Medications
Cancer trial discovers a potentially broader role for an established dual HER2-blocking treatment
An important discovery from the NCI-MATCH precision medicine initiative is published in Clinical Cancer Research.
Mar 4, 2024
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Pediatrics
Gut microbiome: Meet Bifidobacterium breve, keeping babies healthy
Bifidobacterium breve, or B breve for short, is a bacterial species that's found in the human intestine. It's especially relevant in early life, being one of the most abundant bacteria in the newborn gut.
Mar 2, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Magnetic resonance surveillance reduces mortality in women at high risk of BRCA1 breast cancer: Study
An international study, published in JAMA Oncology, in which the Clinical Oncology group of the Sant Pau Research Institute participated, has revealed that MRI monitoring in women with mutations in the BRCA1 genes significantly ...
Mar 1, 2024
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Reasons found for reduced supply of breast milk
A new international study led by La Trobe University researchers, and published in PLOS One, has revealed the reasons why some new mothers produce less breast milk than others.
Mar 1, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Targeted immunotherapy could lead to pioneering treatment for breast cancer
A new type of immunotherapy that targets non-cancer cells could help prevent the growth and spread of breast cancer tumors, according to new research.
Feb 29, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
New findings could be life-changing for genetic syndrome sufferers
An international research team led by QIMR Berghofer and Peter MacCallum Cancer Center has discovered that people with the hereditary cancer disorder Li Fraumeni syndrome are at greater risk of a much broader spectrum of ...
Feb 28, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Whole breast ultrafractionation radiotherapy after breast‐conserving surgery in early breast cancer
The FAST-Forward randomized trial from the U.K. found that ultrahypofractionated whole breast irradiation (WBI, 26 Gy in five fractions over 1 week) was just as effective as the 3-week regimen for local control. This approach ...
Feb 22, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Combining causal and correlative approaches to discover response biomarkers to paclitaxel
A new research perspective titled "Combining causal and correlative approaches to discover biomarkers of response to paclitaxel" has been published in Oncotarget.
Feb 21, 2024
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Neuroscience
Study shows value of donated breast milk for extremely premature infants
Extremely premature infants who were fed donated breast milk had less than half the rate of a life-threatening disease than those fed formula, according to a new study led by the University of Iowa.
Feb 20, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
Annual breast cancer screening beginning at 40 saves lives, study suggests
Annual breast cancer screening beginning at age 40 and continuing to at least age 79 results in the highest reduction in mortality with minimal risks, according to a new study published in Radiology.
Feb 20, 2024
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