Oncology & Cancer
Deadly cancers show early, detectable differences from benign tumors
Do metastatic cancer tumors "break bad" or are they "born bad"?
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Oncology & Cancer
Study examines accuracy of test for lymph node metastases in women with breast cancer
For patients diagnosed with breast cancer, determining whether cancer cells have spread to the axillary lymph nodes of the armpit is important for guiding treatment decisions. It has been debated whether axillary ultrasound ...
Apr 16, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Organoids created from patients' bladder cancers could guide treatment
Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) and NewYork-Presbyterian researchers have created patient-specific bladder cancer organoids that mimic many of the characteristics of actual tumors. The use of organoids, ...
Apr 5, 2018
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Surgery
Breast cancer detected in transmen undergoing mastectomy
The number of transmen seeking gender-confirming surgery has risen in the past decade. In a paper published in the British Journal of Surgery analysing breast tissue from 344 transmen undergoing mastectomy, breast lesions—either ...
Apr 5, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Targeted immunotherapy treatment shows promise for treating advanced stage liver tumors
Advanced stage liver tumors may be safely treated through image-guided injections of an immunotherapy approved for melanoma, according to a study presented today at the Society of Interventional Radiology's Annual Scientific ...
Mar 21, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Women with DCIS at lowest risk of recurrence if they are post-menopausal or ER+
Patients with an early form of breast cancer are less likely to suffer a recurrence if they are post-menopausal or if their tumour is oestrogen receptor positive, according to research presented at the 11th European Breast ...
Mar 21, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
ASTRO issues clinical guideline for whole breast radiation therapy
The American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO) today issued a new clinical guideline for the use of whole breast radiation therapy for breast cancer that expands the population of patients recommended to receive accelerated ...
Mar 12, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
'Local environment' plays key role in breast cancer progression
Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women—one in eight (12.4 percent) in the U.S. will be diagnosed with it. Invasive breast cancer is dangerous for two reasons: It can aggressively spread to other organs ...
Feb 21, 2018
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
Researchers report on victims of unethical 1960s-era study
A final report on the unethical clinical study conducted by Dr. Herbert Green at National Women's Hospital in Auckland from the 1960s to the 1980s, known widely as the "Unfortunate Experiment", has just been published in ...
Feb 8, 2018
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Oncology & Cancer
Active surveillance OK for non-muscle invasive bladder cancer
(HealthDay)—For patients with non-muscle invasive bladder cancer, active surveillance seems reasonable and cost-effective, according to a study published in the February issue of The Journal of Urology.
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