Oncology & Cancer

A new indicator for breast cancer relapse identified

Researchers at the IMIM (Institut de Recerca Hospital del Mar) have proven that the absence of the 14-3-3 protein sigma in breast cancer cells is directly associated with these cells' capacity to activate the signalling of ...

Diabetes

Surgery not an easy fix for diabetes

(Medical Xpress)—Over the past few years, weight loss surgery has become an increasingly popular option to treat Type 2 diabetes, but Dr. Vivian Fonseca, professor of medicine at the Tulane University School of Medicine, ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

In treated MS, early disease activity predicts poor outcome

(HealthDay)—After 15 years of follow-up, patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis (RRMS) who display disease activity despite treatment with interferon (IFN)β-1a tend to have unfavorable long-term outcomes, ...

Medical research

Pro-inflammatory diet linked to worsening relapse rate in MS

For people with multiple sclerosis (MS), a pro-inflammatory diet is associated with worsening relapse rate and greater periventricular fluid-attenuated inversion recovery lesion volume, according to a study published online ...

Oncology & Cancer

Senescence promotes chemotherapy side effects and cancer relapse

Standard chemotherapy is a blunt force instrument against cancer – and it's a rare cancer patient who escapes debilitating side effects from systemic treatments that mostly affect dividing cells, both malignant and healthy, ...

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