck, and lung cancers,...
Edited by: ES
US study says bladder cancer is deadlier for women and Afro-Americans
Monday, 12 January 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...
Ëdited by: JV
