While the mortality rate for cervical cancer has declined dramatically since the 1970s, more than 400 Canadian women succumbed to the disease in 2019. A new paper, published in the International Journal of Cancer, by researchers ...
Feb 14, 2020
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Genetic testing used to be something that happened in a specialist clinic for those few families that had serious inherited conditions, like Huntington's Disease or rare cancers.
Jul 2, 2019
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Historically, most pancreatic cancer patients whose tumors grow outside the pancreas to encompass veins and arteries have been told the cancer is inoperable and they should prepare for an average survival time of 12 to 18 ...
Apr 2, 2019
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Every year, 4 million new cases of cancer are diagnosed in Europe. Advances in cancer treatment sometimes come at the cost of major adverse effects, and one of the most prominent is cardiotoxicity. Myocardial toxicity affects ...
Feb 19, 2019
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Of all gastrointestinal cancers, pancreatic cancer is one of the most aggressive. Because of this, it has a very low 5-year survival rate of just 5% and a median survival time below 6 months. Additionally, treatment is difficult, ...
Jan 24, 2019
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A new study confirms the long-suspected role of obesity as a risk factor for developing renal cell carcinoma (RCC), a type of kidney cancer, and identifies several specific obesity-related factors.
Jan 17, 2019
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Researchers in Brazil have identified a correlation between oral cancer progression and the abundance of certain proteins present in tumor tissue and saliva. The discovery offers a parameter for predicting progression of ...
Dec 5, 2018
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A recent paper published in the scientific journal Cell gives an unprecedented insight into the metabolic interactions that occur throughout the body over 24 hours. As part of a large-scale study, the authors constructed ...
Sep 7, 2018
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A research team led by USC scientists has developed a new way to identify molecular markers of breast cancer tumors, a potentially life-saving breakthrough that could lead to better treatment for millions of women.
Sep 6, 2018
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A group of researchers from Mayo Clinic and Exact Sciences Corporation have completed a phase II study comparing a set of DNA markers to alpha fetoprotein as a method to test for liver cancer. The researchers presented their ...
Jun 6, 2018
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