Archive: 08/09/2015
Advanced treatment and prognosis data available for TNM classification
The publication of the Eighth Edition of the Tumor, Node and Metastasis (TNM) Classification of Lung Cancer will provide physicians around the world access to new data to more precisely stage and treat cases of lung cancer. ...
Sep 8, 2015
Study defines criteria for MET-driven lung cancer suitable for crizotinib treatment
Many cancers include increased copies of the gene MET. But in which cases is MET driving the cancer and in which do these increased copies happen to "ride along" with other molecular abnormalities that are the true cause ...
Sep 8, 2015
Study shows characterization of lung micro-organisms could help lung cancer patients
A study of the microbes that inhabit human lungs and how they may relate to the development of lung cancer, led by Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) at Western Regional Medical Center (Western) in Goodyear, Arizona, ...
Sep 8, 2015
Arthritis may be a major driver of poverty
Developing arthritis increases the risk of falling into poverty, especially for women, new research shows.
Sep 8, 2015
Study's findings could help expand the donor pool for liver transplantation
Organ donation after circulatory death (DCD), in which transplant organs are taken from donors after ay period of no blood circulation or oxygenation, is often considered inferior to donation after brain death, in which circulation ...
Sep 8, 2015
Stem cell-derived 'mini-brains' reveal potential drug treatment for rare disorder
Using "mini-brains" built with induced pluripotent stem cells derived from patients with a rare, but devastating, neurological disorder, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine say they have ...
Sep 8, 2015