Oncology & Cancer
Kidney cancer detected early with urine test
If kidney cancer is diagnosed early—before it spreads—80 percent of patients survive. However, finding it early has been among the disease's greatest challenges.
Mar 19, 2015
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Kidney Cancer
Oncology & Cancer
Research shows surgery adds years for kidney cancer patients
Mayo Clinic researchers have discovered that surgery could more than double life expectancy for many patients with late-stage kidney cancer, giving them anywhere from two to almost 10 years more than they'd have without the ...
Apr 24, 2017
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Genetics
Single-cell sequencing leads to a new era of cancer research
BGI, the world's largest genomics organization, developed single-cell genome sequencing technology and published two research papers for cancer single-cell sequencing in the research journal Cell. In the papers, which were ...
Mar 2, 2012
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Surgery
First reports of robotic surgery for advanced vena cava tumor thrombus due to kidney cancer
Surgery is required when cancer of the kidney causes a Level III thrombus, or clot, to develop in the major vein leading back to the heart. Traditionally this complicated procedure, inferior vena cava (IVC) thrombectomy, ...
Jul 30, 2015
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Oncology & Cancer
Patient's dramatic response and resistance to cancer drug traced to unsuspected mutations
The DNA of a woman whose lethal thyroid cancer unexpectedly "melted away" for 18 months has revealed new mechanisms of cancer response and resistance to the drug everolimus, said researchers from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute ...
Oct 8, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Heartburn drugs again tied to fatal risks
(HealthDay)—People who use common heartburn drugs for months to years may face heightened risks of dying from heart disease, kidney failure or stomach cancer, a new study suggests.
Jun 6, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Cancer therapy is 2013 breakthrough: Science journal
A way of fighting cancer that turns the body's immune cells into targeted tumor killers was named the breakthrough of the year by the US journal Science on Thursday.
Dec 19, 2013
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Medical research
Clinical trial sets stage for new paradigm in kidney cancer treatment
Kidney cancer encompasses a wide spectrum and can present with extensive metastases or just a handful. However, today all patients are treated the same. They all receive medication.
Aug 19, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Genetic clues reveal lung cancer's next move
Knowing whether a tumor might grow or spread to other parts of a patient's body could be key to survival—and now scientists are one step closer to unlocking the ability to predict just that.
Apr 13, 2023
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Oncology & Cancer
Stanford study identifies potential anti-cancer therapy that starves cancer cells of glucose
Stanford University School of Medicine researchers have identified a compound that attacks the Achilles' heel of certain cancer cells by depriving them of their energy source, the sugar glucose.
Aug 3, 2011
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