News tagged with chemotherapy
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Genome sequencing of Burkitt Lymphoma reveals unique mutation
In the first broad genetic landscape mapped of a Burkitt lymphoma tumor, scientists at Duke Medicine and their collaborators identified 70 mutations, including several that had not previously been associated with cancer and ...
Genetics
Nov 12, 2012 |
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New antibody conjugate drug improves survival in older patients with acute myeloid leukaemia
(Medical Xpress)—Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML) patients given a new type of 'smart drug' in addition to chemotherapy treatment are 22 per cent less likely to relapse and around 13 per cent less likely to ...
Cancer
Nov 12, 2012 |
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Antibiotics disrupt gut flora in infants: Recovery still incomplete after 8 weeks
Eight weeks after antibiotic treatment of infants, the diversity of gastrointestinal flora remained diminished, although the number of individual bacteria was back to normal, according to a paper in the November 2012 issue ...
Medications
Nov 09, 2012 |
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'Lung-on-a-chip' sets stage for next wave of research to replace animal testing
Researchers at the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University have mimicked pulmonary edema in a microchip lined by living human cells, as reported today in the journal Science Tr ...
Medical research
Nov 07, 2012 |
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New type of molecular switch could turn up the volume on bowel cancer treatment
(Medical Xpress)—A new type of molecular switch can boost common chemotherapy drugs to destroy bowel cancer cells, according to research presented today (Monday) at the NCRI Cancer Conference in Liverpool.
Cancer
Nov 05, 2012 |
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Stem cell study: Male fertility can be restored after cancer treatment
An injection of banked sperm-producing stem cells can restore fertility to male primates who become sterile due to cancer drug side effects, according to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and ...
Medical research
Nov 01, 2012 |
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Bowel cancer 'chemo swap' shrinks tumours, making surgery safer and easier
Giving some bowel cancer patients six weeks of chemotherapy before surgery can significantly shrink their tumour, making it easier to remove and potentially reducing the chances of the cancer coming back, ...
Cancer
Nov 01, 2012 |
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Delaying radiation therapy after hysterectomy ups risk of uterine cancer recurrence
Waiting too long after a hysterectomy to begin radiation therapy may increase the risk of uterine cancer recurrence, according to a new study from researchers at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit.
Cancer
Oct 30, 2012 |
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Oncologists generally refer to specialized palliative care late
(HealthDay)—Definitional issues and non-acceptance of patients receiving chemotherapy are the barriers to earlier referral to specialized palliative care (SPC) by oncologists, according to a study published ...
Cancer
Oct 30, 2012 |
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Drug offers new pain management therapy for diabetics
A study from the University of Calgary's Hotchkiss Brain Institute shows there is evidence to support a new drug therapy called nabilone to treat diabetic neuropathy, or nerve pain. Researchers enrolled 60 patients with diabetic ...
Diabetes
Oct 30, 2012 |
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New developments reveal a molecule with a promising function in terms of cancer treatment.
Researchers from Inserm and CNRS from the Institute for genetics and molecular and cellular biology (IGBMC) and from the Research Institute at the Strasbourg school of biotechnology (Irebs) have focussed their efforts on ...
Cancer
Oct 30, 2012 |
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More intensive chemo ups survival in ewing sarcoma
(HealthDay)—More intensive chemotherapy (every two weeks versus every three weeks) improves event-free survival for patients with localized Ewing sarcoma, according to a study published online Oct. 22 in the Journal of ...
Cancer
Oct 29, 2012 |
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Minorities most likely to have aggressive tumors, less likely to get radiation
Women with aggressive breast cancer were more likely to receive adjuvant chemotherapy, but at the expense of completing locoregional radiation therapy, according to recently presented data. This was especially true in minorities, ...
Cancer
Oct 29, 2012 |
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Age tied to spread of rectal cancer to lymph nodes
Rectal cancer is more likely to spread to the lymph nodes in younger patients, according to new findings that Fox Chase Cancer Center researchers will be presenting on October 29 at the American Society for Radiation Oncology's ...
Cancer
Oct 28, 2012 |
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Key discovered to how chemotherapy drug causes heart failure
Doxorubicin, a 50-year-old chemotherapy drug still in widespread use against a variety of cancers, has long been known to destroy heart tissue, as well as tumors, in some patients.
Cancer
Oct 28, 2012 |
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