Retinoblastoma Eye Cancer
Retinoblastoma (Eye Cancer) (Source: eMedicineHealth.com)
Source: eMedicineHealth.com - February 20, 2018 Category: General Medicine Source Type: news
Boston Doctors Try To Save Girl ’ s Vision Using New Cancer Treatment
BOSTON (CBS) – It’s a parent’s worst nightmare, hearing not only that your child has cancer but that she might also lose her eye. That’s exactly what happened to an Andover family and their 3-year-old daughter. But as Dr. Mallika Marshall reports, doctors at Boston Children’s Hospital are using a revolutionary technique to try to save her vision and her life.
A little over a year ago Dania Snyder was a typical toddler until her parents noticed something unusual about her right eye.
“You could see a little flash of a fleshy piece sort of through her pupil,” explains PJ, Dania’s father.
That ...
Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - January 23, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Health – CBS Boston Tags: Health Local News Syndicated Local Boston Children's Hospital Cancer Dr. Mallika Marshall Source Type: news
Intravitreous Chemo Poses Minimal Extraocular Extension Risk in Retinoblastoma Intravitreous Chemo Poses Minimal Extraocular Extension Risk in Retinoblastoma
Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - November 8, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: Medscape Today News Source Type: news
Aqueous Humor May Serve as Surrogate Tumor Biopsy for Retinoblastoma Aqueous Humor May Serve as Surrogate Tumor Biopsy for Retinoblastoma
Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Pathology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pathology Headlines - October 20, 2017 Category: Pathology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
A liquid biopsy for retinoblastoma
(Children's Hospital Los Angeles) A recent study by a team of investigators at Children's Hospital Los Angeles and Keck Medicine of USC, provides proof of concept for a safe and effective way to derive genetic information from a retinoblastoma tumor. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - October 12, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Study shows biomarkers can predict which ER-positive breast cancer patients respond best to first-line therapy
(University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center) Two challenges in treating patients with estrogen-positive breast cancer (ER+) have been an inability to predict who will respond to standard therapies and adverse events leading to therapy discontinuation. A study at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center revealed new information about how the biomarkers retinoblastoma protein (Rb) and cytoplasmic cyclin E could indicate which patients will respond best to current first-line therapies. (Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer)
Source: EurekAlert! - Cancer - June 27, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Source Type: news
Boy's parents tried to cure eye tumour using black magic
Bongre Anton Peter, from Papua New Guinea, had signs of retinoblastoma when he was a year old. Eye drops and painkillers failed to help, as his desperate parents turned to traditional tribal beliefs. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - May 31, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Visunex Medical raises $20m Series B for PanoCam neonate eye scanners
Visunex Medical Systems said last week that it raised a $20 million Series B round for its PanoCam line of neonatal eye imaging systems.
Fremont, Calif.-based Visunex said the PanoCam line includes the LT and Pro wireless systems and a 3rd system set to debut in June.
“The interest in the medical investment community to be part of this funding round turned out to be much more than we had anticipated,” founder & CEO Wei Su said in prepared remarks. “This new round of funding brings the total investment into Visunex Medical to $32 million, and will allow the company to expand manufacturing operati...
Source: Mass Device - May 8, 2017 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Brad Perriello Tags: Funding Roundup Optical/Ophthalmic Wall Street Beat Visunex Source Type: news
RETINOBLASTOMA RELATED1 mediates germline entry in Arabidopsis
To produce seeds, flowering plants need to specify somatic cells to undergo meiosis. Here, we reveal a regulatory cascade that controls the entry into meiosis starting with a group of redundantly acting cyclin-dependent kinase (CDK) inhibitors of the KIP-RELATED PROTEIN (KRP) class. KRPs function by restricting CDKA;1–dependent inactivation of the Arabidopsis Retinoblastoma homolog RBR1. In rbr1 and krp triple mutants, designated meiocytes undergo several mitotic divisions, resulting in the formation of supernumerary meiocytes that give rise to multiple reproductive units per future seed. One function of RBR1 is the ...
Source: ScienceNOW - April 27, 2017 Category: Science Authors: Zhao, X., Bramsiepe, J., Van Durme, M., Komaki, S., Prusicki, M. A., Maruyama, D., Forner, J., Medzihradszky, A., Wijnker, E., Harashima, H., Lu, Y., Schmidt, A., Guthörl, D., Logrono, R. S., Guan, Y., Pochon, G., Grossniklaus, U., Laux, T., Higas Tags: Botany, Online Only r-articles Source Type: news
What Causes Uveitis?
Discussion
Inflammation of the middle layer of the eye, or uvea, is termed uveitis. Uveitis can be divided into anterior, intermediate or posterior uveitis by involving the anterior (iris and ciliary body), intermediate (vitreous) or posterior (choroid and usually retina) compartments. Panuveitis involves all 3 compartments. Duration can also be used to classify uveitis. Acute is 6 weeks and > 3 months is chronic persistent uveitis. Episodic periods of inactivity and reactivity that last more than 3 months are called recurrent uveitis. A third way to characterize uveitis is if it is granulomatous or not. Uveitis increas...
Source: PediatricEducation.org - April 3, 2017 Category: Pediatrics Authors: pediatriceducationmin Tags: Uncategorized Source Type: news
Of Course Cancer Isn't Random
Despite the study in one of the world’s most prestigious scientific journals, and the high-profile media coverage of it: no, cancer is absolutely NOT mostly random and a product of “bad luck.” It wasn’t true when these same investigators published very similar work generating very similar media hype and nonsense two years ago, and it isn’t true now.
That’s what I want to talk about, but must hasten to append the obvious proviso: cancer can, rarely, be or at least seem utterly random. But to call cancer random because a child rarely gets retinoblastoma or glioblastoma, or because a non-smoker gets lung cance...
Source: Healthy Living - The Huffington Post - March 30, 2017 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
Aqueous Humor Can Serve as Surrogate Tumor Biopsy
In eyes of children with retinoblastoma, AH has sufficient tumor - derived DNA for genetic analyses (Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology)
Source: The Doctors Lounge - Oncology - March 28, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Tags: Oncology, Ophthalmology, Pathology, Pediatrics, Journal, Source Type: news
For Group D Retinoblastoma, Intra-arterial May Beat IV Chemo For Group D Retinoblastoma, Intra-arterial May Beat IV Chemo
For children with group D retinoblastoma, first-line intra-arterial chemo may be better than first-line intravenous chemo , a retrospective study from Switzerland suggests.Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Pathology Headlines)
Source: Medscape Pathology Headlines - December 27, 2016 Category: Pathology Tags: Hematology-Oncology News Source Type: news
Groundbreaking discovery has potential to improve therapies for cancer and other diseases
The Retinoblastoma protein (pRB) has long been studied for its role in cell growth and the prevention of cancer. Scientists have now discovered that pRB plays another, larger role with the potential to enhance therapies for cancer and other diseases such as HIV. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - December 15, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: news
Girl diagnosed with retinoblastoma after mother noticed white glow behind her pupil
Tyraah Bell-Lama, from Reading, was just eight months old when she was taken to the doctor with a white glow behind her baby's eye. Tests revealed she had retinoblastoma. (Source: the Mail online | Health)
Source: the Mail online | Health - December 15, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news
