Researchers at the Mainz University Medical Center have discovered a new signal pathway employed by skin cancer cells to avoid attack by the immune system. In an animal model and through analysis of human tissue samples, ...
Nov 29, 2018
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Even when they had good health insurance coverage, women with breast cancer reported having financial worries related to their care, and the vast majority said they preferred to know about treatment costs at the time of diagnosis.
Sep 25, 2018
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An international team of researchers will for the first time be able to demonstrate clinical-quality proton CT to improve proton therapy in the treatment of cancer – moving a step closer to this improved treatment method ...
Jul 7, 2015
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Only a decade ago, basing medical treatment on your DNA seemed like science fiction. Not any more. Thanks in part to the sequencing of the human genome, personalized medicine (PM), a specific course of treatment developed ...
Jan 6, 2015
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Immunotherapy is set to revolutionise the treatment of cancer, according to ESMO President Professor Rolf A. Stahel. His comments come as the ESMO Symposium on Immuno-Oncology 2014 is about to open in Geneva, Switzerland ...
Nov 21, 2014
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Since the discovery that microRNAs play key roles in regulating human disease, the hope has been that these short non-coding RNA molecules could be translated into a therapeutic strategy for the treatment of cancer. But this ...
Nov 17, 2014
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When cancer progresses and spreads to the bone, patients often suffer debilitating pain. Now, a new phase III clinical trial shows that non-invasive magnetic resonance guided focused ultrasound treatment that heats the cancer ...
May 5, 2014
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A minimally invasive treatment that delivers cancer-killing radiation directly to tumors shows promise in treating breast cancer that has spread to the liver when no other treatment options remain, according to research being ...
Mar 24, 2014
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As today marks World Cancer Day, latest research from South Australia's Centre for Cancer Biology (CCB) may provide new insight into the understanding and treatment of cancer.
Feb 4, 2014
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The effective treatment of cancer requires the ability to destroy cancerous cells. Nearly one-third of all cancers today involve mutations of the Kras gene, which has proven resistant to existing cancer treatments. The current ...
Jan 22, 2014
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