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Public Release: 4-Jun-2012
 Nature Cell BiologyClarification of unique communication channel with possible role in tumor Guido David, associated with VIB and KU Leuven, and Pascale Zimmermann have discovered a new mechanism for the formation of exosomes, small vesicles with a role in tumor development. This research has been published in the authoritative journal Nature Cell Biology. Contact: Sooike Stoops
Public Release: 4-Jun-2012
Annals of Internal MedicineEmbargoed news from Annals of Internal Medicine Below is information about three articles being published in the June 5 issue of Annals of Internal Medicine. The information is not intended to substitute for the full articles as sources of information. Annals of Internal Medicine attribution is required for all coverage. Contact: Abbey Anderson
Public Release: 4-Jun-2012
Archives of General PsychiatryEarly childhood neglect may raise risk of adult skin cancer Skin cancer patients whose childhood included periods of neglect or maltreatment are at a much greater risk for their cancers to return when they face a major stressful event, based on a new study. 
NIH/National Cancer Institute, American Cancer Society
Contact: Christopher Fagundes
Public Release: 4-Jun-2012
2012 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual MeetingAntidepressant helps relieve pain from chemotherapy, study finds The antidepressant drug duloxetine, known commercially as Cymbalta, helped relieve painful tingling feelings caused by chemotherapy in 59 percent of patients, a new study finds. This is the first clinical trial to find an effective treatment for this pain.
NIH/National Cancer Institute, Lilly Pharmaceuticals
Contact: Nicole Fawcett
Public Release: 4-Jun-2012
2012 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual MeetingGinseng fights fatigue in cancer patients, Mayo Clinic-led study finds High doses of the herb American ginseng (Panax quinquefolius) over two months reduced cancer-related fatigue in patients more effectively than a placebo, a Mayo Clinic-led study found.
NIH/National Cancer Institute, Breast Cancer Research Foundation
Contact: Joe Dangor
Public Release: 4-Jun-2012
2012 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual MeetingChildhood cancer treatment found to pose similar risk for breast cancer as BRCA mutations New data reveals that women treated with radiation to the chest for childhood cancer have a high risk of developing breast cancer similar to that of women with BRCA1/2 mutations.
NIH/National Cancer Institute
Contact: Andrea Molinatti
Public Release: 4-Jun-2012
2012 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting BloodDrug combination highly effective for newly diagnosed myeloma patients A three-drug treatment for the blood cancer multiple myeloma provided rapid, deep and potentially durable responses- the best reported to date.
Multiple Myeloma Research Consortium, Onyx Pharmaceuticals Inc., Celgene Corp., University of Michigan
Contact: John Easton
Public Release: 3-Jun-2012
2012 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting Journal of Clinical OncologyIntermittent hormone therapy for prostate cancer inferior to continuous therapy An international randomized study finds intermittent androgen-deprivation therapy has some quality-of-life benefits, but overall survival times don't measure up to those seen with continuous therapy.
NIH/National Cancer Institute
Contact: Frank DeSanto
Public Release: 3-Jun-2012
2012 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting Journal of Clinical OncologyLower income cancer patients less likely to be involved in clinical trials A large SWOG survey finds patients with lower income less likely to participate in a clinical trial and more likely to be concerned about how to pay for clinical trial participation.
NIH/National Cancer Institute
Contact: Frank DeSanto
Public Release: 3-Jun-2012
2012 American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual MeetingNew breast cancer drug halts tumor growth better than standard therapy A new cancer treatment that links chemotherapy with an agent that homes in on specific breast cancer cells was significantly better than the current drug regimen at keeping patients' advanced tumors from progressing, according to results from a phase III clinical trial led by Kimberly Blackwell, M.D., of the Duke Cancer Institute. Contact: Sarah Avery
Public Release: 3-Jun-2012
Lower income patients less likely to participate in cancer clinical trials Lower-income cancer patients are less likely to participate in cancer clinical trials, according to a study presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology 2012 meeting.
NIH/National Cancer Institute
Contact: Jim Ritter
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