News tagged with heterogeneous disease


Researchers identify critical metabolic alterations in triple-negative breast cancer cells

Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center have identified a host of small molecules critical to metabolism in cells of triple-negative breast cancer—one of the least understood groups of breast cancer. These molecules, called ...

Cancer created Apr 09, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Identification of mutations common to half of all liver cancers provides leads for new therapeutics

Liver cancer is the sixth most common cancer worldwide and the third leading cause of cancer-associated deaths. Yet even for such a frequent and deadly disease, the pathogenesis of this cancer remains obscure. ...

Cancer created Nov 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Breast cancer recurrence defined by hormone receptor status

Human epidermal growth factor (HER2) positive breast cancers are often treated with the same therapy regardless of hormone receptor status. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Breast Cancer Research shows ...

Cancer created Oct 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Prevalence of TB, hepatitis C, HIV high among homeless

(HealthDay) -- The global prevalence of tuberculosis, hepatitis C virus infection, and HIV is high among homeless people, although significant heterogeneity is seen in prevalence estimates, according to a ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Aug 20, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Coronary rehabilitation programs in Europe are underused

Large proportions of European coronary patients are not benefitting from cardiac rehabilitation services, according to results of the third EUROASPIRE survey published today in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology.(1) Yet de ...

Cardiology created Jun 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Metabolic profiles essential for personalizing cancer therapy

One way to tackle a tumor is to take aim at the metabolic reactions that fuel their growth. But a report in the February Cell Metabolism shows that one metabolism-targeted cancer therapy will not fit all. That means that m ...

Cancer created Feb 07, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

It's simple: increasing complexity of models does not necessarily increase their accuracy

Mathematical modeling of infectious diseases is an important tool in the understanding and prediction of epidemics. Knowledge of social interactions is used to understand how infectious diseases spread through populations ...

Medical research created Jul 19, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New statistical method could improve search for genes involved in common diseases

Recent breakthroughs in the analysis of genetic variation in large populations have led to the discovery of hundreds of genes involved in dozens of common diseases. Many of these discoveries were enabled by performing "meta-analysis," ...

Genetics created May 17, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0