Inhaler treatment for lung cancer
Lung cancer patients could receive safer and more efficient treatment through a system being developed by researchers at the University of Strathclyde in Glasgow.
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Oct 11, 2011 |
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New research shows PET imaging effective in predicting lung cancer outcomes
Advanced imaging with Positron Emission Tomography (PET) scans shows great promise in predicting which patients with inoperable lung cancer have more aggressive tumors and need additional treatment following standard chemotherapy/radiation ...
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Oct 05, 2011 |
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FDG-PET appears promising for predicting prognosis of patients with inoperable NSCLC
The prognosis for patients with stage II and III inoperable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is poor, with only about 15 percent of patients surviving at five years post-treatment for the disease. While new treatment strategies ...
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Oct 05, 2011 |
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Separating a cancer prevention drug from heart disease risk
Several clinical studies have shown that taking the anti-inflammatory drug celecoxib can reduce the risk of developing polyps that lead to colon cancers, at the cost of increasing the risk of heart disease. But what if this ...
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Sep 13, 2011 |
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Novel drug combination offers therapeutic promise for hard-to-treat cancers
Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) have identified a new combination of targeted therapies that, together, may treat two aggressive tumor types that until now have not had effective treatments. These findings ...
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Sep 12, 2011 |
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Fibrous stroma associated with poor prognosis in lung squamous cell carcinoma
The nature of the connective tissue surrounding lung cancer nests can help predict the aggressiveness of squamous cell carcinoma, according to research published in the September issue of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology, the of ...
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Sep 01, 2011 |
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Targeting a cure: Research looks at developing a bull's-eye therapy to combat lung cancer
A Kansas State University professor is trying to create a patient-friendly treatment to help the more than 220,000 people who are diagnosed with lung cancer each year.
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Aug 22, 2011 |
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Better treatment sought for acute lung injury
Patients can essentially drown in their own fluids when trauma and infection prompt blood vessels to leak, flooding millions of air sacs in their lungs.
Medical research
Aug 22, 2011 |
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Genetic differences distinguish stomach cancers, treatment response
Stomach cancer is actually two distinct disease variations based on its genetic makeup, and each responds differently to chemotherapy, according to an international team of scientists led by researchers at Duke-National University ...
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Aug 01, 2011 |
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Protein boosts lung cancer in smokers, non-smokers; Potential anti-oncogenic target
Lung cancer is strongly correlated with smoking, and most lung cancer patients are current or former smokers. But it is not rare in nonsmokers. Now, a team of researchers from the H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research ...
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Jul 19, 2011 |
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New lung cancer gene found
A major challenge for cancer biologists is figuring out which among the hundreds of genetic mutations found in a cancer cell are most important for driving the cancer’s spread.
Genetics
Jul 19, 2011 |
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New breast cancer model of mutant PI3K recapitulates features of human breast cancer
Scientists from the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research have shown that a mutation in the lipid kinase PI3K, which occurs in about 30% of human breast cancers, itself evokes different forms ...
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Jul 12, 2011 |
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TEMLA shows higher diagnostic yield than EBUS or EUS in largest reported series to date
In the largest reported series yet to compare transcervical extended mediastinal lymphadenectomy (TEMLA) with endoscopic and surgical primary staging and restaging of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), TEMLA showed a significantly ...
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Jul 07, 2011 |
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TGen presents lung cancer studies at Amsterdam conference
The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen) is presenting two key studies, including one today, at the 14th World Conference on Lung Cancer, July 3-7 in Amsterdam.
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Jul 07, 2011 |
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'Detox protein' is collaborator in pancreatic and lung cancer development
(Medical Xpress) -- UK scientists have revealed that a ‘detox’ protein which mops up harmful 'reactive oxygen' in cells could also trigger pancreatic and lung cancer development, according to a study published in ...
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Jul 06, 2011 |
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