Endometrial carcinoma, a cancer of the lining of the uterus, is the most common gynecologic malignancy in developed nations. Over the past decade, its incidence has steadily increased (approximately 1% annually) and mortality ...
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Current diagnostic methods do not always reliably distinguish between chronic inflammation of the pancreas and pancreatic cancer. About one third of all diagnoses are inconclusive. Scientists from the German Cancer Research ...
Sep 20, 2023
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Despite advances in surgery and chemotherapy, survival of people with certain types of ovarian cancer has not significantly changed in decades. That has meant that some ovarian cancer patients go through treatments that don't ...
Aug 3, 2023
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Drs. Akash Patel and Tiemo Klisch, investigators at the Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (Duncan NRI) at Texas Children's Hospital and faculty at Baylor College of Medicine, have found that the loss of a ...
Feb 17, 2023
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Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is a common genetic condition, affecting 1 in 3,000 individuals, and people with NF1 are at greater risk of developing a rare, aggressive form of cancer. Diagnosing malignant peripheral nerve ...
Jan 4, 2023
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My mother recently was diagnosed with diabetes, but due to abdominal pain and other issues, her doctor suspects she might have pancreatic cancer. How is pancreatic cancer diagnosed and what are the symptoms to watch for?
Nov 14, 2022
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In the surgical treatment of cancer, distinguishing between tumors and healthy tissues is critical. Fluorescent markers can help to do this, by enhancing the contrast of tumors during surgery. Some markers show a phenomenon ...
Oct 11, 2022
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It may soon be possible to identify Group 4 medulloblastomas—the most common malignant brain tumor in children—from more aggressive Group 3 tumors. Research based on a little-explored part of RNA, which creates proteins, ...
Sep 21, 2022
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Researchers from Spain have identified an immune expression signature in surgical specimens associated with disease progression for non-complete pathological responders patients treated with neo adjuvant chemo-immunotherapy, ...
Aug 8, 2022
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A team led by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine has shed new light on the genetic regulation of brain tumor behavior. Published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the study reveals that, contrary ...
Jul 18, 2022
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