An international study demonstrates that administering niraparib after conventional chemotherapy treatment in patients newly diagnosed with advanced ovarian cancer, improves their progression-free survival, and reduces their ...
Sep 28, 2019
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Affecting as many as 30% of cancer survivors, chronic insomnia can be effectively treated with intensive cognitive-behavioral techniques, but such methods are time-consuming, costly, and limited by the availability of trained ...
Sep 24, 2019
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A strain of the common cold virus has been found to potentially target, infect and destroy cancer cells in patients with bladder cancer, a new study in the medical journal Clinical Cancer Research reports. No trace of the ...
Jul 5, 2019
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New research recently published in the Journal of Pediatric Surgery found that post-operative success rates of pediatric thyroid patients, particularly children who require a thyroidectomy, correlate with the institution's ...
Apr 4, 2019
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A qualitative study led by researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health yielded nine patient-driven recommendations across circumstances that include changes to insurance, supportive services and financial ...
Mar 6, 2019
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Through a global gene expression analysis (transcriptomic), the researchers were able to find and confirm a genetic signature common to genodermatoses in patients' cells. The profile targets cellular activation and alteration ...
Mar 5, 2019
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New research undertaken at Monash University has shed new light on how some cancers are able to escape our immune system.
Dec 6, 2018
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About half of all melanomas have mutations in the BRAFÂ gene that accelerate tumor cell growth and spread. While most patients benefit from targeted anti-BRAFÂ therapy, resistance to treatment and tumor progression is almost ...
Apr 12, 2018
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A study published in the scientific journal Structure (Cell Press) describes the anti-cancer effects of a natural alkaloid extracted from Daffodils. Led by Denis Lafontaine, affiliated with the Faculty of Sciences at the ...
Feb 27, 2018
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Job loss following early-stage breast cancer diagnosis is associated with race and insurance status, but not with any clinical or treatment-related factors, finds a new study from the Brown School at Washington University ...
Feb 15, 2018
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