News tagged with blood cancers
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Stem cell survival strategy key to blood and immune system health
Stem cells of the aging bone marrow recycle their own molecules to survive and keep replenishing the blood and immune systems as the body ages, researchers at UC San Francisco (UCSF) have discovered.
Medical research
Feb 14, 2013 |
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New approach to care after surgery reduces hospital stays, costs
A bold new approach that gets people out of the hospital more quickly after a major cancer surgery is producing excellent outcomes and reducing costs for patients at the University of Virginia Health System, a new study shows.
Surgery
Feb 14, 2013 |
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Emerging cancer drugs may drive bone tumors
Cancer drugs should kill tumors, not encourage their spread. But new evidence suggests that an otherwise promising class of drugs may actually increase the risk of tumors spreading to bone, according to researchers ...
Cancer
Feb 13, 2013 |
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Britain snubs costly Novartis blood cancer drug
British health authorities said on Wednesday they would not recommend Jakavi, a drug produced by Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis to treat a rare form of blood cancer, deeming it too expensive.
Medications
Feb 13, 2013 |
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Researchers identify new strategy for interfering with potent cancer-causing gene
Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is an aggressive blood cancer that is currently incurable in 70% of patients. In a bold effort, CSHL scientists are among those identifying and characterizing the molecular mechanisms responsible ...
Cancer
Feb 11, 2013 |
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Study suggests improved treatment alternative for lymphoid leukemia
Discovering what they call the "Achilles' heel" for lymphoid leukemia, an international research team has tested a possible alternative treatment that eradicated the disease in mouse models.
Cancer
Feb 11, 2013 |
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Post-chemo woman pregnant after ovary tissue transplant
For the first time ever in Australia, a woman whose chemotherapy rendered her infertile has fallen pregnant using ovarian tissue taken from her body before her cancer treatment, a new study reports.
Obstetrics & gynaecology
Feb 11, 2013 |
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Tumor blood vessels prevent the spread of cancer cells
A lack of the protein endoglin in the blood vessels of tumour-bearing mice enables the spread of daughter tumours, according to researchers at Karolinska Institutet and Lund University in Sweden in a study published in the ...
Cancer
Feb 11, 2013 |
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Genetically engineered virus kills liver cancer
A genetically-engineered virus tested in 30 terminally-ill liver cancer patients significantly prolonged their lives, killing tumours and inhibiting the growth of new ones, scientists reported on Sunday.
Cancer
Feb 10, 2013 |
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Pomalyst approved for advanced multiple myeloma
(HealthDay)—Pomalyst (pomalidomide) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to treat cases of multiple myeloma that have not responded to other therapies.
Medications
Feb 09, 2013 |
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Yoga helps the heart, researchers say
The same kind of exercise that can bring peace to your mind may bring peace to your heart as well.
Cardiology
Feb 08, 2013 |
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New prostate cancer test could change treatment
Thousands of men face a prostate biopsy following higher-than-normal results from their annual prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test, the traditional screening for prostate cancer. But recent studies have ...
Cancer
Feb 08, 2013 |
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Reassuring evidence: Anticancer drug does not accelerate tumor growth after treatment ends
Studies in animals have raised concerns that tumors may grow faster after the anticancer drug sunitinib is discontinued. But oncologists and physicists who collaborated to analyze data from the largest study ...
Cancer
Feb 07, 2013 |
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Researchers discover enzyme behind breast cancer mutations
Researchers at the University of Minnesota have uncovered a human enzyme responsible for causing DNA mutations found in the majority of breast cancers. The discovery of this enzyme – called APOBEC3B – may change the way ...
Cancer
Feb 06, 2013 |
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Experimental drug combination selectively destroys lymphoma cells
Laboratory experiments conducted by scientists at Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center suggest that a novel combination of the drugs ibrutinib and bortezomib could potentially be an effective ...
Cancer
Feb 06, 2013 |
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