The path to personalized cancer treatment
In the largest study of its kind, researchers have profiled genetic changes in cancer with drug sensitivity in order to develop a personalised approach to cancer treatments. The study is published in Nature on Thursday 29 Mar ...
Cancer
Mar 28, 2012 |
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Longer treatment with cancer drug following removal of GI tumor results in improved survival
Among patients with a high risk of recurrence of a gastrointestinal stromal tumor following surgery for its removal, patients who received imatinib (a drug to treat certain cancers) for 3 years instead of 1 had improved recurrence-free ...
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Mar 27, 2012 |
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Test for single genetic fault can help tailor cancer treatment for children
A study led by Dr Janet Shipley from The Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) in London in collaboration with Dr Mauro Delorenzi from the SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics in Lausanne has shown that a simple genetic test ...
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Mar 27, 2012 |
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Low bone density medications may have protective effect on endometrial cancer
Low bone density medications, such as Fosamax, Boniva and Actonel, may have a protective effect for endometrial cancer, according to a study at Henry Ford Hospital.
Cancer
Mar 21, 2012 |
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Breaking the backbone of triple-negative breast cancers
Putting the brakes on an abundant growth-promoting protein causes breast tumors to regress, according to a study published on March 19th in the Journal of Experimental Medicine.
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Mar 19, 2012 |
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Inhibiting cell migration in breast cancer
(Medical Xpress) -- Scientists from the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research together with colleagues from the University of Fribourg have discovered a signaling mechanism controlling mobility ...
Cancer
Mar 14, 2012 |
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Researchers report progress in cancer immunotherapy
In a bid to make cancer immunotherapy more effective, researchers report they have succeeded in halting the progress of aggressive melanoma in its tracks - at least briefly - in seven patients treated with an army of cloned ...
Cancer
Mar 06, 2012 |
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Radiation still used despite evidence of little benefit to some older breast cancer patients
Even though a large clinical study demonstrated that radiation has limited benefit in treating breast cancer in some older women, there was little change in the use of radiation among older women in the Medicare program, ...
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Mar 05, 2012 |
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Researchers find simple reason why some children die despite aggressive modern therapy for brain cancer
(Medical Xpress) -- It can be frightening enough to know that your child has brain cancer without the additional heartbreak of being told that the treatment is not working despite aggressive therapy. New research from The ...
Cancer
Feb 15, 2012 |
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'First-in-human' drug for malignant glioma available in experimental trial
The UC Cancer Institute is one of three centers internationally approved to test an experimental drug's safety and pharmacokinetics and also assess the clinical benefit against recurrent malignant glioma, an aggressive form ...
Cancer
Feb 15, 2012 |
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How early breast tumors become deadly: A small group of molecules might hold the answer
Researchers have discovered a restricted pattern of molecules that differentiate early-stage breast tumors from invasive, life-threatening cancer. They also found a similar molecular signature that correlated with the aggressiveness ...
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Feb 07, 2012 |
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US girl, 9, gets six-organ transplant
A nine-year-old girl is making what doctors described as a remarkable recovery Sunday, days after surgeons transplanted six of her organs in a groundbreaking medical procedure.
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Feb 05, 2012 |
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Investigational urine test can predict high-risk prostate cancer in men who chose 'watchful waiting'
Initial results of a multicenter study coordinated by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center indicates that two investigational urine-based biomarkers are associated with prostate cancers that are likely to ...
Cancer
Feb 02, 2012 |
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Why cholesterol-lowering statins might treat cancer
Cholesterol-lowering statins seem to keep breast cancer at bay in some patients. Now researchers reporting in the January 20th issue of the journal Cell, a Cell Press publication, provide clues about how statins might yield ...
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Jan 19, 2012 |
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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. ...
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