http://www.helixexams.com Medical Directory en-us Dianne Sullivan, host and Professor of Law, sits down with Dr. Samer Homsi of the UMASS Medical School and Dr. Bruce Chabner, Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, and Chief of Oncology and Clinical Director of the Massachusetts General Hospital's Cancer Center to discuss the basics of cancer. http://www.helixexams.com/article/What-is-Cancer-1628.html Thu, 10 Jan 2008 05:36:25 MST http://www.helixexams.com/article/What-is-Cancer-1628.html Some patients have a threefold increased risk of developing a variety of cancers after receiving a kidney transplant, Australian researchers report. Drugs used to prevent rejection of the new kidney by suppressing the body's immune system may be to blame for a bump in risk for nonmelanoma skin cancer, non-Hodgkin lymphoma and the rare skin malignancy known as Kaposi's sarcoma, researchers report in the Dec. 20 issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association. http://www.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=600193 Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:55:07 MST http://www.helixexams.com/article/Kidney-Transplants-Boost-Cancer-Risk-473.html An anti-angiogenesis drug developed at the University of Michigan is showing promise in studies of three different disease families, including multiple forms of cancer. The drug, tetrathiomolybdate or TM, essentially wages war against copper, which serves to choke off tumor growth, fibrosis and inflammation. http://www.mesotheliomacancer.com/?pageId=391&rowId=6977 Sun, 09 Dec 2007 17:59:24 MST http://www.helixexams.com/article/Drug-developed-for-rare-disease-may-help-millions-more-as-treatment-for-cancer-autoimmune-diseases-76.html