(Medical Xpress) -- Blocking key proteins could improve response to a common chemotherapy drug, suggests an Oxford University-led study which used cancer cells grown in the lab.
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In a small clinical trial, scientists at Johns Hopkins' Kimmel Cancer Center and James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute found that men with advanced prostate cancer and detection of androgen receptor splice variant-7 (AR-V7) ...
Jun 9, 2015
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A new personalized cancer treatment can radically improve the outlook for some patients with bile duct cancer, finds an international multicenter trial involving researchers at UCL and University College London Hospitals ...
Jan 18, 2023
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Two of the most common genetic changes that cause cells to become cancerous, which were previously thought to be separate and regulated by different cellular signals, are working in concert, according to new research from ...
Jul 7, 2022
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People who have endured chemotherapy for some cancers appear to have a lower incidence of Alzheimer's disease, as do long-term users of a commonly prescribed diabetes drug, scientists have found in separate medical investigations.
Jul 24, 2013
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Tagworks Pharmaceuticals, based at Radboud University Medical Center, has developed a new technique for the targeted delivery of chemotherapy for tumors in difficult cases. By way of controlled 'click-to-release' of the chemotherapy ...
May 4, 2018
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A team of investigators has discovered a genomic variant that may help clinicians predict which patients will experience cardiotoxicity from a widely used chemotherapy drug, according to a Northwestern Medicine study published ...
Jan 4, 2022
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The combination of chemotherapy and radiation significantly improved the 5-year overall survival of patients with stage II nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC), according to a phase III study published Nov. 4 in the Journal of ...
Nov 5, 2011
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A new drug treatment has been found to be effective against chronic pain caused by nerve damage, also known as neuropathic pain, in patients who have had shingles.
Feb 4, 2014
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Research has identified gene variants that play a significant role in how women with ovarian cancer process chemotherapy.
Feb 15, 2018
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