Kinase test may yield big gains for drug-resistant cancers
In a paper published today in the journal Cell, a team from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill unveils the first broad-based test for activation of protein kinases "en masse", enabling measur ...
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Apr 12, 2012 |
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Biomarker family found for chemo resistant breast cancers
Biomarkers which could help to predict resistance to chemotherapy in breast cancer patients have been identified by researchers from the University of Hull, UK.
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Apr 12, 2012 |
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Researchers uncover multiple faces of deadly breast cancer
An international team of scientists, including four at Simon Fraser University, has made a discovery that will change the way the most deadly form of breast cancer is treated.
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Apr 04, 2012 |
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Grant to fuel baking soda cancer therapy research
A $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will enable University of Arizona biomedical engineering researchers to improve the way doctors measure the effectiveness of drinking baking soda to ...
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Apr 02, 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 ...
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High court throws out human gene patents
(AP) -- The Supreme Court on Monday threw out a lower court ruling allowing human genes to be patented, a topic of enormous interest to cancer researchers, patients and drug makers.
Genetics
Mar 26, 2012 |
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Everolimus plus exemestane improves bone health in post-menopausal women with advanced breast cancer
Results from a phase III clinical trial evaluating a new treatment for breast cancer in post-menopausal women show that the combination of two cancer drugs, everolimus and exemestane, significantly improves bone strength ...
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Mar 23, 2012 |
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Understanding individual genetic variation can help predict chemotherapy side effects
The largest study ever on the effect of genetic variability on the toxicity of chemotherapy in breast cancer shows that it is possible to predict which patients are most likely to suffer serious side effects, a researcher ...
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Cancer paradigm shift: Biomarker links clinical outcome with new model of lethal tumor metabolism
Researchers at the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson have demonstrated for the first time that the metabolic biomarker MCT4 directly links clinical outcomes with a new model of tumor metabolism that has patients "feeding" ...
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Mar 15, 2012 |
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Study reveals new details about a protein that enables cancer cells to start new tumors in distant sites
(Medical Xpress) -- A Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine study has revealed details of the complex molecular process involving a protein that enables cancer cells to establish tumors in distant parts of ...
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Mar 14, 2012 |
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Surgery soon after failure of drug treatment for epilepsy may lower risk of seizures
Patients with epilepsy who underwent brain surgery soon after failing to respond to drug treatment, but who also continued to receive drug therapy, had a lower risk of seizures during the 2nd year of follow-up compared to ...
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Mar 06, 2012 |
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First study on long-term cognitive effects of breast cancer CMF chemotherapy finds subtle impairment
Dutch investigators have reported that women who received CMF chemotherapy (a combination regimen including the drugs cyclophosphamide, methotrexate, and 5-fluorouracil) for breast cancer between 1976 and 1995 scored worse ...
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Feb 27, 2012 |
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A giant little step in cancer treatment opening up new therapeutic horizons
A study headed up by the Vall d'Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO) heralds a new horizon in the fight against cancer, opening up a parallel dimension to existing treatment options. The data, published today in the Journal of ...
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Feb 27, 2012 |
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Antibodies to intracellular cancer antigens combined with chemotherapy enhance anti-cancer immunity
An international team of scientists in Japan, Switzerland, and the United States has confirmed that combining chemotherapy and immunotherapy in cancer treatment enhances the immune system's ability to find and eliminate cancer ...
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Feb 13, 2012 |
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Researchers define shape of enzyme linked to prostate, breast cancers
(Medical Xpress) -- A University of Kansas researcher has made a discovery that should lead to improved treatments for prostate and breast cancer.
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