News tagged with tumor marker
Gauging brain cancer survival time may get easier, study says
(HealthDay)—Life expectancy of people with aggressive brain cancer may be easier to determine with a new method under development at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, researchers say.
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Apr 10, 2013 |
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Researchers say one specific microrna promotes tumor growth and cancer spread
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center have determined that the overexpression of microRNA-155 (miR-155), a short, single strand of ribonucleic acid encoded by the miR-155 host gene, promotes the growth of blood vessels in ...
Cancer
Apr 03, 2013 |
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Research improving breast cancer treatment by targeting tumor initiating cells
A Kansas State University professor's research on breast cancer stem cells may help improve survival rates by preventing cancer recurrence and metastasis—the major causes of death among breast cancer patients.
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Feb 13, 2013 |
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Researchers discover biological diversity in triple-negative breast cancer
Triple-negative breast cancers are more biologically diverse than previously believed and classification should be expanded to reflect this heterogeneity, according to University of North Carolina researchers.
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Feb 13, 2013 |
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Researchers discover promising prognostic marker for aggressive breast cancer
A team of researchers led by Goutham Narla, MD, PhD, at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and University Hospitals Case Medical Center, and collaborators at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine and Erasmus ...
Cancer
Jan 23, 2013 |
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New research method to identify brain tumors could enhance neurosurgery
(Medical Xpress)—The use of a new brain tumor-targeting contrast agent that differentiates between normal and cancer cells in conjunction with a high-powered microscopy system could potentially lead to ...
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Jan 10, 2013 |
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Genotype predicts treatment related mortality (TRM) in African-American and Asian pediatric AML patients
New research suggests that the presence of a specific genetic marker, known as WT1 SNP rs16754, may be associated with reduced toxicity from chemotherapy in African-American and Asian children with acute myeloid leukemia ...
Cancer
Dec 09, 2012 |
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COUP-TFII sparks prostate cancer progression
Prostate cancer presents a dilemma for patients and the physicians who treat them. Which cancers are essentially indolent and present no risk and which are life threatening? Which can be watched and which need aggressive ...
Cancer
Nov 28, 2012 |
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Progress in ultrasound-guided surgery may improve breast cancer treatment
When surgeons operate to remove a tumor, determining exactly where to cut can be tricky. Ideally, the entire tumor should be removed while leaving a continuous layer of healthy tissue, but current techniques for locating ...
Surgery
Oct 26, 2012 |
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Genes may determine aspirin's effect on advanced colon cancer
(HealthDay)—For patients suffering from advanced colorectal cancer, aspirin may prolong their lives if their tumor has a certain gene mutation, a new study finds.
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Oct 24, 2012 |
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Mouse model exposes a new type of T cell to target melanoma
Cancers arise in the body all the time. Most are nipped in the bud by the immune response, not least by its T cells, which detect telltale molecular markers—or antigens—on cancer cells and destroy them before they grow ...
Cancer
Oct 24, 2012 |
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Metabolic protein wields phosphate group to activate cancer-promoting genes
A metabolic protein that nourishes cancer cells also activates tumor-promoting genes by loosening part of the packaging that entwines DNA to make up chromosomes, a team led by scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson ...
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Aug 16, 2012 |
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Penn expert addresses ethical implications of testing for Alzheimer's disease risk
Diagnostic tests are increasingly capable of identifying plaques and tangles present in Alzheimer's disease, yet the disease remains untreatable. Questions remain about how these tests can be used in research studies examining ...
Alzheimer's disease & dementia
Jul 17, 2012 |
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Study links carcinogens to cancer stem cells -- but spinach can help
Researchers at Oregon State University for the first time have traced the actions of a known carcinogen in cooked meat to its complex biological effects on microRNA and cancer stem cells.
Cancer
Jun 20, 2012 |
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Researchers discover a DNA marker may indicate differences in breast cancer
Researchers and doctors at the North Shore-LIJ Health System and the Feinstein Institute for Medical Research have discovered a potential explanation for why breast cancer is not experienced the same way with African American ...
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Jun 02, 2012 |
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