Oncology & Cancer
Cover up! Don't soak up those sun rays
(HealthDay)—Only half of Americans routinely protect themselves from the sun when outdoors, a recent American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) survey found.
May 10, 2019
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Immunology
Obesity reprograms immune cells in breasts to promote tumor formation
Smoking has long been the biggest cause of cancer in the United States, but obesity, now the second leading cause, has been gaining ground. A new study from researchers at the University of Chicago finds that women with breast ...
May 7, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Breast cancer diagnosis by AI now as good as human experts
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK. It accounts for 15% of all new cases in the country, and about one in eight women will be diagnosed with it during their lifetime. In the NHS, breast cancer screening routinely ...
Apr 30, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Researchers set new bases to develop therapies against colorectal cancer
Researchers from the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) and the Catalan Institute of Oncology (ProCURE program) have published the bases for new therapies against colorectal cancer in Clinical Cancer Research.
Apr 18, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Screening also prevents rare types of cervical cancer
Rare types of cervical cancer can be effectively prevented with screening, a comprehensive study of identified cases of rare cervical cancer over a 10-year period in Sweden concludes. The study was conducted by researchers ...
Apr 4, 2019
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Oncology & Cancer
Breast cancer's deadliness is influenced by genes
An international team of scientists have confirmed that both rare and common mutations of our genes are linked to the development of breast cancer, including tumour characteristics and corresponding deadliness. Interestingly, ...
Nov 2, 2018
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Genetics
Loss of Y chromosome can explain shorter life expectancy and higher cancer risk for men
It is generally well known that men have an overall shorter life expectancy compared to women. A recent study, led by Uppsala University researchers, shows a correlation between a loss of the Y chromosome in blood cells and ...
Apr 28, 2014
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Oncology & Cancer
Gene sequencing project discovers common driver of a childhood brain tumor
The St. Jude Children's Research Hospital-Washington University Pediatric Cancer Genome Project has identified the most common genetic alteration ever reported in the brain tumor ependymoma and evidence that the alteration ...
Feb 19, 2014
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Genetics
Discovery may help to explain mystery of 'missing' genetic risk
A new study could help to answer an important riddle in our understanding of genetics: why research to look for the genetic causes of common diseases has failed to explain more than a fraction of the heritable risk of developing ...
Feb 13, 2014
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Health
Bee sting therapy causing a buzz in China
Patients in China are swarming to acupuncture clinics to be given bee stings to treat or ward off life-threatening illness, practitioners say.
Aug 13, 2013
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