Washington State University researchers have found a mechanism by which omega-3 fatty acids inhibit the growth and spread of prostate cancer cells. The findings, which are at odds with a 2013 study asserting that omega-3s ...
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A group of researchers in China and the US have successfully created a 3D model of a cancerous tumour using a 3D printer.
Apr 10, 2014
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(Medical Xpress)—For several years, a class of anti-diabetic drugs known as biguanides, has been associated with anti-cancer properties. A number of retrospective studies have shown that the widely used diabetes drug metformin ...
Mar 17, 2014
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Biomedical engineering researchers have developed a new technique that uses adenosine-5'-triphosphate (ATP), the so-called "energy molecule," to trigger the release of anti-cancer drugs directly into cancer cells. Early laboratory ...
Mar 11, 2014
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(Medical Xpress)—When a tumor is treated with an anti-cancer drug, some cells die and, unfortunately, some cells tend to live. A University of Colorado Cancer Center study published in the journal Nature Cell Biology details ...
Jan 10, 2014
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Aspirin is known to lower risk for some cancers, and a new study led by a UC San Francisco scientist points to a possible explanation, with the discovery that aspirin slows the accumulation of DNA mutations in abnormal cells ...
Jun 18, 2013
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Relapsed/refractory acute myeloid leukemia (AML), a blood cancer, has an extremely poor prognosis because of resistance to anti-cancer drugs and frailty of the patient's organ functions. A type of anti-tumor immunotherapy ...
Jul 18, 2024
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Merck's Keytruda (pembrolizumab) plus chemotherapy as treatment for adult patients with primary advanced or recurrent endometrial carcinoma. This is the third FDA-approved ...
Jun 24, 2024
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An analysis of data from a randomized clinical trial for patients with stage 3 colon cancer found that those with PIK3CA mutations who took celecoxib, an anti-inflammatory drug, after surgery lived significantly longer and ...
Jun 18, 2024
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A thesis at Umeå University shows that certain non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, known as NSAIDs, can help patients who have undergone surgery for colorectal cancer. These patients suffer fewer recurrences of cancer ...
May 30, 2024
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