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Researchers have discovered a gene which prevents a common form of skin cancer known as squamos cell cancer of the skin. They have discovered that when this gene is not present in the cells, it stops the signal telling the cell to stop growing. Without the stop signal, the cells keep growing and eventually forms a cancer. Identifying this gene can lead to therapies which could prevent skin cancer from growing. To read the abstract and purchase the full article, please click here.

Researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have discovered that cancer cells feed on recycled cell waste. Cancer cells use a process known as "autophagy", which turns spent cell material into reusable energy. Researchers have previously known that cancer cells use large amounts of energy, but what they didn't know was how they acquired it, that is until this discovery. Using this knowledge, treatments can be developed which shrink tumor growth and limit it from spreading to other parts of the body. To read the abstract and purchase the full article, please click here.

A recent study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology assessed whether or not all ages of women are benefiting from breast cancer treatment. The report classified women into four age groups: 20-49, 50-64, 65-74, and 75 and older. The results showed that the death rates were stable for women 20-49, but increased for women 65 and older. The results also showed that African American women are not seeing improvement in outcomes, evidenced by a death rate 38% higher than Caucasians. To view the abstract and purchase the full article, please click here.

Researchers have conducted a study which results have shown that people who receive solid organ transplants have double the risk of the general population for various forms of cancer. Researchers used data from the U.S. Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients and from various state and regional cancer registries to determine the cancer risk. Some cancers that there was an increased risk for included cancers linked to infection and those not. To view the abstract and purchase the full article, please click here.