News tagged with immunohistochemistry
Tumors with ALK rearrangements can harbor more mutations
The identification of potentially targetable kinase mutations has been an exciting advancement in lung cancer treatment. Although the mutations driving many lung carcinomas remain unknown, approximately 50 percent of lung ...
Cancer
Apr 22, 2013 |
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Quantifying heterogeneity in breast cancer
A variety of mutations may give rise to breast cancer, but scientists generally assume that it starts off with just a few. That's because later-stage breast cancers tend to have more mutations—they are more heterogeneous—than ...
Cancer
Apr 09, 2013 |
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Study uncovers new cells in the urethra which may detect hazardous substances
A recent study conducted by a group of German scientists revealed the presence of a previously unknown cell in the urethra of mice. These chemosensory cholinergic brush cells are in close contact to sensory neurons that express ...
Medical research
Mar 15, 2013 |
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PET imaging used to more accurately manage treatment, predict survival for patients with gliomas
In the management of gliomas—or tumors that originate in the brain—precise assessment of tumor grade and the proliferative activity of cells plays a major role in determining the most appropriate treatment and predicting ...
Cancer
Dec 03, 2012 |
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Potential new colorectal cancer treatment target identified
(HealthDay)—The cell surface marker carcinoembryonic antigen-related cell adhesion molecule 6 (CD66c) is a novel marker for colorectal cancer stem cell isolation, which halts tumor growth when silenced, ...
Cancer
Oct 07, 2012 |
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Combination HPV diagnostic test for head and neck cancer outperformed other tests
Researchers have determined that a combination of P16 immunohistochemistry and DNA qPCR to test for viral E6 can accurately determine the oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma, a form of head and neck cancer, which derive ...
Cancer
Oct 03, 2011 |
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