News tagged with cancer recurrence
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Immune system changes may drive aggressiveness of recurrent tumors
Nearly half of the 700,000 cancer patients who undergo surgical removal of a primary tumor each year suffer a recurrence of their disease at some point, and many of those patients will eventually die from their disease. The ...
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Dec 27, 2012 |
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Aggressive cancer exploits MYC oncogene to amplify global gene activity
Whitehead Institute researchers have determined the mechanism used by c-Myc to increase the expression of all active genes in cancer cells. Elevated levels of c-Myc are linked to increased rates of metastasis, disease recurrence, ...
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Sep 27, 2012 |
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Team finds biological indicator of aggressive, recurrent forms of prostate cancer
(Medical Xpress)—In a study to decipher clues about how prostate cancer cells grow and become more aggressive, Johns Hopkins urologists have found that reduction of a specific protein is correlated with the aggressiveness ...
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Aug 27, 2012 |
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Study suggests new treatment target for glioblastoma multiforme
A study by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers published online today in Nature reveals new insight into why the most common, deadly kind of brain tumor in adults recurs and identifies a potential target ...
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Aug 01, 2012 |
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Chemotherapy may influence leukemia relapse: research
The chemotherapy drugs required to push a common form of adult leukemia into remission may contribute to DNA damage that can lead to a relapse of the disease in some patients, findings of a new study suggest.
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Jan 11, 2012 |
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Team finds markers related to ovarian cancer survival and recurrence
(Medical Xpress)—Researchers at the University of Illinois have identified biomarkers that can be used to determine ovarian cancer survival and recurrence, and have shown how these biomarkers interact with ...
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Apr 30, 2013 |
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Gene-expression signature may signify risk for recurrence, metastasis in prostate cancer
A team led by Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) researchers has identified a genetic signature that appears to reflect the risk of tumor recurrence or spread in men surgically treated for prostate cancer. If confirmed ...
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Apr 15, 2013 |
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Study shows anti-copper drug might prevent the spread of cancer to organs
An anti-copper drug compound that disables the ability of bone marrow cells from setting up a "home" in organs to receive and nurture migrating cancer tumor cells has shown surprising benefit in one of the most difficult-to-treat ...
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Feb 13, 2013 |
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Research improving breast cancer treatment by targeting tumor initiating cells
A Kansas State University professor's research on breast cancer stem cells may help improve survival rates by preventing cancer recurrence and metastasis—the major causes of death among breast cancer patients.
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Feb 13, 2013 |
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Transition in cell type parallels treatment response, disease progression in breast cancer
A process that normally occurs in developing embryos – the changing of one basic cell type into another – has also been suspected of playing a role in cancer metastasis. Now a study from Massachusetts General Hospital ...
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Jan 31, 2013 |
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Oral breast cancer vaccine may offer new prevention tool
(Medical Xpress)—A new oral vaccine that produces a novel two-pronged immune system attack on cancer cells could be effective in preventing breast cancer recurrence, according to findings from a collaborative ...
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Jan 18, 2013 |
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Ability to metabolize tamoxifen affects breast cancer outcomes, study confirms
For nearly a decade, breast cancer researchers studying the hormone therapy tamoxifen have been divided as to whether genetic differences in a liver enzyme affect the drug's effectiveness and the likelihood breast cancer ...
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Dec 27, 2012 |
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Using unique combination of diet and radiation therapy, researchers successfully destroy brain tumor cells
A team of brain cancer researchers at Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center has effectively treated brain tumor cells using a unique combination of diet and radiation therapy. The study, ...
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Dec 04, 2012 |
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Starchy, high carbohydrate diet associated with recurrence of colon cancer
Colon cancer survivors whose diet is heavy in complex sugars and carbohydrate-rich foods are far more likely to have a recurrence of the disease than are patients who eat a better balance of foods, a new study by Dana-Farber ...
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Nov 07, 2012 |
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Older breast cancer patients see more complications with brachytherapy
heralded for its low complication rates—actually results in more complications than whole-breast radiation one year after treatment, Yale School of Medicine researchers report in the October issue of the Journal of Clinical On ...
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Oct 22, 2012 |
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