News tagged with aggressive disease

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Sickle cells show potential to attack aggressive cancer tumors

By harnessing the very qualities that make sickle cell disease a lethal blood disorder, a research team led by Duke Medicine and Jenomic, a private cancer research company in Carmel, Calif., has developed ...

Cancer created Jan 09, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Preventing prostate cancer through androgen deprivation may have harmful effects

Mice deficient in PTEN in the prostate developed stable precancers. Androgen deprivation promoted progression to invasive prostate cancer. Patients with PTEN-deficient prostate precancers may not benefit from androgen deprivation ...

Cancer created Dec 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Patients with diabetes may not receive best treatment to lower heart disease risk

For some people with diabetes, there may be such a thing as too much care.

Diabetes created Dec 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Drug combination acts against aggressive chronic lymphocytic leukemia

A two-prong approach combining ibrutinib and rituximab (Rituxin®) to treat aggressive chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) produced profound responses with minor side effects in a Phase 2 clinical trial at the University of ...

Cancer created Dec 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Boosting immune responses against leukaemia

(Medical Xpress)—In the first of its kind, a translational study undertaken at the Malaghan Institute of Medical Research has revealed that boosting the activity of a rare type of immune cell could be an ...

Cancer created Nov 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Antioxidants in tea, fruit, veggies might fight prostate cancer: study

(HealthDay)—Prostate cancer patients who, before their diagnosis, routinely consumed hefty helpings of the flavonoid compounds found in plant-based foods and drinks may be at lower risk for the most aggressive ...

Cancer created Oct 17, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Scientists block stomach tumor growth

(Medical Xpress)—Monash Institute of Medical Research scientists may have discovered a way of blocking stomach tumours from growing and spreading, according to a paper published in the highly-prestigious ...

Cancer created Oct 16, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists identify genetic signatures for aggressive form of prostate cancer

Scientists have discovered two separate genetic 'signatures' for prostate cancer that appear to be able to predict the severity of the disease, leading to hopes that in future, accuracy of prognosis and treatment of the disease ...

Cancer created Oct 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

First study of clonal evolution in Maxillary Sinus Carcinoma

Knowing how tumors evolve can lead to new treatments that could help prevent cancer from recurring, according to a study published today by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and Scottsdale Healthcare.

Cancer created Sep 28, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Lack of oxygen in cancer cells leads to growth and metastasis

(Medical Xpress)—It seems as if a tumor deprived of oxygen would shrink. However, numerous studies have shown that tumor hypoxia, in which portions of the tumor have significantly low oxygen concentrations, ...

Cancer created Sep 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Blood test could guide treatment for kidney cancer

A common enzyme that is easily detected in blood may predict how well patients with advanced kidney cancer will respond to a specific treatment, according to doctors at Duke Cancer Institute.

Cancer created Aug 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Tumor cells' inner workings predict cancer progression

Using a new assay method to study tumor cells, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center have found evidence of clonal evolution in chronic ...

Cancer created Jul 27, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Simple steps can shield children from dog bites

(HealthDay) -- More than half of the 4.7 million people bitten by dogs in the United States annually are children under the age of 14.

Health created Jul 06, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) linked to abnormal stem cells

Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have found that abnormal bone marrow stem cells drive the development of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), serious blood diseases that are common among ...

Medical research created Jul 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Google goes cancer: Researchers use search engine algorithm to find cancer biomarkers

The strategy used by Google to decide which pages are relevant for a search query can also be used to determine which proteins in a patient's cancer are relevant for the disease progression. Researchers from Dresden University ...

Cancer created May 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast