Medical research
Antibody with engineered peptide targets bone metastasis
A moderate amount of a peptide-enhanced, biological cancer drug goes a long way in treating breast cancers that metastasize to the bone.
Jan 24, 2022
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Oncology & Cancer
Bone scan software accurately calculates prognosis of advanced prostate cancer
A software tool to automatically calculate how extensively bones have been infiltrated by prostate cancer is both accurate and speedy, capturing key prognostic information related to survival and the development of symptoms ...
May 17, 2018
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Balancing bone formation and degradation key to osteoporosis treatment
Most existing treatments for pathological bone loss inhibit osteoclasts (bone-destroying cells) to limit bone degradation. However, by doing this, they also prevent bone formation since it is stimulated by the presence of ...
Feb 12, 2015
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Breast cancer: Why metastasis spreads to the bone
When cancer cells break away from a primary tumor and migrate to other organs, this is called "metastatic cancer." The organs affected by these metastases, however, depend in part on their tissue of origin. In the case of ...
Apr 21, 2022
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Steroids help reverse rapid bone loss tied to rib fractures
New research in animals triggered by a combination of serendipity and counterintuitive thinking could point the way to treating fractures caused by rapid bone loss in people, including patients with metastatic cancers.
Feb 5, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Osteoporosis treatment may also benefit breast cancer patients
Treatment approaches to reduce the risk of bone complications (metastasis) associated with breast cancer may be one step closer to becoming a reality. According to a study led by a team at the Research Institute of the McGill ...
Oct 2, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Heparin-like compounds inhibit breast cancer metastasis to bone
Researchers from VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland have in collaboration with the University of Turku, Indiana University and two Finnish companies, Biotie Therapies Corp. and Pharmatest Services Ltd, discovered a ...
May 21, 2012
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Oncology & Cancer
New bone-targeting drug delays onset of metastases in hormone-resistant prostate cancer patients
Stockholm, Sweden: Inhibiting a protein involved in bone metabolism can delay the onset of the bone metastases which are common in men with a particular form of prostate cancer, a researcher will tell the 2011 European Multidisciplinary ...
Sep 25, 2011
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Oncology & Cancer
Anti-androgen therapy can fuel spread of bone tumours in advanced prostate cancer
Anti-androgen therapy is commonly used to treat patients with advanced prostate cancer at stages where the disease has spread to the bones.
Jul 7, 2021
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Oncology & Cancer
MicroRNA molecule may serve as biomarker, target for brain metastases in breast cancer patients
Researchers have identified two molecules that could potentially serve as biomarkers in predicting brain metastases in patients with breast cancer, according to data published in Cancer Research, a publication of the American ...
Feb 5, 2013
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