Cancer Drivers, Protein Complex Prediction, and Crawling and Gliding Cells: the PLOS Comp Biol October Issue

crawler-690x320Cancer Drivers, Protein Complex Prediction, and Crawling and Gliding Cells: the PLOS Comp Biol October Issue   post-info Here are our highlights from October’s PLOS Computational Biology: A Pan-Cancer Catalogue of Cancer Driver Protein Interaction

Processed meat causes colorectal cancer

4430743342_f20ec33ccc_o-150x150Yesterday, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) classified processed meat as a cause of cancer in humans (‘carcinogenic to humans’, a Group 1 carcinogen) and red meat as a probable cause of cancer

What Kind of Buddhist was Steve Jobs, Really?

Kobun-ChinoKobun Chino Otogawa, Steve Jobs’ Zen teacher. One reason I was looking forward to reading Walter Isaacson’s new biography of Steve Jobs was my hope that, as a sharp-eyed reporter, Isaacson would probe to the

Getting a ‘hint’ about social inequalities in cancer information seeking

Have you ever searched for information about cancer? Chances are, if you have, it was a Google search that led to a website like WebMD, the Mayo Clinic, or a charity such as the American Cancer Society or Cancer Research … Continue reading »

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“Don’t just do something, Stand there!”: Highlights from PODC 2015

Jack O’Sullivan (@JackOSullivan3) recounts highlights from the third Preventing Overdiagnosis Conference, hosted last week by U.S. National Cancer Institute. Fifteen hundred years BC, the Ancient Egyptians recognised the potential harms of overtreatment – ‘tumor against the god Xenus, do thou … Continue reading »

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Targeting Cancer: A Basketful of Hope

Targeted treatments for cancer have been extending and saving lives for more than 15 years — precision medicine isn’t a new idea in oncology. Now drugs pioneered on select, specific cancers are, one by one, finding new applications. The first … Continue reading »

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Jimmy Carter’s cancer, female sexual desire, and Donald Trump’s trumpery

IMMUNOTHERAPY FOR JIMMY CARTER’S  CANCER The immunotherapy Jimmy Carter is getting in addition to radiation for the metastisized melanoma that has invaded his brain and liver is startlingly effective in some patients and not at all in others. As yet, … Continue reading »

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By how much does light alcohol consumption increase cancer risk?

The relationships between alcohol and long-term health outcomes such as cardiovascular disease and cancer are controversial and confusing. Regular alcohol consumption has been associated with increased risks for many cancers, including breast, colorectal, stomach, liver, prostate, esophageal, and pharyngeal cancers … Continue reading »

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The Price is Right winner and cancer survivor calculates the odds

Elisa Long, a professor in Decisions, Operations, and Technology Management at the University of California, Los Angeles, was diagnosed with breast cancer. The Price is Right films a breast cancer awareness episode every August. Long wanted to get on that show. So she watched episodes during her 6-hour chemotherapy sessions to familiarize herself with games and rules, and most importantly, to maximize her odds of winning.

Long describes her thought process and probability calculations on her way to surviving cancer and winning it all on The Price is Right.

My goal in going on "The Price Is Right" was to play the best I possibly could given tremendous uncertainty about the outcome. The same was true for my breast cancer. The stakes were just higher.

Ah, the uncertainty of life.

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The Angelina Effect and the Mixed Blessing of Celebrities and Risk Awareness

    “I hope that other women can benefit from my experience”, wrote Angelina Jolie of her double mastectomy. She showed great courage and generosity, sharing data and emotions with clarity. It’s been just over 2 years since that essay in The New … Continue reading »

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