Fox Chase Cancer Center
Researchers develop a new cell and animal model of inflammatory breast cancer
Inflammatory breast cancer (IBC) is a very aggressive, often misunderstood type of cancer that is diagnosed more frequently in younger women compared with other types of breast cancer. The five-year survival rate is between ...
Cancer
Apr 04, 2012 |
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Scientists discover link between estrogen and tobacco smoke
The hormone estrogen may help promote lung cancer— including compounding the effects of tobacco smoke on the disease—pointing towards potential new therapies that target the hormone metabolism, according to new ...
Cancer
Apr 04, 2012 |
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New compound targets key mechanism behind lymphoma
Scientists at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia have come one step closer to developing the first treatment to target a key pathway in lymphoma. The new findings will be announced at the AACR Annual Meeting 2012 on ...
Cancer
Apr 03, 2012 |
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New boost for pancreatic cancer therapy
Scientists at Fox Chase Cancer Center are developing a new way to treat pancreatic cancer by boosting the effects of gemcitabine (Gemzar)—the chemotherapy drug that is considered standard therapy for the disease. Although ...
Cancer
Apr 02, 2012 |
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Researchers uncover new clues to the development of blood and other cancers
Scientists at Fox Chase Cancer Center have uncovered more details about how defects in components of the machinery that makes new proteins can lead to blood and other cancers. The findings, which will be presented at the ...
Cancer
Apr 02, 2012 |
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Researchers identify a gene that predicts recurrence in squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck
Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck—which typically arises from thin, flat cells that line moist surfaces inside the mouth, nose and throat—is the sixth most common type of cancer worldwide, and it has ...
Cancer
Apr 02, 2012 |
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The protein survivin could be a useful biomarker for pancreatic cancer
Pancreatic cancer kills more than 40,000 people every year, and among cancers it's particularly insidious. For 80 percent of patients, the disease is already so advanced at the time of diagnosis that treatment is unlikely ...
Cancer
Apr 01, 2012 |
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Protein Aurora-A is found to be associated with survival in head and neck cancer
Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia have found that a protein associated with other cancers appears to also be important in head and neck cancer, and may consequently serve as a good target for new treatments. ...
Cancer
Apr 01, 2012 |
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Scientists identify key protein players in hard-to-treat breast cancers
At the time of diagnosis, the majority of breast cancers are categorized as estrogen-receptor positive, or hormone sensitive, which means their cancerous cells may need estrogen to grow. Patients with this type of cancer ...
Cancer
Apr 01, 2012 |
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Fox Chase Cancer Center leads efforts to establish national standards for survivorship care
People are living longer with and after a cancer diagnosis, making survivorship clinics and programs—as well as official guidelines and practices governing the care of survivors—an important emerging component of ...
Cancer
Mar 19, 2012 |
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Targeted therapy extends progression-free survival of patients with advanced ovarian cancer
Targeted drugs, which block or disrupt particular molecules involved in the growth of tumors, have been shown to be effective treatments against many types of cancer. A new phase 3 clinical trial conducted by the Gynecologic ...
Cancer
Dec 28, 2011 |
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Breast cancer patients face increasing number of imaging visits before surgery
Breast cancer patients frequently undergo imaging like mammograms or ultrasounds between their first breast cancer-related doctor visit and surgery to remove the tumor. Evaluations of these scans help physicians understand ...
Surgery
Dec 09, 2011 |
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Circulating tumor cells not linked to survival in newly diagnosed inflammatory breast cancer
The presence of circulating tumor cells in the blood appears to have no relationship to survival in women who have just been diagnosed with inflammatory breast cancer, according to new research from Fox Chase Cancer Center. ...
Inflammatory disorders
Dec 09, 2011 |
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More aggressive treatment not necessary for men with a family history of prostate cancer
Approximately 10-20 percent of prostate cancer patients have a family history of the disease. There are three major factors that are used to evaluate the extent and aggressiveness of prostate cancer, help make treatment decisions, ...
Cancer
Oct 05, 2011 |
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Researchers improve accuracy of IMRT delivery in post-prostatectomy patients
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men in the United States, as well as the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in this population. Many of these patients undergo surgical removal of their prostate, followed ...
Cancer
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