Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Stress may switch on bone 'mets'
Stress stimulates the formation of blood vessels in bone and may help breast cancer cells to invade this organ.
Aug 10, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
New drug to benefit cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy
Researchers at The University of Western Australia have developed an innovative approach to prevent one of the most serious side-effects of chemotherapy, known as myelosuppression.
Aug 10, 2017
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Medications
Imbruvica approval expanded to include graft versus host disease
(HealthDay)—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday expanded approval for the anti-cancer drug Imbruvica (ibrutinib) to include adults with chronic graft versus host disease (cGVHD).
Aug 2, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
CAR T-cell therapy for leukemia leads to remissions in clinical trial
Researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center showed about 70 percent of patients with the most common adult leukemia had their tumors shrink or disappear following an experimental chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) ...
Jul 17, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy induces breast cancer metastasis through a TMEM-mediated mechanism
(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers working at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the U.S. has found evidence that suggests administering chemotherapy to breast cancer patients prior to surgery can put them at ...
Oncology & Cancer
New antibody uses 1-2 punch to potentially treat blood cancers
Researchers have developed a two-pronged approach to blood cancer treatment: 1) attacking cancer cells directly and/or 2) driving them from the nurturing bone marrow environment into the peripheral blood streams, where they ...
Jun 21, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Blood cell discovery identifies patients with aggressive prostate cancer
Patients who have aggressive prostate cancer could be identified by a highly accurate and simple blood test, according to an early study by Queen Mary University of London (QMUL).
Jun 15, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Cancer cells send signals boosting survival and drug resistance in other cancer cells
Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine report that cancer cells appear to communicate to other cancer cells, activating an internal mechanism that boosts resistance to common chemotherapies and ...
Jun 6, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Scientists give tumor-fighting cells a boost in battling bone marrow cancer
Researchers from Belgium led by Prof. Dirk Elewaut of the VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research and the team of Prof. Vanderkerken and Prof. Menu at the Hematology and Immunology lab of the VUB uncovered a new way to ...
Jun 1, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Immune cells play crucial role in brain cancer development
Brain tumors recruit immune cells derived from bone marrow to transform what began as benign masses into deadly malignancies, according to two studies from Weill Cornell Medicine scientists. The findings suggest that inhibiting ...
May 2, 2017
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