Hormone-depleting drug shows promise against localized high-risk prostate tumors
A hormone-depleting drug approved last year for the treatment of metastatic prostate cancer can help eliminate or nearly eliminate tumors in many patients with aggressive cancers that have yet to spread beyond the prostate, ...
Cancer
May 16, 2012 |
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Bio-hybrid device acts as 'thermostat' to control systemic inflammation in sepsis
A small, external bioreactor holding human cells pumped out an anti-inflammatory protein to prevent organ damage and other complications in a rat with acute inflammation caused by bacterial products in a model of sepsis, ...
Inflammatory disorders
May 14, 2012 |
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Genetic abnormalities in benign or malignant tissues predict relapse of prostate cancer
While active monitoring of serum prostate specific antigen (PSA) levels in men over 50 has greatly improved early detection of prostate cancer, prediction of clinical outcomes after diagnosis remains a major challenge. Researchers ...
Cancer
May 07, 2012 |
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Research yields new clues to how brain cancer cells migrate and invade
Researchers have discovered that a protein that transports sodium, potassium and chloride may hold clues to how glioblastoma, the most common and deadliest type of brain cancer, moves and invades nearby healthy brain tissue. ...
Cancer
May 01, 2012 |
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Promising developments in early diagnosis and treatment of mesothelioma
New results presented at 3rd European Lung Cancer Conference in Geneva, Switzerland show important steps being made to improve the diagnosis and treatment of malignant pleural mesothelioma, an aggressive cancer of the outer ...
Cancer
Apr 18, 2012 |
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Nonsurgical method to measure brain pressure shows promise
(HealthDay) -- A new nonsurgical method for monitoring brain pressure might help improve treatment of head injury patients, according to a new study.
Medical research
Apr 11, 2012 |
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Arsenic turns stem cells cancerous, spurring tumor growth
Researchers at the National Institutes of Health have discovered how exposure to arsenic can turn normal stem cells into cancer stem cells and spur tumor growth. Inorganic arsenic, which affects the drinking water of millions ...
Cancer
Apr 04, 2012 |
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Imipramine blue: Novel compound halts tumor spread, improves brain cancer treatment in animal studies
Treating invasive brain tumors with a combination of chemotherapy and radiation has improved clinical outcomes, but few patients survive longer than two years after diagnosis. The effectiveness of the treatment ...
Cancer
Mar 28, 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 ...
Cancer
Mar 26, 2012 |
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Study may lead to new treatments for prostate cancer
A recent study conducted at Marshall University may eventually help scientists develop new treatments for prostate cancer, the most common malignancy in American men.
Cancer
Mar 21, 2012 |
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Nanotherapy: Treating deadly brain tumors by delivering big radiation with tiny tools
For the past 40 years, radiation has been the most effective method for treating deadly brain tumors called glioblastomas. But, although the targeting technology has been refined, beams of radiation still must pass through ...
Cancer
Mar 20, 2012 |
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Beyond the microscope: Identifying specific cancers using molecular analysis
Researchers from Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at the University of Utah report they have discovered a method to identify cancer-causing rearrangements of genetic material called chromosomal translocations quickly, accurately, ...
Cancer
Mar 19, 2012 |
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Scientists break through pancreas cancer treatment barrier
Pancreas cancer tumors spread quickly and are notoriously resistant to treatment, making them among the deadliest of malignancies. Their resistance to chemotherapy stems in part from a unique biological barrier the tumor ...
Cancer
Mar 19, 2012 |
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Biologists uncover surprising connection between breast cancer cells and surrounding tissue
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Biologist Lee Ligon has found a previously unknown connection between breast cancer tumor cells and the surrounding healthy tissue. The results provide new information on the ...
Cancer
Mar 14, 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 ...
Cancer
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