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Researchers find NSAIDs help push stem cells into bloodstream prior to transplantation

(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers at Indiana University's School of Medicine has found that giving meloxicam, a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), to people and baboons boosts the number of haematopoietic ...

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Computer models predict how patients will respond to HIV drugs

Results of a study published online in the Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy today (Thursday), demonstrate that computer models can predict how HIV patients whose drug therapy is failing will respond to a new treatment. Crucia ...

HIV & AIDS created Mar 13, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Radiation for breast cancer can harm hearts, study finds

Women treated with radiation for breast cancer are more likely to develop heart problems later, even with the lower doses used today, new research suggests. The risk comes from any amount of radiation, starts ...

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Breakthrough in battle against leukemia

Scientists at Griffith University's Institute for Glycomics and The Saban Research Institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles have discovered a critical weakness in leukaemic cells, which may pave the way to new treatments.

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SOG: Intraperitoneal chemo ups ovarian cancer survival

(HealthDay)—Intraperitoneal (IP) chemotherapy is associated with improved survival in advanced ovarian cancer compared with standard intravenous (IV) therapy, according to a study presented at the Society ...

Cancer created Mar 12, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

From shape-shifting to therapy

(Medical Xpress)—The latest research into the intricate processes that let substances into and out of cells will help to lay the foundations for the next generation of therapies for major diseases.

Medical research created Mar 12, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Therapies for ALL and AML targeting MER receptor hold promise of more effect with less side-effect

Two University of Colorado Cancer Center studies show that the protein receptor Mer is overexpressed in many leukemias, and that inhibition of this Mer receptor results in the death of leukemia cells – without affecting ...

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Wayne State researcher gives new name to exhaustion suffered by cancer patients

The fatigue experienced by patients undergoing cancer treatments has long been recognized by health care providers, although its causes and ways to manage it are still largely unknown.

Cancer created Mar 08, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

New drug shows promise in ability to fight rare type of breast cancer

Researchers in the University of Delaware's Department of Biological Sciences are investigating a new drug that has shown positive results in early tests of its ability to fight a rare and aggressive form ...

Cancer created Mar 08, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

African-American breast cancer survivors face higher risk of heart failure

African-American women who survive breast cancer are more likely to develop heart failure than other women who have beaten the disease, according to research being presented at the American College of Cardiology's 62nd Annual ...

Cardiology created Mar 07, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Chemo given into the abdomen could boost ovarian cancer survival

Chemotherapy given straight into the abdomen of certain ovarian cancer patients could allow them to live an extra three years on average, according to new research published in the British Journal of Cancer.

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The right dose for oncology

EPFL researchers develop a tool for oncologists using the electrical signature of cancer cells to get just the right treatment dosage for each patient.

Cancer created Mar 04, 2013 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Prospective study finds many children with retinoblastoma can safely forego adjuvant chemotherapy

New results from a prospective clinical trial conducted in France show that children with low-risk retinoblastoma do not need postoperative (adjuvant) chemotherapy to prevent disease recurrence or metastasis; the results ...

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Elderly breast cancer patients denied life-saving drugs, says new study

(Medical Xpress)—Just 14 per cent of patients aged over 70 with early breast cancer are offered standard chemotherapy after surgery, says a new study by researchers from the University of Sussex and Brighton and Sussex ...

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Surgery and radiation improve survival for metastatic gastric cancer patients, study shows

Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center studied patients with metastatic gastric cancer and found that those who have both surgery and radiation have better survival than those who receive one or no form of treatment.

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