Health
Tempted to buy a UV light disinfection gadget? Some can be dangerous—here's what you need to know
The COVID-19 pandemic has fundamentally changed many of our behaviours and attitudes towards infection control.
Nov 14, 2022
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Carcinoma
Medications
Scientists find strong evidence for testing newly developed drug in liver cancer
Researchers at VCU Massey Cancer Center have published new study findings that establish rationale for the use of a class of drugs known as MDA-9 inhibitors as a potential treatment option for aggressive liver cancer. The ...
Nov 3, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Nectin-4 is widely expressed in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma
Nectin-4 has been successfully established as a target molecule in locally advanced and metastatic bladder cancer. An antibody-drug conjugate (enfortumab-vedotin) directed against nectin-4 has shown marked tumor remission ...
Nov 3, 2022
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Medical research
Phase II trial shows addition of durvalumab to radiation does not improve outcomes over cetuximab for HNSCC patients
The Phase II results of the NRG Oncology HN004 trial indicate that radiotherapy (RT) with the PD-L1 inhibitor durvalumab did not improve progression-free survival (PFS) and led to significantly higher rates of locoregional ...
Oct 24, 2022
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Genetics
Multiomics study of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Scientists at deCODE genetics, a subsidiary of Amgen, published today a large genome-wide association study on nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in Nature Genetics. Sequence variants that associate with NAFLD were ...
Oct 24, 2022
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Medical research
Study points toward new ways to prevent liver cancer
Almost all liver cancers develop after decades of chronic liver disease, but a new discovery by Columbia researchers may lead to treatments that could break the link.
Oct 21, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
A breast cancer decision: What kind of reconstruction is right for you?
A breast cancer diagnosis can take you down a path of deeply personal choices. If you are having a mastectomy (the removal of one or both breasts), you'll likely have questions about the type of reconstruction to have—if ...
Oct 20, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Fatty liver is increasingly the cause of liver cell cancer
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the most common cancers worldwide. In Germany, there are currently around 9,000 new HCC diagnoses per year, and almost 8,000 people affected do not survive the disease. Before the ...
Oct 19, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Gene signature points to prognosis in kidney cancer
Among patients with kidney cancer, the activity of four specific genes in the cancer cells seems to be able to predict the risk of the tumor spreading and the patient's chances of survival. This is shown by researchers from ...
Oct 17, 2022
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Medical research
Increased mitochondria and lipid turnover reduces risk for liver cancer
Alcohol consumption and hepatitis C viral infection are known risk factors for causing hepatocellular carcinoma, the most common form of liver cancer. Apart from these, obesity-associated nonalcoholic fatty liver disease ...
Oct 17, 2022
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