Teamwork cuts out unnecessary biopsies, researchers find July 22, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Unnecessary biopsies could be a thing of the past for patients undergoing treatment for head and neck cancer. New Saint Louis University research found that when nuclear medicine clinicians and treating physicians work together ... | |
Gene panel predicts lung cancer survival, study finds July 21, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Researchers from four leading cancer centers have confirmed that an analysis involving a panel of genes can be used to predict which lung cancer patients will have the worst survival. The finding could one day lead to a test ... | |
Cancer researchers call for ethnicity to be taken into account July 18, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Breast cancer research needs to investigate how a person's ethnicity influences their response to treatment and its outcome, according to a new Comment piece in today's Lancet (18 July) by researchers from Imperial ... | |
Pre-cancerous condition linked to chronic acid reflux faces several hurdles August 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.3 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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A pre-cancerous condition linked to chronic acid reflux often gets overlooked. Can the medical community do a better job intervening? Researchers from the Hutchinson-MRC Research Centre in Cambridge think so. | |
Magnolia compound hits elusive target in cancer cells July 12, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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A natural compound from magnolia cones blocks a pathway for cancer growth that was previously considered "undruggable," researchers have found. | |
Study provides clues to preventing and treating cancer spread July 28, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 6 vote(s)
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Isn't it odd that cancer cells from one organ, such as the skin, can travel and take root in a totally different organ, like the lung? | |
Researchers locate and image prostate cancer as it spreads to lymph nodes July 11, 2008 | User rating: 4.9 / 5 after 16 vote(s)
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Using an engineered common cold virus, UCLA researchers delivered a genetic payload to prostate cancer cells that allowed them, using Positron Emission Tomography (PET), to locate the diseased cells as they spread to the ... | |
Exposure to Agent Orange linked to prostate cancer in Vietnam veterans August 05, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 4 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
UC Davis Cancer Center physicians today released results of research showing that Vietnam War veterans exposed to Agent Orange have greatly increased risks of prostate cancer and even greater risks of getting the most aggressive ... | |
Hip Bone Density Helps Predict Breast Cancer Risk July 25, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Measuring a woman’s bone mineral density can provide additional information that may help more accurately determine a woman’s risk of developing breast cancer. That is the conclusion of a new study published in the September ... | |
Researchers find molecule that kills kidney cancer cells July 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.8 / 5 after 20 vote(s)
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Kidney cancer patients generally have one option for beating their disease: surgery to remove the organ. | |
Breast cancer confessions: The emotional work of disclosing a diagnosis August 04, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Women diagnosed with breast cancer shoulder the emotional burden of disclosing their diagnosis to loved ones, managing the feelings of others at precisely the time when they need support themselves, according to research ... | |
Not the protein, but its location in the cell, determines the onset of leukemia July 10, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 3 vote(s) ) | No comments yet
Scientists are still searching for the cause of many forms of Leukemia, including T-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia. VIB researchers connected to the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven have discovered that the carcinogenic ... | |
Study finds high use of complementary methods among cancer survivors August 04, 2008 | User rating: not shown ( 1 vote(s) ) | User comments: 1
A new study from researchers at the American Cancer Society finds many cancer patients use complementary and alternative methods, most often prayer, relaxation, supplements, meditation, and massage. Meanwhile, the use of ... | |
 Protein thought to promote cancer instead functions as a tumor suppressor July 07, 2008 | User rating: 4.5 / 5 after 14 vote(s)
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A protein previously thought to promote colorectal cancer instead suppresses the growth of human cancer cells in culture, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found. | |
Researchers show antibody to breast cancer-secreted protein blocks metastasis July 08, 2008 | User rating: 4.7 / 5 after 7 vote(s)
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Scientists at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia have made a key discovery about the mechanism of breast cancer metastasis, the process by which cancer spreads. Focusing on a gene dubbed ... | |
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