News tagged with cancer progression
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SPACE, RF ablation combo safe and effective for lung cancer
(HealthDay)—For unresectable lung tumors, the combination of segmental pulmonary arterial chemoembolization (SPACE) and percutaneous radiofrequency (RF) ablation helps achieve better local tumor progression ...
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May 15, 2013 |
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Preclinical tests shows agent stops 'slippery' proteins from binding, causing Ewing sarcoma
Continuous infusion of a novel agent not only halted the progression of Ewing sarcoma in rats, while some tumors also regressed to the point that cancer cells could not be detected microscopically, say researchers at Georgetown ...
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May 15, 2013 |
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Cholesterol drugs might boost kidney cancer survival
(HealthDay)—Cholesterol-lowering statin drugs that are taken by millions of Americans might also improve survival from a type of kidney cancer called renal cell carcinoma, a new study suggests.
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May 07, 2013 |
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Activity of cancer inducing genes can be controlled by the cell's skeleton
Cancer is a complex disease, in which cells undergo a series of alterations, including changes in their architecture; an increase in their ability to divide, to survive and to invade new tissues or metastasis. ...
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May 06, 2013 |
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Team taps the wisdom of the crowd to impact breast cancer prognosis
Two new reports issuing in Science Translational Medicine (STM) today showcase the potential of teams of scientists working together to solve increasingly complex medical problems. The results demonstrate that better predic ...
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Apr 17, 2013 |
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Six2 homeoprotein allows breast cancer cells to detach and metastasize
In results presented at the AACR Annual Meeting 2013, researchers from the University of Colorado Cancer Center show that the Six2 homeoprotein, while not involved in primary tumor growth, allows cells to detach from substrate ...
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Apr 09, 2013 |
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New target plus new drug equals death of melanoma cells
Collaborative research presented by the University of Colorado Cancer Center, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Harvard Medical School and the University of Pittsburgh, at the American Association for Cancer ...
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Apr 09, 2013 |
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New brain cancer treatment may be more effective, less toxic
(Medical Xpress)—A Phase 2 clinical trial testing a new protocol for treating a relatively rare form of brain cancer, primary CNS lymphoma, may change the standard of care for this disease, according to ...
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Apr 09, 2013 |
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Researchers say one specific microrna promotes tumor growth and cancer spread
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center have determined that the overexpression of microRNA-155 (miR-155), a short, single strand of ribonucleic acid encoded by the miR-155 host gene, promotes the growth of blood vessels in ...
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Apr 03, 2013 |
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Newly identified tumor suppressor provides therapeutic target for prostate cancer
Scientists at Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute (Sanford-Burnham) have identified how an enzyme called PKCζ suppresses prostate tumor formation. The finding, which also describes a molecular chain ...
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Apr 01, 2013 |
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The metabolic weathervane of cancer
Highly expressed in various cancers and known for its cytoprotective properties, TRAP1 protein has been identified as a potential target for antitumor treatments. As a result of the research conducted by Len Neckers, from ...
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Apr 01, 2013 |
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York scientists discover driving force behind prostate cancer
Scientists at the University of York have discovered the driving force behind the development of prostate cancer.
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Mar 27, 2013 |
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Genetic alterations linked with bladder cancer risk, recurrence, progression, and patient survival
A new analysis has found that genetic alterations in a particular cellular pathway are linked with bladder cancer risk, recurrence, disease progression, and patient survival. Published early online in Cancer, a peer- review ...
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Mar 25, 2013 |
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Japanese P2 study shows potential of combined vaccine and steroid drug in castration resistant PCa
Multi-peptide vaccination therapy combined with the low-dose steroid drug dexamethasone shows promise in treating chemotherapy-naive castration resistant prostate cancer (CRPC) patients.
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Mar 15, 2013 |
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DNA test shows promise in guiding advanced breast cancer care
(HealthDay)—An experimental blood test could help show whether women with advanced breast cancer are responding to treatment, a preliminary study suggests.
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Mar 13, 2013 |
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