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Researchers analyze how Spanish smoking relapse booklets are distributed
Researchers from Moffitt Cancer Center and the University of South Florida have evaluated how Florida health care and social service agencies distribute "Libres para Siempre", a Spanish smoking relapse prevention booklet ...
Addiction
May 17, 2013 |
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Cancer biorepository speeds clinical trials, drug development, analysis shows
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center say identifying and selecting participants for phase II cancer clinical trials from a centralized warehouse of patient-donated biological data expedites participant accrual, reduces trial ...
Cancer
May 08, 2013 |
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Certain bladder-cancer patients may be at high risk of disease recurrence despite bladder removal
Patients with advanced bladder cancers that are surgically removed might need additional therapy to prevent recurrence in certain situations, a new UT Southwestern Medical Center study suggests.
Cancer
May 07, 2013 |
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Breast cancer heterogeneity no barrier to predictive testing, study shows
Breast cancers contain many different cell types with different patterns of gene expression, but a new study provides reassurance that this variability should not be a barrier to using gene expression tests to help tailor ...
Cancer
May 02, 2013 |
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New guidelines suggest HIV screening for all adults
(HealthDay)—New guidelines from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force call for virtually every adult to be routinely screened for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
HIV & AIDS
Apr 29, 2013 |
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Deficiency in p53 anti-tumor protein delays DNA repair after radiation
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center have found that a deficiency in an important anti-tumor protein, p53, can slow or delay DNA repair after radiation treatment. They suggest that this is because p53 regulates the expression ...
Cancer
Apr 23, 2013 |
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Some minorities believe they are less likely to get cancer compared to whites, study shows
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center and colleagues analyzed national data to investigate the differences in cancer prevention beliefs by race and ethnicity. They found that minorities, including blacks, Asians and Hispanics, ...
Cancer
Apr 17, 2013 |
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Three cancer scientists awarded $500K Nmedical prize
Three scientists at universities in Pennsylvania, Illinois and Oregon whose research has helped transform cancer treatment will share one of the richest prizes in medicine and biomedical research.
Cancer
Apr 16, 2013 |
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Parenting magazines give little attention to sun protection
(HealthDay)—Two popular U.S. parenting magazines give little attention in terms of articles or advertisements to preventing skin cancer risk, according to a study published in the April issue of the U.S. ...
Cancer
Apr 10, 2013 |
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Calcium may cut risk for precancerous colon lesions in some people
(HealthDay)—Consuming higher amounts of calcium may lower the likelihood of precancerous colon and rectal lesions in people who are at increased risk due to variations in two genes, a new study suggests.
Cancer
Apr 10, 2013 |
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Engineered small pox may kill liver cancer
As part of a multicenter clinical trial, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine are evaluating Pexa-Vec (JX-594) to slow the progression of hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) or liver cancer. Pexa-Vec ...
Cancer
Apr 10, 2013 |
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Researchers call on physicians to urge newly diagnosed cancer patients to quit smoking
Yale Cancer Center experts in collaboration with the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) are calling on physicians to routinely recommend that patients stop smoking after a diagnosis of cancer. ...
Cancer
Apr 10, 2013 |
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Clinical trial finds new class of cancer drugs safe and effective
The safety and preliminary efficacy of a new class of tumor fighting drugs were reported today by Scottsdale Healthcare's Virginia G. Piper Cancer Center Clinical Trials and the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen).
Cancer
Apr 09, 2013 |
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Clinical trial results for BIND-014 presented at AACR 2013
The nanoparticle drug BIND-014 is effective against multiple solid tumors, according to results generated by the Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) and Scottsdale Healthcare, and presented today at the American ...
Cancer
Apr 09, 2013 |
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Doctors too pap-happy, survey suggests
(HealthDay)—Most primary care physicians advise women to get "Pap" tests for cervical cancer screening more often than clinical guidelines recommend, new research reveals.
Cancer
Apr 08, 2013 |
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