News tagged with metastasize
Dabrafenib shrinks melanoma brain metastases in phase I clinical trial
An experimental drug targeting a common mutation in melanoma successfully shrank tumors that spread to the brain in nine out of 10 patients in part of an international phase I clinical trial report in the May 18 issue of ...
Cancer
May 17, 2012 |
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Study identifies gene critical to development and spread of lung cancer
A single gene that promotes initial development of the most common form of lung cancer and its lethal metastases has been identified by researchers at Mayo Clinic in Florida. Their study suggests other forms of cancer may ...
Cancer
Apr 24, 2012 |
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Early response is an indicator for rectal cancer survival
(HealthDay) -- In patients with locally advanced rectal cancer undergoing radical resection, response to neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy is an early marker that correlates with rates of recurrence-free survival, ...
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Apr 10, 2012 |
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Researchers identified a protein useful in predicting the risk of pulmonary metastases in breast cancer patients
Researchers from the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) have shown that breast cancer cells that metastasize to the lung express a higher level of the protein peroxiredoxin 2 (PRDX2). The study suggests that ...
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Apr 10, 2012 |
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Cancer patients under-referred for orthopedic oncology services
There is a disconnect between the number of cancer patients estimated to have bone metastases and the number of patients who are sent for orthopedic care each year, states an article in the Canadian Journal of Surgery (CJS). ...
Surgery
Apr 02, 2012 |
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Grant to fuel baking soda cancer therapy research
A $2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will enable University of Arizona biomedical engineering researchers to improve the way doctors measure the effectiveness of drinking baking soda to ...
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Apr 02, 2012 |
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Ipilimumab active in advanced melanoma with brain mets
(HealthDay) -- For some patients with advanced melanoma and brain metastases, ipilimumab is active, according to the results of a phase 2 study published online March 27 in The Lancet Oncology.
Cancer
Mar 27, 2012 |
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Cryoablation therapy spot-freezes breast cancer tumors
Individuals fighting metastatic breast cancer, where the disease has progressed to other areas of the body, may finally have another weapon in their arsenal: percutaneous cryoablation. The cancer treatment could potentially ...
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Mar 26, 2012 |
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Everolimus plus exemestane improves bone health in post-menopausal women with advanced breast cancer
Results from a phase III clinical trial evaluating a new treatment for breast cancer in post-menopausal women show that the combination of two cancer drugs, everolimus and exemestane, significantly improves bone strength ...
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Mar 23, 2012 |
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Viruses kill pancreatic tumors in preclinical model
(Medical Xpress) -- An intra-tumor injection of a virus prevented further growth of some pancreatic tumors and eradicated others in mouse models of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. However, some tumors continued growing ...
Medical research
Mar 20, 2012 |
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Inhibiting cell migration in breast cancer
(Medical Xpress) -- Scientists from the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research together with colleagues from the University of Fribourg have discovered a signaling mechanism controlling mobility ...
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Mar 14, 2012 |
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Lung adenocarcinoma architecture predicts survival
(HealthDay) -- A new method of classifying invasive pulmonary adenocarcinomas, based on the predominant architecture developed by the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC)/American ...
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Mar 08, 2012 |
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The loss of a protein makes 'jump' the tumor to the lymph node
Metastasis is responsible for 90% of deaths in patients with cancer. Understanding the mechanisms responsible for this process is one of the top goals of cancer research. The metastatic process involves a series of steps ...
Cancer
Mar 06, 2012 |
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Researchers reveal how cancer cells change once they spread to distant organs
Oncologists have known that in order for cancer cells to spread, they must transform themselves so they can detach from a tumor and spread to a distant organ. Now, scientists at Weill Cornell Medical College have revealed ...
Cancer
Feb 22, 2012 |
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Nanosurgery and the fight against cancer
Researchers at Polytechnique Montreal have succeeded in changing the genetic material of cancer cells using a brand-new transfection method. This major breakthrough in nanosurgery opens the door to new medical applications, ...
Surgery
Feb 16, 2012 |
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