News tagged with tumor marker
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 ...
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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 ...
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Jan 23, 2013 |
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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 ...
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Nov 28, 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.
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Jun 20, 2012 |
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DNA marker predicts platinum drug response in breast, ovarian cancer
Scientists from Brigham and Women's Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and their colleagues have found a genetic marker that predicts which aggressive "triple negative" breast cancers and certain ovarian cancers will ...
Cancer
Mar 22, 2012 |
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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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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 ...
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Dec 09, 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 ...
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Oct 26, 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 ...
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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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The REMARK checklist explained: How to use guidelines on reporting tumor marker prognostic studies
In an "elaboration and explanation" of the REMARK (Reporting Recommendations for Tumor Marker Prognostic Studies) checklist, Doug Altman of the University of Oxford, UK and colleagues provide a detailed reference for authors ...
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May 29, 2012 |
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Breast MRI helps predict chemotherapy's effectiveness
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provides an indication of a breast tumor's response to pre-surgical chemotherapy significantly earlier than possible through clinical examination, according to a new study published online ...
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May 23, 2012 |
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